News

July 31, 2020

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh pediatric epilespy specialist performs hemispherotomy on two-year-old to help prevent seizures.

July 28, 2020

Carnegie Science Center August 6 Zoom presentation will cover the diseases of ancient remains and the medical findings of those who lived thousands of years ago in South America.

July 14, 2020

UPMC Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery conducts the first virtual Leksell Gamma Knife training course July 6-10.

July 1, 2020

Prateek Agarwal, Jeffery Head, Rachel Jacobs and David McCarthy join the department as PGY-1 residents.

July 1, 2020

The Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery is offering an additional online session, August 10-14, for its popular Principles & Practice of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery course.

June 24, 2020

PGY-3 resident receives award from Glioblstoma Foundation for research on glioblastoma stem cells thought to be responsible for glioblastoma recurrence after surgery.

April 20, 2020

Brain and spine trauma expert to serve as chair of AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma & Critical Care.

April 11, 2020

Pediatric neurosurgeon and epilepsy expert guests on the UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh That's Pediatrics podcast.

April 1, 2020

Paul Gardner and Carl Snyderman serve as co-editors on JNS journal’s edition of high-quality surgical videos for the evolving field of endoscopic skull base surgery.

March 20, 2020

Four new residents matched into the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery residency program.

March 13, 2020

The April 15 meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Brain Aneurysm and AVM Support Group has been cancelled. The next scheduled meeting is June 17.

March 1, 2020

Neurosurgical director of the UPMC Center for Cranial Base Surgery becomes sixth endowed chair holder in Department of Neurosurgery.

February 20, 2020

Grants provide AANS residents opportunity to further their neurosurgical knowledge and forge friendships among their European counterparts.

February 18, 2020

Congress of Neurological Surgeons award designed to provide residents with structured mentorship in the use of advanced data science techniques.

February 9, 2020

PGY-6 resident talks about managing success in the early stages of a neurosurgery career.