News

December 2, 2025

PGY-7 resident Hansen Deng selected for prestigious honor at AO Spine Advanced Course in Davos, Switzerland.

November 24, 2025

Nitin Agarwal, Shaunak Patil, Janam Patel and Ayesha Waheed one of three teams selected for runner-up awards at recent University of Pittsburgh Sustainability in Healthcare competition.

November 21, 2025

Neurosurgery Fundamentals for Advanced Practice Providers provides a strategic, practical, and a complete guide for building high-performing neurosurgical teams.

November 13, 2025

84-year-old, neurosurgeon, author, and eight-time Ironman athlete shares how simple habits, purpose, and perspective can transform the aging process.

November 13, 2025

PGY-4 resident receives best presentation award at 20th Anniversary Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship and Research Day honoring founding father of neurosurgery in Pittsburgh.

November 11, 2025

Neurosurgery team wins top award for their project designed to immobilize bone morphogenetic protein directly onto interbody fusion devices.

October 22, 2025

Endoscopic endonasal neurosurgery expert named neurosurgical director of the Center for Cranial Base Surgery, Pituitary Center of Excellence, and Center for Cranial Nerve Disorders.

October 21, 2025

Brain stimulation technique tailoring deep brain stimulation according to patient's individual neural circuitry, may redefine treatment paradigms for patients with refractory epilepsy.

October 15, 2025

Department faculty and residents participated in numerous symposiums, presentations and lectures at the 2025 CNS Annual Meeting held in Los Angeles, October 11-15. 

October 14, 2025

2009 neurosurgery residency graduate Martina Stippler named Congress of Neurological Surgeons president, first woman to lead the 12,000-member organization.

October 5, 2025

Sports medicine expert discusses the importance of the Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research, founded specifically to advance awareness and research of head and neck injuries.

September 18, 2025

Neurotrauma expert discusses injury, surgery and remarkable recovery of Ryan Watts who suffered a critical spine injury in a football game.

September 17, 2025

University of Pittsburgh researchers receive prestigious NIH R21 grant to develop groundbreaking wireless metamaterial technology for real-time spinal fusion healing monitoring. 

September 12, 2025

Grant will study the impact of the oral supplement gamma-glutamyl cysteine (GGC) on veterans, retired NAVY Seals and retired NFL players having a history of repetitive head impacts.

September 5, 2025

Pitt neurosurgeons win UPMC Physician Excellence Awards, honoring physicians who have shown outstanding performance in clinical work and patient care at UPMC.