Surgeon Profiles
Arlan H. Mintz, MD, MSc, FACS
- Director
- UPMC Adult Neurosurgical Oncology program
- Assistant Professor
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Areas of Interest
- Neuro-oncology – brain and spine tumors
- Brain tumor clinical trials
- Stereotactic radiosurgery – Cyberknife® and Trilogy
- Minimally invasive neurosurgery
- Clinical epidemiology
- Radiation protection strategies using mitochondrial target free-radical scavengers
Biography
Dr. Mintz is an assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and director of UPMC’s Adult Neurosurgical Oncology program. In addition to neuro-oncology, he specializes in radiosurgery using the Cyberknife® and Trilogy linear accelerators. He has a special expertise in the use of awake brain tumor surgery with cortical mapping to more safely remove brain tumors located in critical brain regions.
Dr. Mintz received his medical degree from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of Ottawa. He also holds master of science degrees in both neurophysiology and clinical epidemiology. Dr. Mintz is board certified in neurosurgery in both Canada and the United States and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons Tumor Section, the Society of Neuro-Oncology, the North American Skull Base Society, CyberKnife Society and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and has published numerous academic articles on brain tumors.
