Abhinav Pandey, MD

Abhinav (Abhi) Pandey, MD, matched into the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery residency program in March of 2025 and will join the department July 1, 2025. He earned his medical degree from Weill Cornell Medicine, where he was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He previously earned a bachelor of arts in economics with general honors from the University of Chicago.

Dr. Pandey’s clinical interests include neurosurgical-oncology, pediatric neurosurgery and complex cranial and skull base surgery. His academic work centers on cancer immunogenomics and the role of cell-to-cell communication between tumor cells and the surrounding stroma. His computational research applies transcriptomic techniques to investigate tumor biology, drug resistance and signaling networks, while his clinical research focuses on minimally invasive approaches to skull base tumors. During his research year, Dr. Pandey was supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Physician-Scientist Institutional Award to study mechanisms of leptomeningeal dissemination in medulloblastoma. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications, with work published in Cancer Cell, Nature Medicine, and Neuro-Oncology.

Raised in Westford, Mass., Dr. Pandey enjoys reading contemporary fiction, cooking, and weightlifting in his free time.