News

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.

March 1, 2020

Neurosurgical director of the UPMC Center for Cranial Base Surgery becomes sixth endowed chair holder in Department of Neurosurgery.

February 20, 2020

Grants provide AANS residents opportunity to further their neurosurgical knowledge and forge friendships among their European counterparts.

February 18, 2020

Congress of Neurological Surgeons award designed to provide residents with structured mentorship in the use of advanced data science techniques.

February 9, 2020

PGY-6 resident talks about managing success in the early stages of a neurosurgery career.

February 9, 2020

PGY-2 resident serves as section editor for "Intracranial Pathology: Tumors" section for Thieme Publishing’s Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers.

February 5, 2020

Neuroscience expert with extensive clinical, administrative, practice development and strategic planning experience joins department as new executive adminstrator.

January 30, 2020

Nitin Agarwal, et al, note it is vital to help lawmakers supportive of policy issues important to neurosurgery, particularly physician reimbursement and medical liability reform.

January 25, 2020

Health medicine expert interviewed on KDKA-TV regarding wearable, watch-like device that may help patients rely less on prescription drugs.