Had a phenomenal week at #CNS2024 CNS where I was fortunate to present two of our projects from Pitt Neurosurgery. I was especially grateful for the opportunity to connect with peers & mentors and to learn about the exciting future of Neurosurgery! #innovation Pitt Health Sciences

Spine radiosurgery is safe, effective in treatment of benign intradural tumors. One of largest single-institution studies to date shows 10-year LC at 90% with marked improvement to pain and neurological deficit. journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/a… Samuel Adida UPMC Physician Resources Suchet Taori

Spine stereotactic body radiation therapy confers low rates of local failure and toxicity for patients with multilevel disease, which was previously considered a relative contraindication. link.springer.com/article/10.100… Samuel Adida Pascal Zinn, M.D., Ph.D., FAANS UPMC Physician Resources Suchet Taori

🎉HOT OF THE PRESS: The role of endoscopic endonasal surgery in the management of sinonasal malignant tumors with skull base involvement 👨‍⚕️Anthony Tang, Samuel Adida, Garret Choby, Paul A. Gardner 🧾oaepublish.com/articles/2574-…

Circulating biomarkers 🔥 topic! Outstanding work Pitt med students, Neurosurgery residents and research fellows Pitt Neurosurgery University of Pittsburgh pitt nsgy residents & alumni club UPMC Hillman Cancer Center UPMC

Kite et al Trent Kite AHN Neuroscience Institute offer a perspective on the role of SRS in spinal metastases from primary prostate cancer originally written by Samuel Adida Pitt Neurosurgery Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Check out the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery participation at the upcoming 2025 Spine Summit in Tampa at neurosurgery.pitt.edu/news/presentat…. University of Pittsburgh UPMC AANS/CNS Spine Section AANS CNS #spinesummit

The Infographic Guide to Neurosurgery is a new comprehensive online resource on neurosurgical topics for med students and junior residents, co-edited by Nitin Agarwal, M.D. and David T. Fernandes Cabral. medone.thieme.com/ebooks/cs_2523… Regan Shanahan Samuel Adida University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Thieme International pitt nsgy residents & alumni club

Stereotactic body radiation therapy offers effective local tumor control and pain palliation with minimal toxicity for gastrointestinal cancer spinal metastases. link.springer.com/article/10.100… Samuel Adida UPMC Hillman Cancer Center Suchet Taori Pascal Zinn, M.D., Ph.D., FAANS

Study investigates the clinical presentation, mechanisms of failure, revision strategies and outcomes for adult spinal deformity patients who develop proximal junctional failure after instrumented fusion to the pelvis. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Samuel Adida

A recent study published in Neurosurgery Publications that spine radiosurgery is a safe and effective treatment for benign intradural tumors. In carefully selected patients, even with an NF1 mutation, SRS is associated with a high likelihood of local tumor control journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/a…

Proud to have given the commencement address for the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine graduating class of 2025!! Re-connected w/ old neurosurgery friends Dr Robert Friedlander (fellow MGH neurosurgery grad), Dr David Okonkwo, and Dr Dade Lunsford!! Special people in

Peter Gerszten will present a talk on “Stereotactic body radiation therapy for spinal metastases from gastrointestinal primary cancers” on the Seattle Science Fdtn Tumor Talk webinar June 9 at 4p EST. Register to watch via Zoom at bit.ly/4jrSUzU. Seattle Science Fdtn Journal of Neuro-Oncology

JNO's Tumor Talk today....Be sure to Tune in at 4pm ET today.

Survey examines extensive population of attending physicians and trainees to explore current trends in use of cervical collar immobilization after cervical spine surgery. journals.lww.com/jspinaldisorde… Nitin Agarwal, M.D. Ricardo J. Fernández-de Thomas, MD UPMC Physician Resources Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar Samuel Adida David T. Fernandes Cabral

Upfront stereotactic body radiotherapy alone for spinal metastases provides durable long-term local tumor control and sustained pain relief with minimal toxicity. link.springer.com/article/10.100… Suchet Taori Samuel Adida Pascal Zinn, M.D., Ph.D., FAANS UPMC Physician Resources

Catcher’s Mitt construct—using custom plate-rods anchored to the occipital bone—offers safe, effective technique for revising prior cervical instrumentation and correcting severe sagittal and coronal cervical deformity. journals.lww.com/jcjs/fulltext/… Samuel Adida Nitin Agarwal, M.D. UPMC

In honor of #NeurosurgeryAwarenessMonth, we're thrilled to highlight how one seed of support can lead to breakthrough innovation in patient care, thanks to the support of NREF Meet Aditya Mittal, a 2022 NREF Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship recipient from the

Radiosurgery provides local control and pain palliation with minimal rates of toxicity in a challenging patient population with lung cancer spinal metastases. link.springer.com/article/10.100… Samuel Adida Suchet Taori Pascal Zinn, M.D., Ph.D., FAANS UPMC Physician Resources Journal of Neuro-Oncology

The neurosurgery BioForce Spine team of Joseph Hudson, Dr. Joseph Maroon, Samuel Adida, Haitao Liu and Nitin Agarwal, M.D. has reached the finals of the University of Pittsburgh Wells Student HealthTech Challenge for their project "An Osteoinductive Nanoscale Peptide Coating for Spinal Implants."