Media
A collection of podcast interviews, video features, and spotlights on Dr. Agarwal's clinical practice, research, and surgical training programs.
Videos & Podcasts
Interviews, surgical features, and podcast appearances.
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Dr. Agarwal + Dr. Hamilton
Mark Greenberg and Nitin Agarwal Talk the Legacy and Future of Handbook of Neurosurgery
Scoliosis Dialogues — Episode 66
Scoliosis Dialogues — Episode 55
Managing Early Success
Talks & Podcasts
Invited lectures, recorded presentations, and podcast guest appearances.
Video Talks
- Neurosurgeons Impacting the World
- You Are Graduating, Now What? Principles for Securing a Neurosurgery Job
- The Foundation: The Why and How I Became a Spine Neurosurgeon
- Discussing the UPMC Neurosurgery Residency Program — Fridays with Friedlander
- Episode 20: The Origins of Neurosurgeons and Lessons for Today
Podcast Appearances
Press & Coverage
Selected news articles, interviews, and features citing Dr. Agarwal's research and commentary.
- Wireless metamaterial spinal implants feel, heal and talk
- First self-powered spinal implant can transmit real-time data from inside the body
- Metamaterial spinal implant from Pitt sends wireless signals to track healing with no batteries
- Revolutionary Wireless Metamaterial Spinal Implants Developed by Pitt Engineers and Surgeons
- Spine surgeons developing data-sharing implants
- États-Unis : la folie des concours de gifles
- 'Needs to be stopped': Doctor speaks out against Dana White's Power Slap
- Slap fighting is 'barbaric'... and built for social media
- Campeonato de Tapa na Cara de dono do UFC resulta em danos cerebrais nos lutadores, aponta estudo
- Exclusive: Neurosurgeons React to Power Slap & Respond to Dana White
- Video Analysis of Concussion Among Slap Fighting Athletes
- Medical Experts Raise Red Flags Over Dana White's Power Slap
- 'It's barbaric': Pitt study quantifies concussions in slap fighting
- Competitive slap fighting exposed: First study finds 78% show signs of brain injuries
- Study Says Almost 80% of Slap Fighting Contenders at Risk of Brain Damage
- Slap Fighting Study Raises Concerns Over Brain Injuries
- Neurosurgeons sound alarm over concerning levels of brain trauma in slap fighting matches
- Slap fighting causes high risk of brain injury, doctors call for safeguards over alarming concussion rates
- Medics fear that slap fighting will lead to brain damage
- 'They're soft': Local 'slap fighter' brushes off concerns raised by Pitt neurological researchers
- Inside the bizarre world of slap fighting — and why competitors are warned they risk brain damage
- First academic study on slap fighting highlights risks to participants' neurological health
- Pittsburgh researchers publish study to record signs of concussion in slap fighters
- Face it, slap fighters told, your brains are taking a beating too
- Concussion warning over face-slap fighting
- Slap fighting may be fun to watch but it's not great for the participants' brains
- Spine Surgeons Younger than 45 to Know
- Transition to Practice: Taking the Next Step, Pearls and Pitfalls
- The UFC's Dana White is Creating a Slap Fighting League. Doctors Have Concerns
- Physician Memoirs that Offer Inspiring Accounts of Life in Medicine
- What It's Like in Neurological Surgery: Shadowing Dr. Agarwal
- NeurosurgeryPAC: Nonpartisan Support of Candidates Advocating for Neurosurgeons
- Update for Young Neurosurgeons from the CSNS Spring 2018 Meeting
- An Interview with Nitin Agarwal
- Increased Physician Awareness May Decrease Infection Incidence, Implant Cost
- Dr. Nitin Agarwal '07 Writes Second Neurosurgery Book
- Physician Mentorship: Why It's Important, and How to Find and Sustain Relationships
- Interview with Manish N. Shah, MD, Winner of the YNC Public Service Citation
- Chapter Profile: Pitt Neurosurgery Interest Group
- ATA Martial Arts of Flemington Donates $500 to Breast Cancer Program
- Health Sites too Complex, Full of Clichés: Study
Webinar Presentations
Webinar series lectures and journal club presentations.
- Neurosurgeons Impacting the World
- Awake Spinal Surgery: Simplifying the Learning Curve with a Patient Selection Algorithm
- Neuroscience100 Podcast appearance
- Complex Spine / Sports Medicine Webinar Presentation
- You Are Graduating, Now What? Principles for Securing a Neurosurgery Job
- The Foundation: The Why and How I Became a Spine Neurosurgeon
- Education is Everything: A Chief Resident's Perspective