News

May 6, 2022

Renown health and sports medicine expert will host "Living Well" with Jeff Bost on Beaver County Radio and the St. Barnabas Radio Network every Friday at 12:30 p.m.

May 2, 2022

After battle with chordoma and spinal fusion surgery, 17-year-old high school student is back on softball field as pitcher, captain and inspirational leader.

May 2, 2022

Thirteen University of Pittsburgh neurosurgeons were named among this area’s best doctors in their field in a national survey published locally in Pittsburgh Magazine.

April 29, 2022

Clear Thoughts Foundation awards major funding to Friedlander research investigating how melatonin might affect dementia-related processes in the brain.

April 26, 2022

Prognostic model is first to use automated brain scans and machine learning to inform outcomes in patients with severe traumatic brain injuries (TBI). 

April 17, 2022

Residents were members of CAT-7 team that took home second place in the University of Pittsburgh’s 2022 Randall Family Big Idea Competition.

April 14, 2022

Nature Cancer article suggests potentially better, non-invasive way to treat DMG tumors, targeting the amino acids that fuel these aggressive tumors.

April 11, 2022

Spine trauma expert's role highlighted in article on Clemson football standout Justyn Ross and his journey back from a career-threatening spine condition—Klippel-Feil syndrome.

April 6, 2022

Director of neurotrauma at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston serves as honored guest at 2022 Peter J. Jannetta Lecture.

April 2, 2022

Authors report efficient method for producing faithful in vitro models of lower-grade glioma, generating new experimental platforms to support preclinical studies of LGG.

April 2, 2022

University of Pittsburgh honors department chair with appointment to special faculty rank of Distinguished Professor, the highest honor the university can afford a faculty member.

March 17, 2022

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery have been awarded $186,000 in research grants from Pittsburgh Foundation's Walter L. Copeland Fund.

March 9, 2022

Epilepsy and functional neurosurgery expert discusses latest advances and novel surgical methods for treating epilepsy in UPMC Physician Journal video.

March 8, 2022

Chief of the UPMC Presbyterian Spine Service elected chair of the AANS/CNS Spine Section for 2022-23 term.

March 8, 2022

Brain tumor expert joins department as part of the Neurosurgical Oncology Program at UPMC Hillman Cancer Institute.