News

August 18, 2020

Chief resident wins patient safety and quality improvement award for second time. Award exemplifies interdisciplinary team work that places patient care outcomes above all else.

August 17, 2020

Neurosurgery chief resident named recipient of the 2020 North American Spine Society Young Investigator Clinical Research Grant Award.

August 14, 2020

Over 16,000 patients have undergone stereotactic radiosurgery treatment since Dr. Lunsford brought the first Gamma Knife unit to the United States in 1987

August 13, 2020

UPMC award recognizes a physician who is thriving and/or serving as a leader within their community after having faced and overcome adversity.

July 31, 2020

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh pediatric epilespy specialist performs hemispherotomy on two-year-old to help prevent seizures.

July 28, 2020

Carnegie Science Center August 6 Zoom presentation will cover the diseases of ancient remains and the medical findings of those who lived thousands of years ago in South America.

July 14, 2020

UPMC Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery conducts the first virtual Leksell Gamma Knife training course July 6-10.

July 1, 2020

Prateek Agarwal, Jeffery Head, Rachel Jacobs and David McCarthy join the department as PGY-1 residents.

July 1, 2020

The Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery is offering an additional online session, August 10-14, for its popular Principles & Practice of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery course.

June 24, 2020

PGY-3 resident receives award from Glioblstoma Foundation for research on glioblastoma stem cells thought to be responsible for glioblastoma recurrence after surgery.

April 20, 2020

Brain and spine trauma expert to serve as chair of AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma & Critical Care.

April 11, 2020

Pediatric neurosurgeon and epilepsy expert guests on the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh That's Pediatrics podcast.

April 1, 2020

Paul Gardner and Carl Snyderman serve as co-editors on JNS journal’s edition of high-quality surgical videos for the evolving field of endoscopic skull base surgery.

March 20, 2020

Four new residents matched into the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery residency program.

March 13, 2020

The April 15 meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Brain Aneurysm and AVM Support Group has been cancelled. The next scheduled meeting is June 17.