Mar 07

Five dollars in pocket to Neuro-Surgeon!! Inspiring Story!!

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Dr.Alfredo is the Professor of Neurosurgey  at John Hopkins Univeristy , and Director of Brain Tumor Program at John Hopkins.  He even directs stem cell laboratory, seems highly accomplished  surgeon. I could see all students were genuinely interested in this topic. By the time talk started, Lecture hall was completely occupied. This implies two things; first the popularity of Dr.Alfredo and second students’ interest in research and neurosurgery.

DR.Q ( he is popular with this name)  graduated from Harvard and did his residency from San Francisco.

He was immigrant farm worker from Mexico, came with five dollars in pocket. Now he has 200 peer review publications. He is truly clinician scientist. He was there to impart wisdom to medical students.

“I am just humble servant to human society. ”       “We won’t have to do brain surgery in future.”

He suggests that any brain tumor should be resected completely, more than 98%. Anything less than that is futile work. Video shown by him during the lecture explains how one young married person, father  of daughter, gets his all motor functions back after the neurosurgery. Dr Q says  ” I am so glad that he can hold his daughter now.”

Yes, neurosurgery is advancing, and stem cell research can do wonders in future .

Despite advances in surgery, technology and equipment, he firmly believe that principles of surgery are not evolved. Surgery is the same as it was in the beginning of the 19th century. Only there is touch of modernity.

Then he showed the comparison graphs depicting survival rates after total resection, near total resection and partial resection of tumors. How Glioblastoma might need multiple resection because of its highly aggressive nature.

Finally I was so happy to witness the lecture by this inspiring figure. Thanks Dr.Q!




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