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News
April 25, 2024
Director of Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center discusses groundbreaking portable blood test that can help detect traumatic brain injuries.
April 24, 2024
SYNC-T, a biologic drug-device combination immunotherapy, shows promise for patients with metastatic prostate cancer in phase 1 clinical trial.
April 20, 2024
Former Steeler talks about his traumatic spinal cord injury and David Okonkwo describes the pathology and treatments that led to his incredible recovery on TheAthleteSpine webcast.
April 18, 2024
Article focuses on groundbreaking, new FDA-approved portable blood test that can quickly detect concussions at bedside and, someday, sidelines of sporting events.
April 17, 2024
Startup team captures 2024 Big Idea Competition grand prize for novel surgical instrument designed to reduce surgical time.
April 10, 2024
Robert F. Spetzler Endowed Chair for Neurosciences and chair of neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute to speak at 6th Annual Peter J. Jannetta Lectureship, May 1.
April 10, 2024
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh pediatric neurosurgery chief recognized for outstanding mentoring in student's longitudinal research project.
April 3, 2024
Department faculty and residents will be participating in a wide variety of presentations at the upcoming American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting in Chicago, May 3-6.
April 2, 2024
Collaborative research from David Okonkwo, Ava Puccio and TRACK-TBI colleagues uses 2-3 drops of blood—analyzed at bedside—to detect brain injuries within minutes.
April 2, 2024
Smart mouthguard—that sends real-time signal to sideline—from Vincent Miele and colleagues from Cleveland Clinic may change the landscape for in-game concussion protocol.
March 21, 2024
Fifteen University of Pittsburgh neurosurgeons were named among the top doctors in their field in a national survey conducted by Castle Connolly.
March 15, 2024
Madi Remick, Jessica Ryvlin, Nikhil Sharma and Gina Watanabe match into the University of Pittsburgh neurological surgery residency program.
March 2, 2024
Spinal cord researcher talks about revolutionary research giving hope to stroke victims in restoring movement in their limbs.
February 29, 2024
Article details PGY-6 resident's journey from firefighter, to medic, to neurosurgeon to Point Park University trustee while helping new generation of students get through college years.
February 29, 2024
Nancy A. Keegan and Donald R. Voelte Jr. Chair in Neurosurgery at University of Nebraska provides lecture on sleep in Parkinson's disease.