Ajay Niranjan, MD, MBA

Associate Professor

Neurological Surgery

Director

UPMC Brain Mapping Center (MEG)

Associate Director

Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery

Areas of Interest

Radiosurgery for brain tumors
Brain metastases
Trigeminal neuralgia
Arteriovenous malformation
Meningioma
Acoustic neuroma
Pre-surgical brain mapping using MEG

Ajay Niranjan, MD, MBA | UPMC Neurosurgeon

Biography

Dr. Niranjan is associate professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from King George’s Medical College in Lucknow, India, where he also completed his neurosurgical residency. Dr. Niranjan then completed a fellowship in image-guided neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh.

A leading expert on stereotactic radiosurgery, Dr. Niranjan has helped develop guidelines for stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia, pituitary adenomas, arteriovenous malformations, acoustic neuromas, and brain metastases.

Dr. Niranjan has co-authored more than 120 articles in journals such as Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, and Journal of Neuro-oncology; contributed more than 55 book chapters; and edited two books on stereotactic radiosurgery.

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