NEUROSUR402C

NEUROSUR

402C

Intermediate Clinical Neurosurgery

This elective is intended as an intermediate experience that focuses on the clinical presentation of common neurosurgical disorders, radiographic evaluation, and therapeutic options including the indications and contraindications for surgical intervention. The student sees patients each morning with the neurosurgical team and chooses one or two patients to evaluate in more detail. The student attends one of the neurosurgery clinics or participates in the OR each morning after rounds, and attends the Wednesday academic day neurosurgical conferences. Most students attend Monday - Friday for half days beginning at 5:45 am. For more information, please contact Sherolyn Patterson at 684-3053 or via email, sherolyn.patterson@duke.edu. First Day of Classes: Students are to meet the residents in the neurosurgery work room at 5:45 am, 8th floor conference room 8A90 of Duke Central Tower (DCT). Credit: 2. Enrollment max: 4. Course Director: Steven Cook, MD; Gerald Grant, MD (Chairman), Muhammad Abd-El-Barr, MD, PhD; Deb Bhowmick, MD; Allan Friedman, MD; John Barr, MD; Alexa Bramall, MD, PhD; Patrick Codd, MD; Andrew Cutler, MD; Peter Fecci, MD, PhD; Herbert Fuchs, MD, PhD; Rory Goodwin, MD, PhD; Oren Gottfried, MD; David Hasan, MD; Stephen Harward, MD, PhD; Erik Hauck, MD; Jordan Komisarow, MD; Nandan Lad, MD, PhD; Anoop Patel, MD; John Sampson, MD,PhD; Christopher Shaffrey, MD; Brandon Smith, MD; Derek Southwell, MD,PhD; Khoi Than, MD; Dennis Turner, MD; Matthew Vestal, MD; and Ali Zomorodi, MD

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