Cross-Post: ‘I’m a Neurosurgeon Who Can’t Move. Now What?’
From time to time on Neurosurgery Blog, you will see us cross-posting or linking to items from other places that we believe will be of interest to our readers. Today’s post originally appeared in MedPage Today on June 15. In the op-ed, David J. Langer, MD, FAANS, recounts a life-changing accident during a ski trip that resulted […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: A Marathon of a Different Kind
Tyler Martin Schmidt, DO (left) Neurosurgical Resident at University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Gabrielle Santangelo (right) Medical Student at University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Dr. Uzma Samadani’s initial reaction was not to operate. Lupe Galeno-Rodreguez was a 15-year-old girl who was already severely limited due to tumors growing on her spinal […]
Faces of Neurosurgery’s Founders: Victor Horsley
Guest post from Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY “There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.” – Alfred P. Sloan […]
Faces of Neurosurgery: On Track to Heal in a Disaster
Kristopher T. Kimmell, MD Neurosurgical Resident, University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, NY Millions of viewers were glued to the news when an Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to New York City derailed outside Philadelphia on May 12, 2015. There were 238 passengers and five crew members on the train. As a result of […]
ThinkFirst: Raising Awareness about Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries for 30 Years
Guest post from Mark A. Spatola, MD, FAANS Chair-elect ThinkFirst Board of Directors Orange Park Neurosurgery Orange Park, FL Each year, millions of people in the U.S. sustain a brain injury, and thousands more sustain a spinal cord injury. In fact, injury is the leading cause of death among people between the ages of 1 […]