News

December 2, 2023

Chief of pediatric epilespy surgery at UPMC Children's Hospital talks about the family-focused, multidisciplinary approach to patient care at Pittsburgh's level 4 epilespy center.

November 28, 2023

Health and sports medicine expert provides excellent discussion on migraine headache treament options on KATU-TV Afternoon Live in Portland, Ore.

November 20, 2023

Encouraging results in pilot spine stimulation stroke study providing hope in next step in stroke research and treatment.

November 6, 2023

UPMC Physician Journal video describes collaborative effort among different specialities to develop first-of-its-kind surgery to treat most common form of epilepsy.

October 30, 2023

Director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Spinal Cord Stimulation Laboratory named recipient of a 2023 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Neuroscience.

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 11, 2023

Department faculty and residents will participate in a number of lectures, presentations and symposiums at the 2023 CNS Annual Meeting set for September 9-13 in Washington, D.C.