Joe Amabile is back home with his wife, Serena Pitt, after undergoing brain surgery to remove a tumor discovered during a full-body scan. Serena Pitt Shares First Look At Joe Amabile Back Home4 ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGAPitt confirmed her husband’s return home through an Instagram Stories update on Saturday, August 8. “I now need to get brain surgery next week to get it removed and get it tested.” After multiple scans and MRIs, I have what looks to be an early-stage brain tumor,” he wrote. “In two weeks I’ll be undergoing a craniotomy to have it removed, yeah brain surgery, @memorialsloankettering,” Amabile continued.