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HOLLYWOOD V. REALITY: Q&A ABOUT THE SPINE YOU SEE ON TV
Dr. Oren Gottfried is a fellowship-trained spinal neurosurgeon at Duke University who also serves as a TV medical advisor, actor, and writer for medical TV shows such as The Good Doctor.
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“Medical shows on TV aren’t 100 percent accurate, but some are definitely closer to reality than others.”
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“Television medical dramas have been a staple in Hollywood for decades.”
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“Pretty much all medical dramas have at least a few things in common: hospital hookups in on-call rooms and closets, doctors and nurses put in extreme situations, and similar, dramatic, and sometimes unbelievable medical cases.”
The Man Behind the TV Doctor: Doc-to-Doc with Oren Gottfried, MD
“Doc-to-Doc with Perry Wilson, MD and Oren Gottfried, MD”
Real-life doctor at Duke helps out with some of the most popular medical shows on TV
“Oren Gottfried is a spinal surgeon – a pretty glamorous job, it would seem.”
@WRAL: Meet Dr. Oren Gottfried
“At 5pm on @WRAL: You’ll meet Dr. Oren Gottfried, a @DukeHealth neu-rosurgeon, who helps create ‘extreme’ plot lines for some of TV’s most popular medical dramas (including @NBCChicagoMed!) @OGdukeneurosurg @DukeU”
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Love what you like today as it could be gone tomorrow.
-Dr. Oren Gottfried