The flagship hospital for the department of Neurological Surgery is UPMC Presbyterian, an 800-bed level 1, fully accredited regional trauma center and part of the UPMC Health System. Other affiliations for resident training include the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health Care System (VAPHS) which is fully integrated into the adult service, and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Additional UPMC affiliations have extended the staff neurosurgical care to several hospitals including UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Passavant and UPMC St. Margaret.

The neurosurgical care facilities at UPMC Presbyterian consist of 42 private floor beds, sixteen semi-private beds, a four bed adult epilepsy monitoring unit, a 26-bed continuous care step down unit, a 26-bed neurological intensive care unit, and a 10-bed dedicated neurotrauma intensive care unit.

University of Pittsburgh campus with downtown skyline in background.

Laboratory facilities are located within the medical school and the newly constructed 17 story Basic Science Research tower. A microneurosurgery lab with two Zeiss microscopes and high speed Anspach Drills is always available to residents and faculty, who can hone their skills and perfect techniques. Seminars sponsored by the center for minimally invasive neurosurgery are held to evaluate new equipment and techniques. The brain trauma research center laboratory utilizes over 15,000 square feet for various traumatic brain injury protocols. The center for clinical neurophysiology laboratory supports research in neuroelectronics systems, auditory neurophysiology, and computational neuroscience. Research facilities within the medical school and the Basic Science Tower are over 5,000 square feet.

The department is housed in a 15,000 square foot pavilion which consists of faculty and resident offices, a resident library, examination rooms and a state-of-the-art multi-media conference room.