Newsmaker: Dr. Robert Friedlander

Age: 44

Residence: Shadyside

Family: Wife, Eugenia; son, Henry, 10; two daughters, Alexandra, 8, and Eva, 8 months

Education: Medical degree, Harvard Medical School; master's and bachelor's degrees in biochemistry, Brandeis University

Background: Dr. Friedlander was a professor of neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and vice chairman of neurosurgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston until last month.

Noteworthy: He started June 1 as the head of the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He will begin seeing patients and performing surgeries at UPMC at the end of June. He treats complex cerebrovascular disorders and brain tumors, and studies cell death in neurological diseases, brain injuries and spinal cord injuries.

Quote: "It's a great opportunity. The University of Pittsburgh provides a fantastic and unique opportunity to work in a hospital system that's supportive in the clinical and academic settings."