News

April 16, 2025

The Giorgio Foundation Endowed Chair will help advance groundbreaking research in neurological conditions with a specific focus on neurofibromatosis type 1.

April 16, 2025

L. Dade Lunsford and Michael Lang provide background and treatment options on this often misdiagnosed condition in a UPMC Physician Resources feature article.

April 15, 2025

Book aims to empower patients through improved education, underscoring the concept of providing patients with appropriate medical resources.

April 11, 2025

Portable reference source, authored by Nitin Agarwal, enables swift assimilation of neurosurgical care essentials for residents and medical students.

March 29, 2025

"Approximately 5% of people walking around have an aneurysm," notes department chair in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.

March 28, 2025

Gary Kohanbash, Itay Raphael, et al study—published in Science Translational Medicine—turns regular T-cells into a fierce, customizable army to seek and destroy tumor cells.

March 28, 2025

Annual award to honor long-time mentor and residency contributor, recognizing outstanding Pitt medical students interested in the field of neurosurgery.

March 27, 2025

Professor and chair of neurosurgery at UMass Chan Medical School to serve as honorary speaker at 6th annual lecture honoring Pitt neurosurgery icon Peter J. Jannetta.

March 21, 2025

Ritesh Karsalia, Najib Muhammad, Abhinav Pandey, Rohit Prem Kumar and Sangami Pugazenthi match into the University of Pittsburgh neurological surgery residency program.

March 19, 2025

Researchers and pediatric neurosurgeons have developed a new way to profile brain cancers in children, paving the way for improved diagnostics and treatments.

March 17, 2025

Department faculty and residents will participate in a wide variety of presentations at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting set for April 25-28 in Boston.

March 11, 2025

Thirteen University of Pittsburgh neurosurgeons were named among the top doctors in their field in a national survey conducted by Castle Connolly.

March 5, 2025

William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor at the Mayo Clinic was honored guest speaker at fourth annual Dorothy Klenke Nash Lectureship, March 4-5.

March 4, 2025

Nitin Agarwal and David Fernandes Cabral co-edit comprehensive collection of visual abstracts serving as an online resource on neurosurgical topics.

February 27, 2025

Pittsburgh Steeler team neurosurgeon awarded Arthur C. Rettig Award for Academic Excellence from NFL Physicians Society for his work in concussion research.