Brain and Blade Session 3 - Dr. Taylor Abel Taylor J. Abel gave students a talk about pediatric neurosurgery, epilepsy and hemispherotomies. Students also got into the anatomy lab to walk through the key steps of a hemispherotomy Pitt Neurosurgery Nitin Agarwal, M.D. David T. Fernandes Cabral

Session 4 was a fun one! Hemicraniectomies and EVDs led by Dr. Brad Gross. Students got hands on experience drilling burr holes, performing a craniectomy, and placing EVDs. Special appearance by Sangami Pugazenthi, MD who led the EVD station! Pitt Neurosurgery Nitin Agarwal, M.D. David T. Fernandes Cabral

Nitin Agarwal and David Fernandes Cabral have been selected as winners of 2025 UPMC Physician Excellence Awards, honoring physicians who have shown outstanding performance in clinical work and patient care at UPMC. bit.ly/4nfiZoa Nitin Agarwal, M.D. David T. Fernandes Cabral

Don't miss Swimming With The Sharks - your roadmap to neurosurgical success. #CNS2025 CNS Introducing the distinguished speaker panel for the Swimming With The Sharks symposium. Join us for expert-led sessions on neurosurgical training excellence and career development

My utmost gratitude to all who have paved the path to allow us to achieve this dream of ⁦NIH⁩ funding #NOA. Many thanks to #SCOLI lab to make this a reality. ⁦Preetha Agarwal, M.D.⁩ ⁦Pitt Neurosurgery⁩ ⁦UPMC Physician Resources⁩ ⁦Pitt Health Sciences⁩

Brain and Blade Session 6: Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion. Students learned about cervical spine anatomy and got practice placing lateral mass screws in the lab! Thank you to Stryker Neurosurgical and DePuy for sponsoring Pitt Neurosurgery Nitin Agarwal, M.D. David T. Fernandes Cabral Joseph Hudson

BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to

Such a well-deserved honour for a true champion of human rights and democracy. María Corina Machado

Swimming with the Sharks Dr. Joseph Maroon CNS #2025cns #cns2025 Isaac Yang MD UCLA Health Neurosurgery 🧠 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Harbor-UCLA Medical Center @harborsurgery UCLA Health #cnsconnects #LA

A big thank you to Dr. Joseph Maroon for sharing his incredible journey through neurosurgery. A true masterclass in resilience, purpose, and lifelong growth. An inspiring session to remember. #CNS2025 #Neurosurgery CNS Pitt Neurosurgery UPMC UPMC Physician Resources Nitin Agarwal, M.D.

Thank you to David T. Fernandes Cabral, from Pitt Neurosurgery, for sharing his journey from international medical graduate to academic neurosurgeon. An example of perseverance, adaptability, and purpose in medicine. CNS Nitin Agarwal, M.D. UPMC Physician Resources UPMC UPMC

Grateful to D. Kojo Hamilton, M.D., from our home Pitt Neurosurgery UPMC UPMC Physician Resources — and SCOLI Co-Director — for his powerful talk “Shedding Toxicity: Teamwork in the Workplace.” Dr. Hamilton shared essential lessons on fostering respect, collaboration, and integrity to

Excited to kick off #CNS2025 with incredible representation from our Pitt Health Sciences medical students representing Pitt Neurosurgery 🧠!! CNS University of Pittsburgh Nitin Agarwal, M.D. David T. Fernandes Cabral Costas Hadjipanayis

Today's agenda for our Pitt Health Sciences University of Pittsburgh medical students featuring some fantastic talks at #CNS2025!! Suchet Taori Amelia Stepniak CNS Pitt Neurosurgery Nitin Agarwal, M.D. David T. Fernandes Cabral Costas Hadjipanayis Gary Kohanbash

Lots of posters presented by our medical students tonight at #CNS2025 CNS Pitt Neurosurgery University of Pittsburgh Pitt Health Sciences Nitin Agarwal, M.D. SCOLI Georgios A. Zenonos, M.D. David T. Fernandes Cabral

Last day here at #CNS2025 CNS but we still have a few more talks from our stellar med students! Pitt Neurosurgery Nitin Agarwal, M.D. David T. Fernandes Cabral Elvira Pirondini University of Pittsburgh Pitt Health Sciences UPMC

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A democratic transition could set off a bonanza worth almost $2trn, reckons the opposition leader and Nobel laureate economist.com/by-invitation/…

“The transition to democracy is not hypothetical; it has already begun,” argues the opposition leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel peace prize. “The fear inside the regime is palpable” econ.st/4onNclr Illustration: Dan Williams

Congratulations to Hansen Deng for his selection as a 2025 AO Spine North America Davos Fellow at the recent AO Spine Advanced Course—Cervical Spine: Dealing with Complex, Revision and Deformity Problems—in Davos, Switzerland. neurosurgery.pitt.edu/news/deng-sele…