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News
March 29, 2025
"Approximately 5% of people walking around have an aneurysm," notes department chair in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.
March 28, 2025
Gary Kohanbash, Itay Raphael, et al study—published in Science Translational Medicine—turns regular T-cells into a fierce, customizable army to seek and destroy tumor cells.
March 28, 2025
Annual award to honor long-time mentor and residency contributor, recognizing outstanding Pitt medical students interested in the field of neurosurgery.
March 27, 2025
Charles A. Fager Chair of Neurosurgery at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center to serve as honorary speaker at 6th annual lecture honoring Pitt neurosurgery icon Peter J. Jannetta.
March 21, 2025
Ritesh Karsalia, Najib Muhammad, Abhinav Pandey, Rohit Prem Kumar and Sangami Pugazenthi match into the University of Pittsburgh neurological surgery residency program.
March 19, 2025
Researchers and pediatric neurosurgeons have developed a new way to profile brain cancers in children, paving the way for improved diagnostics and treatments.
March 17, 2025
Department faculty and residents will participate in a wide variety of presentations at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting set for April 25-28 in Boston.
March 11, 2025
Thirteen University of Pittsburgh neurosurgeons were named among the top doctors in their field in a national survey conducted by Castle Connolly.
March 5, 2025
William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor at the Mayo Clinic was honored guest speaker at fourth annual Dorothy Klenke Nash Lectureship, March 4-5.
March 4, 2025
Nitin Agarwal and David Fernandes Cabral co-edit comprehensive collection of visual abstracts serving as an online resource on neurosurgical topics.
February 27, 2025
Pittsburgh Steeler team neurosurgeon awarded Arthur C. Rettig Award for Academic Excellence from NFL Physicians Society for his work in concussion research.
February 21, 2025
Surgical intervention for Chiari malformation may not only relieve classic physical symptoms but may also improve memory and psychological health.
February 19, 2025
Feature story shows how electrical stimulation research is helping patient with spinal muscular atrophy regain movement in her arms.
February 18, 2025
Neurotrauma researchers receive total of $400K for projects to study biomarkers related to brain trauma and neurogeneration disease.
February 16, 2025
Movement disorders expert performs rare corticectomy procedure—involving extremely precise resections—to help halt epileptic seizures in 22-year-old woman.