Nitin Agarwal

Nitin Agarwal, M.D. is an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery. As part of his educational mission, he serves as the associate program director of the Residency Program and co-director of the Complex and Minimally Invasive Spine Deformity Fellowship. On the clinical front, he is director of Minimally Invasive Spine and Robotics Surgery. Dr. Agarwal completed a minimally invasive and complex spine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He completed residency as well as enfolded spine and sports medicine fellowships at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He has funded investigations in four concentrations: neurotrauma outcomes after severe traumatic brain injury and acute spinal cord injury, spine outcomes, socioeconomic research, and patient education. To date, he has published over 275 peer-reviewed articles and 300 oral and poster presentations at national conferences. Outside of Neurological Surgery, Dr. Agarwal has been deeply dedicated to martial arts. He credits martial arts with providing mental and physical discipline as well as adherence to a strict honor code.