Famous Neurosurgeons to Train with

[guga282]

Who are the living, non-retired most famous neurosurgeons to train with? Nay who are the most famous neurosurgeons period? Doesn't matter which subspeciality, name them all! For example, I know the most well known ortho spine surgeon to train with is Henry Bohlman (if you get that fellowship, you are set). Please, this is out of pure curiosity, and maybe a little bit I want to see who/what the best is like.

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[Spine Specialist]

http://www.med.wayne.edu/neurosurgery/setti.htm

 

[mpp]

There are too many to name, nay, I am too lazy to list them. Who uses "nay" ??

 

[trout]

Spetzler

 

[soeagerun2or]

Lawrence Marshall at UCSD if you're a trauma guy.

 

[GuzzyRon]

Dr. Ben Carson will be a very good one to train with

http://www.neuro.jhmi.edu/profiles/carson.html

 

[eldo]

having gifted hands is nice but how about being the "Tiger Woods of Neurosurgery." Takanori Fukushima
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News...on-calls-self-%91Tiger-Woods-of-neurosurgery/

 

[Spine Specialist]

having gifted hands is nice but how about being the "Tiger Woods of Neurosurgery." Takanori Fukushima
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News...on-calls-self-%91Tiger-Woods-of-neurosurgery/

Damn! FMGs

 

[guga282]

i dug this up from my favorites ...http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/54988_brain18.shtml

 

[cerbraloedema]

do you have any other your favourite articles about neurosurgeons?

 

[hans19]

having gifted hands is nice but how about being the "Tiger Woods of Neurosurgery." Takanori Fukushima
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News...on-calls-self-%91Tiger-Woods-of-neurosurgery/

Yeah... he's modest too.

And how about going to medical school thats "a combination of Harvard, Yale and all the Ivy leagues mixed into one"?

 

[Astrocyte]

It's a shame that modesty is not one of his qualities, given the apparent talent.
And why does the media always find NSGY so sexy?

 

[SMT]

M. Gazi Yasargil and Ossama Al-Mefty at UAMS

 

[island doc]

Who are the living, non-retired most famous neurosurgeons to train with?

Edward R. Laws, Jr., M.D. at Stanford. A living legend in the field of NS. Former President of the American College of Surgeons. Former President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Not only a truly brilliant and immensely talented and experienced neurosurgeon but a very kind and modest man. Do a google search for "Lord of the Sella" as he is also known. He himself was trained by none other than Earl Walker at Johns Hopkins.

 

[UTSouthwestern]

Edward R. Laws, Jr., M.D. at Stanford. A living legend in the field of NS. Former President of the American College of Surgeons. Former President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Not only a truly brilliant and immensely talented and experienced neurosurgeon but a very kind and modest man. Do a google search for "Lord of the Sella" as he is also known. He himself was trained by none other than Earl Walker at Johns Hopkins.

Duke Samson if you're into aneurysms and AVM's.

 

[-Goose-]

Boop at UT-Memphis / Semmes-Murphey for peds.

 

[DOCTORSAIB]

Dr. Ben Carson will be a very good one to train with

http://www.neuro.jhmi.edu/profiles/carson.html

Dr. Carson is my hero..

Plus he was the graduation speaker at PCOM a few years ago...

 

[Falco2525]

I am going to nominate Dr. Fessler at U Chicago

 

[devlyyn]

Fukushima gets my vote as well. We have him at our hospital alot since his headquarters are nearby and he has an excellent success rate.

 

[drivesmecraazee]

Since you mention Stanford...does anybody here has heard something about Dr. Hun or Huhn, cloud be Hunh too...I don't remember how it spelled, nor his first name...he did surgery on my little brother with Chiary Syndrome.

 

[Falco2525]

Since you mention Stanford...does anybody here has heard something about Dr. Hun or Huhn, cloud be Hunh too...I don't remember how it spelled, nor his first name...he did surgery on my little brother with Chiary Syndrome.

Nope but I thought it was Chiari syndrome not chiary...

 

[drivesmecraazee]

Nope but I thought it was Chiari syndrome not chiary...

Im not sure...

 

[drivesmecraazee]

Im not sure...

It's Chiari...my bad...

 

[Galaxy781]

Spetzler at the BNI in PHX.

 

[neurorid]

Prof.benzel The Best Spine Surgeon
Prof.samii Brain Surgery

 

[Spine Specialist]

incorrect post deleted. sorry.

 

[Myempire1]

I am very curious about this matter also. I am currently reading Michael Bliss' autobiography of Cushing. It sounds like during that era, the best way to learn to become a ns was to specifically train with the few best neurosurgereons (e.g. Cushing, Dandy, Walker, etc.). Do people still do this, or is this a thing of the past since ns has boomed? Rather, do applicants now just look at programs as a whole? Maybe this is a pointless or naive question but I have recently decided to pursue ns and want to get all my career-direction-related issues figured out before I apply in the summer.... Maybe another way to ask this: Are the above people mentioned the Cushing's of our era?