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News
August 17, 2023
Director of Minimally Invasive Spine and Robotics Surgery program receives 2023 Scoliosis Research Society's Emerging Technologies Fellowship.
August 2, 2023
Spinal cord stimulators restore hand and arm function after paralysis. Study provides hope to others who have experienced paralysis from stroke.
July 18, 2023
Patient suffered a life-threatening stroke in March and underwent lifesaving surgery by Bart Thaci at UPMC Harrisburg’s Stroke Treatment Center.
June 27, 2023
Study shows obese people suffering a mild traumatic brain injury may be at risk for prolonged mTBI symptoms, likely due to increased systemic inflammation.
June 22, 2023
“Time to Follow Commands in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors With Favorable Recovery at 2 Years" selected as the 2023 Neurotrauma and Critical Care Paper of the Year.
June 21, 2023
Proposal to develop self-cleaning nasal endoscope chosen as one of four innovative, prototype projects to receive Chancellor's Gap Fund support.
June 14, 2023
Neurosurgical oncology specialist and PGY-4 resident perform major, delicate spine surgery to remove grapefruit-sized tumor wrapped around patient's spine.
June 12, 2023
Research findings may allow physicians to identify those at significant risk for Alzheimer’s and potentially offer early therapeutic treatment options.
June 7, 2023
Department chair talks about career strategies and managing the largest academic neurosurgery program in the U.S. on the “Practice and Business Management” podcast.
June 2, 2023
Epilepsy and functional neurosurgery expert named inaugural Stuart Niles Rowe Endowed Chair in Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Seventh chair holder in department.
May 18, 2023
Sports medicine expert helps set up the National Sports Brain Bank to study head trauma specific to athletes and its relationship to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
May 11, 2023
Third-year resident selected as socioeconomic fellow for 2023-24 by Council of State Neurosurgical Societies.
May 11, 2023
First-of-its-kind collaborative study with Marco Capogrosso and Carnegie Mellon's Doug Weber uses electrodes to restore stroke patients' mobility.
May 8, 2023
Spine neurosurgeon spotlighted in publisher's month-long recognition of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the education, research and medical fields.
April 25, 2023
PGY-5 resident takes home best clinical science award at Richard L. Simmons Research Day for poster on older adults with traumatic spinal column fractures.