Dr. Marco Capogrosso, assistant professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh; Dr. Robert Friedlander, chief of Neurosurgery at Pitt and co-director of the UPMC Neurological Institute; and Dr. Elvira Pirondini, assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at Pitt, wrote the study, published in Nature Medicine in February 2025.
Dr. Joseph Maroon, Heindl Schol in Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh, along with Mark Lovell, PhD, founding director of the UPMC Sports Concussion Program, received the first Legends of Excellence Award from The Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research at the foundation’s inaugural Legends Unite event, held in November 2024. The award honors Drs. Maroon and Lovell for their groundbreaking contributions to concussion and brain injury research.
Dr. Jan Drappatz and Dr. Costas Hadjipanayis review a case of a neuro-oncology patient at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and discuss Hillman as a site for the first clinical trial in the U.S. for photodynamic therapy to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer.
Dr. Jorge González-Martínez, UPMC Endowed Professor in Epilepsy and Movement Disorders Surgery, and Dr. Elvira Pirondini, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, wrote the study, which was published in Nature Communications in October 2024.
Dr. Robert Friedlander, chair of the UPMC Department of Neurosurgery and co-director of the UPMC Neurological Institute, authored a review article on Chiari malformation in The New England Journal of Medicine. The review, titled “Congenital and Acquired Chiari Syndrome” was published on June 19, 2024.
Dr. Balzer, an intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring expert, received the Richard Brown Lifetime Achievement Award from American Society of Neurophysiological Monitoring.
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh epilepsy expert, Dr. Taylor Abel, participated in a panel discussing the advances in diagnosis & treatment for pediatric epilepsy patients.
Dr. Hadjipanayis, Director of UPMC Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery, has been elected to lead AANS/CNS Section on Tumors, the largest organized group of neurosurgical oncologists in the world.
A Greensburg woman on road to recovery after doctors remove massive—almost inoperable—tumor from her back in risky procedure.
Dr. Okonkwo, Director of Neurotrauma Clinical Trials Center, discusses groundbreaking portable blood test that can help detect traumatic brain injuries.
SYNC-T, a biologic drug-device combination immunotherapy, shows promise for patients with metastatic prostate cancer in phase 1 clinical trial.
Startup team captures 2024 Big Idea Competition grand prize for novel surgical instrument designed to reduce surgical time.
Dr Abel, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh’s pediatric neurosurgery chief was recognized for outstanding mentoring in student's longitudinal research project.
