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News
February 9, 2024
First of its kind clinical trial in the United States combines intraoperative photodynamic therapy (PDT) with the drug Pentalafen® and the new laser device Heliance®.
February 7, 2024
Department faculty, residents and fellows participated in a wide range of presentations at the 2024 Spine Summit held February 21-24 in Las Vegas.
January 29, 2024
Respected and skilled Pitt neurosurgeon who taught hundreds of trainees died January 26 after a prolonged battle with leukemia.
January 26, 2024
Director of UPMC Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery named inaugural incumbent of L. Dade Lunsford Endowed Chair at the University of Pittsburgh.
January 23, 2024
Taylor Abel has been announced as the next chief of pediatric neurosurgery at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, effective February 1.
January 5, 2024
Patient is headache-free for the first time in decades and has no numbness, tingling, or pain. “Choosing Dr. Friedlander was absolutely the best decision I could have made.”
December 18, 2023
Michael McDowell, Ricardo Fernández-de Thomas, team receive support from University of Pittsburgh Center for Medical Innovation for new retractor development.
December 15, 2023
Spinal cord stimulation can elicit sensation in the missing foot and alleviate phantom limb pain in people with lower limb amputations.
December 2, 2023
Chief of pediatric epilespy surgery at UPMC Children's Hospital talks about the family-focused, multidisciplinary approach to patient care at Pittsburgh's level 4 epilespy center.
November 28, 2023
Health and sports medicine expert provides excellent discussion on migraine headache treament options on KATU-TV Afternoon Live in Portland, Ore.
November 20, 2023
Encouraging results in pilot spine stimulation stroke study providing hope in next step in stroke research and treatment.
November 6, 2023
UPMC Physician Journal video describes collaborative effort among different specialities to develop first-of-its-kind surgery to treat most common form of epilepsy.
October 30, 2023
Director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Spinal Cord Stimulation Laboratory named recipient of a 2023 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Neuroscience.
October 25, 2023
Startup team of Adi Mittal, Michael McDowell, Kamil Nowick and Robert Friedlander wins graduate first-place award at this year’s national Collegiate Inventors Competition.
October 19, 2023
PGY-3 resident receives best presentation award at 17th Annual Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship and Research Day honoring founding figure of neurosurgery in the city of Pittsburgh.