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Costas Hadjipanayis, MD, PhD, FAANS, L. Dade Lunsford Professor and executive vice chair of the University of Pittsburgh Dept. of Neurological Surgery, was honored with the Tumor Section Distinguished Leadership Award by the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Tumors.

Department faculty, residents, fellows and medical students will participate in a number of presentations, lectures and clinics at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons annual meeting, scheduled for May 1–4 in San Antonio, Texas.

When the Kamin Tower opens in January 2027, UPMC Presbyterian will unveil two paired operating rooms built around a shared rail-mounted intraoperative MRI, bringing real-time brain imaging directly into the OR.

Brain Surgeon Without a Scalpel: Memoir of a Stereotactic Radiosurgery Pioneer, the memoir from Dr. L. Dade Lunsford, has been published by McFarland Publishing. Dr. Lunsford serves as the Distinguished Lars Leksell Professor of Neurological Surgery and former department chair at the University of Pittsburgh.

On National Doctors Day, we pause to recognize the extraordinary dedication of our faculty physicians, whose commitment to patient care, innovation, and education defines the character of our department. From the operating room to the research laboratory, from the classroom to the community, their impact resonates far beyond the walls of our institution.

Pitt Neurosurgery is pleased to announce that Fred Barker, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and Visiting Neurosurgeon at Mass General Brigham, will deliver the 2026 Peter J. Jannetta Lecture on Wed, April 1.

The University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery is proud to announce its 2026 residency match class.