Cross Post – Neurosurgery Makes Pain Management Curricular Breakthroughs
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other publications when we believe they hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared in the AMA Wire, which is published by the American Medical Association (AMA). Christopher J. Winfree, MD, FAANS, a neurosurgeon from Columbia […]
Military Faces of Neurosurgery – Silver Lining in the Black Cloud of the Civil War: Improved Medical Education
Guest post from Michael Schulder, MD, FAANS Residency Program Director Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery Director, Brain Tumor Center Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine North Shore University Hospital Lake Success, NY This year marks the 150th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War. While neurosurgery was not yet a […]
Cross Post – Why Doctors Quit
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog you will see us cross-posting or linking to pieces from other places when we believe they really hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared in the Opinion section of The Washington Post and is authored by Charles Krauthammer, the American Association of Neurological Surgeon’s 2015 […]
New Survey Shows Significant “Burnout” Among U.S. Neurosurgeons
Guest post from Frederick A. Boop, MD Professor and J. T. Robertson Chairman Department of Neurosurgery University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis St Jude Children’s Research Hospital Memphis, TN Although the practice of medicine can be incredibly meaningful and personally fulfilling, it is also demanding and stressful. To this end, a new survey published […]
Cross Post: The Future of Medical Specialists under the Affordable Care Act
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog you will see us cross-posting pieces from other health blogs when we believe they really hit the mark on an issue. Today’s post originally appeared on the American Thinker blog. The post addresses the all-important topic of the future of medical specialists under the Affordable Care Act that is right […]
AANS Spotlight: Negotiating the Neurosurgical Learning Curve
The AANS Neurosurgeon is official socioeconomic publication of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) which features information and analysis for contemporary neurosurgical practice. It focuses on issues related to legislation, workforce and practice management as they affect the specialty of neurosurgery. For today’s post we wanted to bring your attention to the newly released […]
Patients Are Not a Piece of Cheesecake
Today we wanted to share an essay from Atul Gawande, MD. In this piece, published last month in the New Yorker, he posits that medicine could learn from big chains, like the Cheesecake Factory, to improve the delivery of quality, cost effective care. There are some provocative thoughts in the essay and perhaps lessons to be […]