NeuroSurgeonInterview

Three days a week I operate on the brain, the spine, or peripheral nerves. Two days a week I’m in the office seeing patients. I also teach medical students and I give lectures to residents.
 * What does your work entail as a neurosurgeon?**

I help a lot of people. They come back to me and they say, “Thank you for helping me. I feel much better.”, “Thank you for helping me. My pain is gone. Thank you for taking out my brain tumor.” I have four partners in my group who get along great. I can make my own schedule. I don’t have to work as hard if I don’t want to. One of my partners is much younger and has four younger kids, and he’s able to work less. We’re able to, in a sense, set our own schedules.
 * What do you like about what you do?**

600,000.00
 * How much money do you make as a neurosurgeon?**

Four years of medical school, a year of internship, and then neurosurgical residency is an additional six years. So, my training was seven years after medical school.
 * What education or skills are needed to become a neurosurgeon?**

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