Duties and Responsibilities: Neurosurgeons examine, diagnose and surgically treat disorders of the nervous system. They perform surgery on the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves to remove tumors, relieve chronic pain and treat wounds, vascular disorders and diseases such as Parkinson’s and epilepsy.
Salary: $421,032 - $707,635
Education: Before residency training, neurosurgeons must complete four years of undergraduate school followed by four years of medical school. They then take 6-7 years if neurosurgical residency training. Over the next six years, residents complete a total of at leats 42 months training in core clinical neurosurgery.
Demand or Need: The demand for physicians and surgeons us expected to grow 24 percent between 2010 and 2020.
Reflection: No, I would not like to become a Neurosurgeon because I wouldn’t be able to handle doing surgery on patients. I wouldn’t like to put someone’s life at risk.
