News

May 26, 2021

PGY-3 resident receives Chuck Noll Foundation Research Award and CNS Spine Summit Charlie Kuntz Scholar Award

May 21, 2021

Sports medicine expert receives service award from NFL franchise in recognition of 30+ years of dedication and service to team.

May 18, 2021

North American Skull Base Society recognizes Drs. Gardner, Snyderman, Stefko and Costello as 2021 Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction.

May 11, 2021

Nowicki, Friedlander research project a part of university's First Gear program designed to help shape research into commercially viable products and services.

May 7, 2021

Sports and health medicine expert talks about how research efforts through the Chuck Noll Foundation are helping diminish the impact of sports-related head injuries.

May 5, 2021

From Surgical Burnout to Wellness nominated by The American College of Surgeon Academy of Master Surgeon Educators as finalist for Encore Presentations from 2017-2020.

April 28, 2021

A research project co-led by Partha Thirumala designed to help detect stroke during surgery took third place among 125 entries in 2021 JHF Healthcare Safety Challenge.

April 26, 2021

Director of neurotrauma and scoliosis/spinal deformity program at UPMC Presbyterian discusses current state of neurotrauma and critical care medicine.

April 19, 2021

Chief residents Nitin Agarwal, Michael McDowell elected to Journal of Neurosurgery editorial board as Young Neurosurgery Committee ad hoc reviewers for next two years.

April 16, 2021

Gardner, Stefko coedit volume of comprehensive and detailed articles on orbital approaches—the gateway to the skull base—from some of the most prominent physicians in the field.

April 7, 2021

University of Miami professor and renown cerebrovascular neurosurgery expert serves as honored guest at third annual Peter J. Jannetta Lecture.

March 23, 2021

Sports and health medicine expert discusses links between bacteria, depression and microbiomes, and stressing the importance of a healthy diet and a balanced lifestyle.

March 1, 2021

Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center researchers conducting study to determine whether giving early cold-stored platelets to TBI patients will help stop the injury from getting worse.

February 24, 2021

Department chairman recognized with University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Distinguished Research Award for outstanding record of research and academic activity.

February 22, 2021

Cavernous malformation patient participates in her own awake craniotomy procedure as surgeons utilize high-definition fiber tracking to pinpoint surgical location.