On June 1, the University of Pittsburgh Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery hosted its first advanced course on microvascular reconstruction in head and neck surgery. “This puts us on the national circuit of courses,” said the course co-director Matthew Spector, MD, FACS, Division Chief, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology & Microvascular Reconstruction, and Director, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology & Microvascular Reconstruction Fellowship. Ohio State has a well-known annual fall course that covers the basics. Now Pittsburgh will ...
Setting: Eye and Ear Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ross Eye Institute, Buffalo, New... glaucoma surgeons operate in a highly confined space, making it difficult to learn by...
This four-day course teaches the surgical techniques and anatomy for endoscopic endonasal surgery of the ventral skull base. Experts on the subject will present the anatomical indications and technical aspects of this procedure along with the risks, benefits, and outcomes. The course features an interactive live surgery demonstration using indocyanine green fluorescence endoscopy, fresh anatomical specimen dissection, lectures and panel discussions, 3D anatomy lectures, and case presentations. P...
And in April, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center paid $8.5 million to settle Justice... All began with top doctors, anesthesiologists and surgeons first bringing their concerns to...
Maroon, MD, is a board-certified clinical professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience. His clinical and research interests have been in the areas of the development of minimally invasive surgical procedures to the brain and spine, the prevention and treatment of traumatic injuries to the central nervous system, innovative approaches to pituitary and other brain tumors and more recently complimentary approaches to inflam...
After six years collecting data and attempting to improve outcomes, the hospital began to see a fall in mortality rates from 30% to less than 5%. After the hospital refused to investigate the pediatric cardiac surgeons, Bolsin contacted the media. These whistleblower actions resulted in an investigation by the government as well as the drafting of the Kennedy Report, the first major document ...
Wright discusses the power of social media and how to set boundaries with technology, including email and the ever expanding virtual world. She also offers pro-tips on how to capitalize on telehealth to optimize patient care. January 14, 2022 31:20 · Advocating for yourself with Dr. Kelly Wright (Part 1) In ...
the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and Eye & Ear Hospital began to consolidate. The consolidated... The university consolidated its physicians' practice plans and transferred them, along with...
Specialized expertise: All of our surgeons have extensive training in ophthalmology (the study of eyes and vision). Many of them also have additional specialization related to treating eye cancer and reconstructing the eye area after treatment. Pa ...
Leave a Review ; Howard R. Krauss, MD, is one of the four founders of Pacific Neuroscience Institute, and a Director of the Pacific Eye, Ear and Skull Base Center. He is a surgical neuro-ophthalmologist specializing in diagnostic neuro-ophthalmology, including visual field analysis and optical coherence tomography, as well as strabismus, orbital and anterior skull base surgery. He cares for patients with problems including eyelid disorders, ocular and orbital pain, double vision, neurologic or brain disorders, circulatory disorders and inflamma ...