neurosurgeons

Henry Perowne, a London neurosurgeon, goes through his normal Saturday activities, including a weekly squash game, but his unease grows as he makes his way through the throngs of anti-war protesters clogging London's streets, until a minor car accident with the petulant Baxter begins a series of events that erupts into violence.

A 12-year old boy, Tyler, is seriously injured, and two competing neurosurgeons agree to collaborate on a risky -- and controversial -- treatment. They manage to save Tyler's life, but in the process his mind merges with their computer.

Tells the story of Ben Carson, providing an account of how he went from a poor child in Detroit, labeled the class dummy, to one of the world's leading pediatric neurosurgeons.

Captures the physician's fight to beat the odds, the secret behind his outstanding accomplishments, and what drives him to take risks.

A biography of the African American surgeon who overcame poverty and racism to become chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

Captures the physician's fight to beat the odds, the secret behind his outstanding accomplishments, and what drives him to take risks.

The author describes life as a neurosurgeon, and discusses her stresses, the simplicities and complexities of her job, brain surgery itself, interaction with patients, and liability, as well as remarkable cases, childhood influences on her career choice, and the future of neuroscience.

The author describes life as a neurosurgeon, discussing such topics as its stresses, its simplicities and complexities, brain surgery itself, interaction with patients, and liability, as well as remarkable cases, childhood influences on her career choice, and the future of neuroscience.