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4401 Penn AvePittsburgh, PA 15224
Phone+1 412-692-8142
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Summary
- Dr. Taylor Abel is a neurosurgeon in Pittsburgh, PA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and UPMC Presbyterian. He received his medical degree from University of Washington School of Medicine and has been in practice 7 years. He is experienced in pediatric neurosurgery, stereotactic and functional surgery, epilepsy surgery, robotic neurosurgery, and minimally invasive neurosurgery.
Education & Training
University of GrenobleEpilepsy Surgery Fellowship, 2017 - 2017
University of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2010 - 2016
University of Washington School of MedicineClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2018 - 2026
IA State Medical License 2010 - 2018
American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Clinical Trials
- Laser Ablation of Abnormal Neurological Tissue Using Robotic NeuroBlate System Start of enrollment: 2015 Oct 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsEffectiveness of Fosphenytoin and Levetiracetam to Prevent Posttraumatic Seizures in Young Children with Accidental or Abusive Traumatic Brain Injury.Caitlin R McNamara, Cesar I Menchaca, Taylor J Abel, Christopher M Horvat, Rachel P Berger
Neurocritical Care. 2025-04-01 - The T cell receptor landscape of childhood brain tumors.Itay Raphael, Zujian Xiong, Chaim T Sneiderman, Rebecca A Raphael, Moshe Mash
Science Translational Medicine. 2025-03-19 - Cortical processing of discrete prosodic patterns in continuous speech.G Nike Gnanateja, Kyle Rupp, Fernando Llanos, Jasmine Hect, James S German
Nature Communications. 2025-03-03
Press Mentions
Classifying Childhood Brain Cancers by Immune Response May Improve Diagnostics and TreatmentsMarch 19th, 2025- How Brain Deciphers Melody of SpeechMarch 4th, 2025
- Brain Relies on Sight to Recognise VoiceJanuary 3rd, 2023
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Grant Support
- Cortical contributions to frequency-following response generation and modulationNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY2014–2026
- Circadian analysis of peripheral and brain samples in epilepsy patientsUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2022–2025
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