NUEROSURGEON

EDUCATION

• 4 year college
• 4 year Medical School

EDUCATION

• Residency 7-10 years
• Fellowship 1-2 years

WHAT IS A NEUROSURGEON?

• The neurosurgeon performs surgery on the brain, spinal cord, and other parts of the nervous system.
• They remove tumors, treat epilepsy, and relieve chronic pain.
• Neurosurgeons are often on call.
• The job of a neurosurgeon takes lots of patience and focus.

WORK TASKS

• craniotomy
• lumbar spine surgery
• cervical spine surgery, lobotomies,
• laminectomy, and burr hole
• Those are all procedures that a neurosurgeon performs

WORK TASKS

• Many times, a neurosurgeon's day starts at 5 am
• Meet with the patient's families and friends
• Explain what procedure will be soon preformed.

WAGES

PROJECTS

LOBOTOMY

• A lobotomy is also know as a leucotomy
• a neurosurgical procedure
• involves severing the connections from the brain to the prefrontal lobe
• A Lobotomy treats mental ilness *
• A lobotomy also treats epilepsy

NEUROSURGEONS WORK WITH...

• Anesthesiologist
• Physicians
• Patients/Families
• Nurses

COMMUNICATION IS KEY

• Obtain Accurate Patient History
• Make correct diagnoses
• Explain treatment plans to patients and family
• Communication is challenging
• Communication is sometimes a problem if doctors speak differently

STEM ➡️ NEUROSURGEON

• Use math when diagnosing patients & preforming surgery
• There are neurosurgical scientists
• Surgeons need an understanding of the body and how it works
• We use technology like anesthesia, and x rays
• We use math to calculate angles when we are preforming brain surgery

AN AVERAGE DAY

• There is usually not an average day because we are on call
• Wake up early
• Talk to patients and families before surgery
• Diagnose patients
• In a year, the average surgeon does 40-50 brain surgeries and 160-180 spine surgeries

CHALLENGES

• Hard to have a family with this job
• High stress level
• Usually 'on call'
• Medical school costs lots of money
• Very difficult job

WHY ME?

• My uncle and grandpa are both surgeons
• Brains are a very big interest to me
• Well payed yet enjoyable
• I love to help people
• The insides of people fascinate me

MEDICAL SCHOOL

• Boston University Medical School
• Harvard University
• Stanford University
• University of Pennsylvania
• John Hopkins University

NEUROSURGEON