Pittsburgh, October 15, 2008 -- Department chairman and director of the UPMC Minimally Invasive endoNeurosurgery Center, Amin B. Kassam, MD, was featured in the October 2008 issue of Pittsburgh Professional Magazine.

The article talks about Dr. Kassam's emigration from Uganda and his efforts today to develop a better form of brain surgery. Dr. Kassam -- along with colleagues Carl Snyderman, MD, and Ricardo Carrau, MD -- have developed the revolutionary Expanded Endonasal Approach (EEA) neurosurgical procedure. EEA allows doctors to reach previously difficult-to-access skull base tumors by utilizing the nasal cavity for access.

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