TV Lead Medical Consultant, Writer & Actor
Full-Time Academic Neurosurgeon
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Neurosurgeon by Day, Lead TV
Medical Consultant by Night.
Dr. Oren Gottfried Is A Neurosurgeon And Entertainment Professional That Lends His Medical Expertise To Hit Television Series Such As “The Good Doctor” And “Chicago Med” And Has Consulted On Over 70 Television Series. He Has Been The Lead Medical Consultant For Four Seasons Of “The Good Doctor”, A Medical Consultant For All Seven Seasons Of “Chicago Med” And Even Has A Recurring Role As An Actor On “Chicago Med”. He Is A Director Of Neurosciences For Duke Health At Duke University And A Vice-Chair For The Department Of Neurosurgery, And Dr. Oren Has Over 20 Years Of Neurosurgery Experience. Most Impressively, Dr. Oren Has Become The First Ever Neurosurgeon To Be Admitted To Both SAG And The WGA.

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Surgeons used tissue expander (middle image) before cranioplasty (skull replacement) and advocated for its use for delayed reconstruction of large (skull/soft tissue) defects or for previously infected cranioplasty.
Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 43, 2015.
Look at this great Reconstruction after major Trauma. How’d the surgeons do it?
Newborn Twins showing us they’ve got each other. Caption this great moment?