News

October 25, 2023

Startup team of Adi Mittal, Michael McDowell, Kamil Nowick and Robert Friedlander wins graduate first-place award at this year’s national Collegiate Inventors Competition.

October 19, 2023

PGY-3 resident receives best presentation award at 17th Annual Stuart Rowe Society Lectureship and Research Day honoring founding figure of neurosurgery in the city of Pittsburgh.

October 6, 2023

Former pro football players with depression, anxiety or sleep apnea more likely to receive unverified diagnosis of CTE compared to those without those conditions.

September 8, 2023

NIH NINDS R25 Research Education Grant to fund new robost and innovative program designed to advance academic research careers in the neuroscience fields.

September 1, 2023

University of Pittsburgh neurological surgery residency program ranked high by national peer-review survey conducted by Doximity.

August 30, 2023

Spinal Cord Stimulation Laboratory director to talk on “Paralysis, Spinal Circuits, and Restoration of Motor Control," September 15 at noon.

August 21, 2023

Taylor Abel and David Zorub announced as winners of UPMC’s Excellence in Patient Experience Award for top physicians in their specialty.

August 17, 2023

UPMC Neurosurgical Spine Services director recognized with award honoring physicians who demonstrate exceptional clinical leadership and a visionary approach to problem solving.

August 17, 2023

Director of Minimally Invasive Spine and Robotics Surgery program receives 2023 Scoliosis Research Society's Emerging Technologies Fellowship. 

August 2, 2023

Spinal cord stimulators restore hand and arm function after paralysis. Study provides hope to others who have experienced paralysis from stroke.

July 18, 2023

Patient suffered a life-threatening stroke in March and underwent lifesaving surgery by Bart Thaci at UPMC Harrisburg’s Stroke Treatment Center.

June 27, 2023

Study shows obese people suffering a mild traumatic brain injury may be at risk for prolonged mTBI symptoms, likely due to increased systemic inflammation.

June 22, 2023

“Time to Follow Commands in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors With Favorable Recovery at 2 Years" selected as the 2023 Neurotrauma and Critical Care Paper of the Year.

June 21, 2023

Proposal to develop self-cleaning nasal endoscope chosen as one of four innovative, prototype projects to receive Chancellor's Gap Fund support.

June 14, 2023

Neurosurgical oncology specialist and PGY-4 resident perform major, delicate spine surgery to remove grapefruit-sized tumor wrapped around patient's spine.