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The first time I did brain surgery alone from star The first time I did brain surgery alone from start to finish shouldn’t have happened. A woman was crashing from a massive brain bleed, and the attending on call never answered my 14 calls or came in. With her life at risk, I chose to operate alone rather than keep waiting. What would you have done? The patient recovered well. Before starting, I called a mentor I trusted, explained the situation, and got his blessing to proceed, so I broke no rules. Still, performing the entire operation with no attending in the OR was completely new at my level of training. I have many more stories from my 25 years in neurosurgery. Would you like me to share them here? #BrainSurgery #Neurosurgeon #Neurosurgery #SurgicalTraining #SurgeonLife
Why do surgeons wear green in the operating room? Why do surgeons wear green in the operating room? During surgery, the eyes may spend hours focused on red tissue under extremely bright lights. Green and blue surroundings help reduce glare, limit distracting afterimages and preserve contrast, making it easier to distinguish small details. Swipe through to discover the science behind one of medicine’s most recognizable color choices. Did you know this, or did you think surgical green was simply tradition? #Surgery #OperatingRoom #MedicalScience #Neurosurgeon #ScienceExplained
How many of these six animals can you identify fro How many of these six animals can you identify from the hair alone? Your first instinct will be right on some and completely wrong on others. Look twice, lock in your answers 1–6, then see how your guesses compare in the comments. I am always in the comments to help. #Animals #Science #Anatomy #HumanBody #brainteaser
Running has one of the healthiest reputations of a Running has one of the healthiest reputations of any sport. That is what makes this finding so unsettling. A newly published Cancer Epidemiology study found nearly 3× the rate of high-risk colon growths in marathoners and ultrarunners. One possible explanation is repeated colon injury when blood is redirected toward working muscles during prolonged runs. This raises a bigger question than whether running is simply “good” or “bad”: Is the solution to stop exercising, stop running long distances, or get frequent colonoscopies? Which should change first? #HealthAndWellness #Medical #Health #Fitness #Running
Eight espresso shots for breakfast. Then multiple Eight espresso shots for breakfast. Then multiple brain surgeries. I assumed this neurosurgeon colleague was joking until I watched her order all eight and drink them like they were nothing. The hospital baristas told me nobody else ordered that drink. I would have been shaking and agitated, yet her hands and mindset remained rock steady. How would that much espresso affect you? #Neurosurgery #Medicine #HumanBody #TrueStory #Coffee
Was livestreaming this brain surgery valuable publ Was livestreaming this brain surgery valuable public education, or did it add pressure that no patient, family or surgeon needed? Twenty-five-year-old Jenna remained awake and talking while surgeons removed a mass from her brain’s language center, with nearly 250,000 people watching live. If something had gone wrong, would Jenna and her family have forever questioned whether the livestream contributed? For the surgeon, every decision and every possible complication unfolded before a quarter-million viewers. Who had the most stressful day: Jenna, her family or the surgeon? #BrainSurgery #Neurosurgery #MedicalEthics #Healthcare #Science
Could a pet hamster really trigger a serious condi Could a pet hamster really trigger a serious condition where your immune system attacks your brain? 🐹 A new study linked regular hamster exposure to nearly 40 times the odds of developing it. It can seriously affect balance, walking and coordination. It’s only one study, but be honest: are you still holding one after hearing this? #Hamsters #Pets #Science #Health #Medicine
A surgeon operating for 72 hours without sleep is A surgeon operating for 72 hours without sleep is dangerous. How this surgeon kept finding patients made it even worse. As an intern, I watched this attending search the ER and hospital floors for more cases, call other hospitals, take cases from other surgeons, and bring in elective patients by telling them their surgery was urgent all because he wanted to keep operating. After roughly 14 surgeries, he would disappear for days, sometimes weeks, while trainees managed the postoperative complications. Surgical endurance should never matter more than judgment, rest, and patient safety. I knew it was dangerous, but I couldn’t stop him. How do you try to stop this guy? I complained to leadership and got nowhere. This was 25 years ago but it still bothers me. #Surgery #PatientSafety #Healthcare #MedicalEthics #Medical
A baby was born with his twin brother growing from A baby was born with his twin brother growing from his mouth. The twin had no brain or heart, but it was growing rapidly and had almost completely blocked the baby’s airway. Doctors removed the twin and the baby made a full recovery. Removing the twin saved the baby. But do you consider this parasitic twin a tumor or a baby? #Twins #HumanBody #MedicalScience #MedicalEducation #Anatomy

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