News

August 11, 2015

Among top five neurosurgical residency programs in U.S. in terms of academic output, according to study published in Journal of Neurosurgery.

August 11, 2015

Second edition textbook is a comprehensive look into the latest devices, treatment planning techniques, target definition and patient selection.

August 3, 2015

Article deals with high definition fiber tracking and how it helps doctors map brain damage from traumatic brain injury.

June 19, 2015

Liu Yandong sees demonstration by Robert Friedlander on how high definition fiber-tracking is utilized to plan surgical procedures.

June 4, 2015

Provides lecture on concussions, nutrition and post-traumatic stress as part of the group’s Special Warfare Command Resiliency Program.

June 2, 2015

Health and sports expert comments on research study noting potential benefits of turmeric.

May 29, 2015

Concussion expert explains why youth football has never been safer in Q and A on National Alliance for Youth Sports website.

May 18, 2015

Three-day, 70-mile extreme hike raises over $71,000 for Checkpoint, a local online service developed to help area veterans and military families. 

May 8, 2015

Scoliosis, adult spinal deformity and trauma expert named to advisory board of the European Spine Journal.

April 26, 2015

Dinner helps raise over $25,000 for telemedicine program linking UPMC’s experts with doctors in Serbia.

April 5, 2015

Article talks about delicate brain surgery and rehab to help teenager recover from dangerous vascular malformation on the brain.

March 30, 2015

Steven Benso creates app for nurses to help track and manage licenses, certifications, clearances, continuing education and other vital documents.

March 24, 2015

Neil Alexander dies from Lou Gehrig's Disease. Had recently launched $10 million research center at University of Pittsburgh Brain Institute.

March 3, 2015

New technology shapes radiation to tumor and decreases treatment time.

January 29, 2015

Op-ed piece, cowritten with Julian Bailes, discusses the benefits of participation in youth sports amid today's concussion debate.