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    make a positive difference in the lives of everyone around me, regardless of how well I know them. I asked myself how I could help people on a daily basis. The answer was actually quite simple. With a little bit of research, I quickly discovered Neurosurgery. As a neurosurgeon, I will be able to save lives while learning and studying the nervous system, which in my opinion is the most intriguing body system. After high school I plan on going into a pre-medicine program and getting my medical degree

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    for medical necessity either at the time of your surgery or at a later date to determine if you met the criteria for admission”, my neurosurgeon totally rejects this suggestion based on his extensive professional experience as the Acting Chief of Neurosurgery at UC San Diego Health in conjunction with his detailed understanding of my significant co-morbidities and high surgical risks. Moreover, for example, Dr. Khalessi in denying this proposition is fully aware that in the absence of a prior authorization

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    Neurosurgery: An Innate Calling (Part 2) Professional occupations often require numerous amounts of schooling as well as various licenses in order to practice within the bounds of the law, and medicine itself is no exception. In the field of neurosurgery, the countless years of work are simply the beginning of a long process that leads to future employment. You see, as with all occupations, the amount of knowledge you contain and the immeasurable effort put forth to advance yourself is completely

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    How Ben Carson Changed Neurosurgery Gautham Pillai In Ben Carson’s autobiography, he has gone through many experiences to reach where he is today. He has dealt with racism, failing grades, and embarrassment to become a doctor. As a doctor, he also faced many challenges such as a few deaths duringwhen he was doing neurosurgery. When he was eight years old, Ben Carson lost his father because he did bad things(Carson,14). His father had to leave because he was married to Ben Carson’s mother and another

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    Perhaps no other figure in recent American history more quintessentially embodied the unique cross-section of neurosurgery and music than George Gershwin, a first generation American born to Russian-Jewish immigrants who took up piano at the age of twelve and went on to become one of the most renown musicians of the twentieth century. In an era that preceded sophisticated neuroimaging, Gershwin, at the age of thirty-eight, began experiencing recurrent syncopal episodes characteristic of seizures

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    surgeon needs to think about because a life was put in their hands and they don't want to mess up. To begin with, a Neurosurgeon will need to go to college for about 12-14 years.This is like another extension of K-12, why so much though? Well Neurosurgery is not like dissecting a frog in High School this a whole nother level and there is an actual living being expecting a Neurosurgeon to help with the problem. The first thing that needs to be earned is your undergraduate degree or your bachelor's

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    Low Grade Astrocytoma

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    the normality of the cells, with I being the least severe and IV being life threatening (“Astrocytoma”, 2014). For low grade astrocytoma, it is unclear as to which form of primary treatment is most beneficial, radiotherapy or neurosurgery, due to the fact that neurosurgery is often more effective in removing the tumor, but also exhibits a higher risk to the subject when the tumor is low grade (Kennedy, 2015). Other factors that may

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    I joined a research lab to study the aging brain. I spent time with our neurosurgery team at grand rounds and shadowed them in the OR. Rotating on service with them taught me about the wide breadth of surgical and clinical care in neurosurgery. Various manifestations of neurological disease and their surgical treatments left me in awe. Anything can be enjoyable if it is easy and everything goes well. However

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    The single mention of its portentous name shrouds neurosurgery in deep reverence and prestigious respect, immediately extoling all its occupants in immortal admiration, similar to Greek alchemists, who isolated themselves in their enigmatic procedures. Endeavored in a mystic itinerary, but hallmarked with habitual success, this onerous career requires only the most adroit and cunning of doctors, talented with nimble and ambidextrous hands along with an omniscient wealth of physiological knowledge

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    Percocet, Ibuprofen, Neurontin, Norco, Gabapentin, Valium and Prednisone. Review of systems is positive for fatigue, depression and joint swelling. Examination is unchanged. Based on the progress report dated 08/27/15, the patient has consulted with neurosurgery, and reports that no surgery was

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