Dr. Niranjan received his medical training at the King George’s Medical College in Lucknow, India from 1980 to 1985, graduating with a bachelor of medicine and a bachelor of surgery degree. He completed general surgery residency in 1989 and neurological surgery residency in 1992. Dr. Niranjan joined the University of Pittsburgh as a fellow in image-guided neurosurgery in 1997 and completed his fellowship in 2000 joining the faculty in July of 2000.
Dr. Niranjan has co-authored over 300 articles in refereed journals, over 170 book chapters and five books. He has contributed guidelines for stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia, pituitary adenomas, arteriovenous malformation, acoustic tumors, and brain metastases. Dr. Niranjan is the director of UPMC Brain Mapping Center which houses a magnetoencephalography (MEG) unit. MEG is performed for pre-surgical mapping of critical brain functions in patients with brain tumors and for localization of seizure focus in patients with long standing epilepsy.
Dr. Niranjan's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.
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Education & Training
- MBBS, King George's Medical College, 1985
- Residency, General Surgery, King George's Medical College, 1989
- Residency, Neurological Surgery, King George's Medical College, 1992
- Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 2000
- MBA, University of Pittsburgh, 2009
Honors & Awards
- Best Doctors in America, Pittsburgh Magazine, 2016-20
- UPMC Excellence in Patient Experience, Physician and Medical Staff Honor Roll, 2017
Research Activities
Dr. Niranjan has clinical and research interests in the management of tumors, vascular malformations and functional disorders of brain using radiosurgery. Outcome based clinical research involving brain tumor radiosurgery has been his primary focus for over 20 years. His basic science research interests include radiobiology of brain tumors, and use of advanced imaging in improving the outcome of radiosurgery. His other major clinical research interest is in the development of presurgical brain mapping using magnetoencephalography.
Media Appearances
Radiosurgery Experts Meet in Miami to Discuss Important Treatment Developments
December 1, 2023
South Florida Hospital News
Delaying stereotactic radiosurgery worsens trigeminal neuralgia pain outcomes
November 25, 2015
MedWire News