What are the responsibilities of a neurosurgeon?

Answer 1

A neurosurgeon is a surgeon whose specialty is the brain and nervous system. Therefore, a neurosurgeon will operate on brain tumors, head and spinal trauma, strokes if necessary, and any other operation that involves the brain and the central nervous system.

Answer 2

Responsibilities Of A Neurosurgeon

Answer 3

Neurosurgeons operate on those patients requring surgery of the nervous system. Some neurosurgeons will cover general neurosurgery while others prefer to specialise in a certain area, such as brain surgery, peripheral vein surgery, spinal cord surgery etc...

Neurosurgeons may operate in a number of departments, mainly collected around the neurosurgical department though can be found in the general surgery department during neurosurgical consultations and in the emergency department because there always has to be one neurosurgeon on call here.

You may see a neurosurgeon in a number of cases, around 40% of a neurosurgeons time is spent on cases that are non-surgical. This is when they take the role of the specialist in the nervous system, or just as a 'normal' doctor. Other than this neurosurgeons have to meet and greet there patients, make sure they are settled and know exactly what they are both going into surgery for and what they are going to do during surgery, it is then the neurosurgeons job to perform the surgery, unlike most other surgery, the neurosurgical operating theatre is quite empty, there is one neurosurgeon, a neurosurgical nurse and the anaesthesiologist. This may include a student or two but it is generally not very crowded.

It is then the neurosurgeons job to make sure the patient is well after surgery and that no other treatment is necessary.

It takes around 7 years AFTER medical school to become a fully qualified neurosurgeon both here in the UK and in the United States.

Answer 4

The neurosurgeon frequently has the task of telling the patient's family the very bad news related to the poor prognosis of a devastating brain or spinal cord injury. The job is NOT just operating and office visits.
If you want to be the one to tell families their loved one will be in a persistent vegetative state, or will be a quadriplegic forever, be a neurosurgeon.

Answer 5

Neurosurgeon, are at the doctors side, handing the tools, they remove alot of sutures.

Answer 6

Here is additional info about neurosurgery: www.wikipedia.org (albeit not the most reliable source) and type into search 'neurosurgeon'.

And for general career info about physicians: www.bls.gov/oco and type into search 'physicians'.

Answer 7

Among other things, he performs brain surgery.

Answer 8

backs and brains.......