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So ever since I was in biomedgrad engin grad school and went to a lecture by a neurosurgeon doing DBS I was super intrigued by this technology and went on to do several large grad projects on DBS (mostly mathematical models and reviewing theories of how it works). I was recently accepted into med school for this fall and I know its too early to be convinced of what specialty ill go into, but I'm looking around and I'm curious: What kind of lifestyle does a neurosurgeon who does DBS procedures live?
I have read all about how neurosurgeons regularly do 90-100 hour weeks with some that stretched up to 120 hours (which terrifies my girlfriend more than me). But I also am under the impression neurosurgeons somewhats specialize within neurosurgery. So at a hospital with multiple NSurgeons, one may be great at spine work while another is an expert at tumor removal (please educate me if I'm wrong about this). Since DBS work seems to me to be a less urgent operation than most of the surgeries that neurosurgeons perform would the lifestyle (and salary) of these specialists be different than the lifestyles seen by other neursurgeons?
Thanks.
I have read all about how neurosurgeons regularly do 90-100 hour weeks with some that stretched up to 120 hours (which terrifies my girlfriend more than me). But I also am under the impression neurosurgeons somewhats specialize within neurosurgery. So at a hospital with multiple NSurgeons, one may be great at spine work while another is an expert at tumor removal (please educate me if I'm wrong about this). Since DBS work seems to me to be a less urgent operation than most of the surgeries that neurosurgeons perform would the lifestyle (and salary) of these specialists be different than the lifestyles seen by other neursurgeons?
Thanks.