Pittsburgh, June 7, 2009 -- A special black-tie graduation reception and dinner was held June 6 at the Fox Chapel Golf Club honoring chief residents Karl Lozanne, MD, Stephen Pirris, MD, and Martina Stippler, MD, on their successful completion of the University of Pittsburgh’s seven-year neurological surgery residency program. The event was attended by faculty members, colleagues, family and friends.

Dr. Lozanne will be practicing in Columbia, SC, Dr. Pirris is headed for the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, and Dr. Stippler will be joining the faculty at the University of New Mexico.

During the dinner, annual teaching awards were announced. Dr. Lozanne was selected as best resident teacher by the staff and Daniel Prevedello, MD, and Elizabeth Tyler-Kabarra, MD, PhD, were chosen as best faculty teachers by the residents.