The Neurosurgeon

Duties and Responsibilities: The neurosurgeon also known as a brain surgeon is to examine and give a diagnosis in what things go wrong in the nervous system. The treat patients with surgery done in the brain spinal cord and peripheral nerves and they remove tumors. They help relieve chronic pain and treat wounds. They treat patients with by first making them go through a PET and CT scan, so that way they could determine the diagnosis and see how they could help them if they are having any problems near or in their brain.

Salary: $421,032 - $707,635

Education: The educational requirements for a brain surgeon is, four years of undergraduate school then followed by four years of medical school. It after takes the brain surgeon 6 - 7 years for residency training to learn the different clinical skills. It is also required to go through 3 - 6 months of clinical neurology. Right after the six years of residency the brain surgeon is to go for 42 months for clinical neurosurgery.

Demand in Profession: All types of surgeons is projected to grow about 14% within the next few years.

Reflection: I would not be interested in this career because I don’t like bloody things. Also, because it is a very risky job because every part of the brain is important and if something is affected then anything could go wrong.