Neurosurgeon Research Paper

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"A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, a lady's hand." This comes from an old English proverb, that means that to be a great surgeon one needs to have good eyes, a gentle heart, and nimble hands.1 This is especially true in neurosurgery. Neurosurgery is a surgical specialty dealing with the nervous system, and more specifically, the brain and spinal cord.2 Being a neurosurgeon is difficult work, they must complete many years of school before starting their career, and even after they have started. If they put in the effort, neurosurgeons can be very successful in their line of work.
Surgeons work very diligently doing many task throughout the day. They must perform emergency, and scheduled surgeries, assess and diagnose …show more content…

To do their work requires a great deal of skill and effort. Because they have all of these attributes, neurosurgeons have great successes in making money. Starting surgeons often make about $350,000. It just goes up from there. The average wage in the US is $775,968, and the median is $794,170. The top Neurosurgeons make upwards of a million dollars. The high end of the salary scale is about $1,230,000.7 Another great thing about being a neurosurgeon is there is more than enough of opportunity for growth. After finishing their residency, and working as a surgeon, neurosurgeons can do multiple things such as specialize in different types of surgery, become a lead administrator, become a chief of surgery, or even open up their own practice.9 Surgeons don’t just have to go into Neurology, surgeons can go into many different fields, including general surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology(delivering babies, and caring for them), Orthopedics (Bones), Pediatrics(kids), Plastic Surgery, or Cardiology(Heart and lungs).10 If surgery is not the right job, there are also many degrees that people can have with a M.D., such as, a medical teacher, a medical or pharmaceutical researcher, a medical legal sales advisor, or a transplant coordinator.11 Whatever surgeons do, they can be

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