News

May 12, 2025

Health and sports medicine expert receives with one of our nation’s most prestigious awards at a special black-tie gala in New York.

May 9, 2025

Rehab Neural Engineering Labs researcher receives award to support her research on whether DBS in the motor thalamus can improve speech and swallowing in patients with a TBI.

May 8, 2025

Professor and chair of neurosurgery at UMass Chan Medical School serves as honorary speaker at 2025 Peter J. Jannetta Lectureship.

May 3, 2025

Concussion and trauma expert discusses concussions, the long-term consequences of head injuries, and how contact sports and technology are evolving to address the concussion crisis.

May 3, 2025

Physician assistant—specializing in minimally invasive surgery, scoliosis and spinal deformity—receives professional doctoral degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.

May 1, 2025

UPMC Center for Cranial Base Surgery pioneered the EEA procedure more than 25 years ago and is now one of the busiest centers in the world for endoscopic treatment of cranial-based tumors.

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 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.