So You Want to Be a NEUROSURGEON #SHORTS

So you want to be a neurosurgeon. Neurological surgery, or neurosurgery for short, is concerned with surgical interventions of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. To become a neurosurgeon, you must complete a 7-year neurosurgery residency program after medical school which often includes one year of dedicated research time. This is the longest residency program, start to finish, out of any specialty.

In terms of competitiveness, neurosurgery is consistently ranked among the top 5 most competitive specialties to match into, meaning you’ll need high Step scores and plenty of research.

The median salary for neurosurgeons is $680,000 per year making it consistently one of the top three highest-paid specialties, duking it out with orthopedic surgery and plastic surgery for the number 1 spot.

That being said, neurosurgery is known for having one of the most challenging lifestyles of any specialty, even beyond residency. In addition, the patients you treat as a neurosurgeon are often very sick, meaning that poor outcomes are not uncommon.

If you can get past those aspects of neurosurgery, however, you’ll get the privilege of working on arguably the most fascinating and mysterious organ of the body–the brain–and get to work in one of the few specialties where you truly have the opportunity to save someone’s life.

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