University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Neurological Surgery

The Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh was founded 80 years ago with a strong commitment to patient care, education and research. Today, their department is the largest neurosurgical academic provider in the United States, performing more than 12,000 procedures annually.

Neurosurgeons at UPMC Presbyterian have remained focused on patient care. They know that each individual patient has a unique problem that requires carefully developed treatment options - sometimes surgical, sometimes not. their facilities include the most technologically-advanced equipment - modern surgical microscopes, advanced image-guided brain and spine navigational tools, state-of-the-art monitoring techniques - improving patient outcomes by reducing operative complications.