Frank T. Vertosick

A Pennsylvania neurosurgeon chronicles his evolution from a naive young intern to a world-class surgeon and his toughest challenges, from a six-week-old infant with a brain tumor to a minister with a bullet in his head. Reprint. NYT. PW.

When the Air Hits Your Brain

Emma Hak-Kovacs

Brock

Frank Jr Vertosick

Traces the author's personal journey from a naive and ambitious young intern to a leading neurosurgeon, in a career marked by such challenges as an infant with a brain tumor, a young man's struggles with paraplegia, and a minister who was shot in the head. Reprint.

When the Air Hits Your Brain

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