Samuel Adida

The University of Pittsburgh Dept. of Neurological Surgery is thrilled to announce our 2026 residency match class. These five exceptional individuals represent the next generation of neurosurgical leaders, and their passion for advancing the field and delivering outstanding patient care embodies the mission of our program. Welcome to Pitt Neurosurgery!

Study investigates differences in the effectiveness and radiation treatment–related adverse events between adjuvant intensity-modulated radiotherapy and adjuvant proton beam radiotherapy for patients with olfactory neuroblastoma. jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… @SkullBaseDocs

Study identifies clinical and demographic predictors of mortality after simultaneous fractures of the atlas and axis from ground-level falls. thejns.org/spine/view/jou… @SamuelAdida @UPMCPhysicianEd

The neurosurgery BioForce Spine team of @js_hudson, @DrJosephMaroon, @SamuelAdida, Haitao Liu and @NitinAgarwalMD has reached the finals of the @PittTweet Wells Student HealthTech Challenge for their project "An Osteoinductive Nanoscale Peptide Coating for Spinal Implants."

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… @SamuelAdida @SuchetTaori @pascalzinn @UPMCPhysicianEd @JNeurooncol

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 @NREFORG Meet Aditya Mittal, a 2022 NREF Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship recipient from the University of Pittsburgh (@PittTweet @PittNeurosurg), who embarked on a project to develop a blood test for cerebral aneurysm detection. Here’s how far that one fellowship has taken him: - Over $500,000 in follow-on funding, including a $275,000 National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Phase I grant with Mittal as principal investigator, plus support from the Brain Aneurysm Foundation (@BAFOUND) - Two patents filed on the blood test—and the formation of Astria Biosciences, Inc., together with @UPMC neurosurgery faculty Aditya credits the NREF: “Without NREF, none of these achievements would have been possible!” Learn more about this story and donate today: ow.ly/PKaT50WBwO9

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/… @SamuelAdida @NitinAgarwalMD @UPMC

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… @SuchetTaori @SamuelAdida @pascalzinn @UPMCPhysicianEd

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… @NitinAgarwalMD @ricardojf7 @UPMCPhysicianEd @haboualshaar @SamuelAdida @dtfernandesc

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

Peter Gerszten will present a talk on “Stereotactic body radiation therapy for spinal metastases from gastrointestinal primary cancers” on the @SeattleSciFdtn Tumor Talk webinar June 9 at 4p EST. Register to watch via Zoom at bit.ly/4jrSUzU. @SeattleSciFdtn @JNeurooncol

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 Pittsburgh. It was GREAT to be back. #twopercentway #TheNextLeadersInMedicine

A recent study published in @NeurosurgeryCNS 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…

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… @SamuelAdida

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… @SamuelAdida @UPMCHillmanCC @SuchetTaori @pascalzinn

The Infographic Guide to Neurosurgery is a new comprehensive online resource on neurosurgical topics for med students and junior residents, co-edited by @NitinAgarwalMD and @dtfernandesc. medone.thieme.com/ebooks/cs_2523… @reganmshanahan @SamuelAdida @pitt_medicine @ThiemeIntl @pittnsgy

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…. @PittTweet @UPMC @spinesection @AANSNeuro @CNS_Update #spinesummit

Kite et al @KiteTrentK97 @ahnneuroscience offer a perspective on the role of SRS in spinal metastases from primary prostate cancer originally written by @SamuelAdida @PittNeurosurg Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Circulating biomarkers 🔥 topic! Outstanding work Pitt med students, Neurosurgery residents and research fellows @PittNeurosurg @PittTweet @pittnsgy @UPMCHillmanCC @UPMCnews