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Gray matters a biography of brain surgery

"A popular biography of brain surgery told by one of its preeminent practitioners"--

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Main Author:	Schwartz, Theodore H. (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	[New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
Subjects:	Brain > Surgery. Nervous system > Surgery > History. Personal narratives.
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Summary:	"A popular biography of brain surgery told by one of its preeminent practitioners"--
Physical Description:	496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-476) and index.
ISBN:	9780593474105 0593474104
Author Notes:	THEODORE H. SCHWARTZ, MD , is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in New York City, one of the busiest and highest-ranked neurosurgery centers in the world. He has published more than five hundred scientific articles and chapters on neurosurgery, and has lectured around the world--from Bogotá to Vienna to Mumbai--on new, minimally invasive surgical techniques that he helped develop. His book, Gray Matters. A Biography of Brain Surgery , published by Dutton/Penguin-Random House, was selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2024. His writing has also been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Psyche, The British Psychological Society, LitHub, and MedPage Today. Dr. Schwartz is currently the CEO of a med tech company, Illumination Diagnostics, Inc. . He studied philosophy, literature, and medicine at Harvard.