Pittsburgh, January 13, 2012 -- E. Antonio Chiocca, MD, PhD, the Dardinger Family Endowed Chair in Oncologic Neurosurgery and Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Ohio State University, will present a lecture entitled "Discovering Anti-Invasive Treatments for Glioma," Wednesday, February 22, at 4:00 p.m. in the department's main conference room on the fourth floor of UPMC Presbyterian. The lecture is part of the department's on-going visiting professor lecture series.

In addition to his lecture, Dr. Chiocca will participate in the department's conferences throughout the day and will be the featured guest at a dinner and reception later in the evening at the Duquesne Club where he will also present a second lecture “Surgical Adjuvants in Glioma Resection."

Day's Schedule:

12:45 p.m.
Case Presentations with residents
Main Conference Room, PUH B-400

4:00 p.m.
Lecture: “Discovering Anti-invasive Treatments for Glioma”
Main Conference Room, PUH B-400

5:00 p.m.
Patient Care Conference
Main Conference Room, PUH B-400

6:30 p.m.
Reception/Dinner
(Invitation Only)
Lecture: “Surgical Adjuvants in Glioma Resection”
Duquesne Club
325 Sixth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15201

For more information on the day's events, please contact Wendy Edwards at (412) 647-0990.