will a single payer healthcare system drive down neurosurgery wages? With all the current hype about medicare for all it seems like it will be implemented sometime in the near future, which has me wondering how our compensation may be affected...

interventional neuroradiology, radiation oncology, nuclear medicine, ortho spine... can’t all of these specialties breach into neurosurgery and take our patients away and take away a large portion of our salary? This worries me for the future...

I have seen all sorts of number thrown around the web about the salary of a neurosurgeon. I was curious about what the average would be throughout the nation and how much it changes in different areas around the country. Is the salary likely to decline or increase in years to come?

Can research and pubs from undergrad be included on your ERAS?

Big moves for some programs. Any merit to this?

Hi guys - giving a lecture next month on stroke and ICH. As we don't have a nsg program at my hospital, was hoping to poll the audience here.

Re: craniectomy for ICH, it seems there is strong evidence for posterior fossa hemorrhage, easy peasy. I'm curious what y'all are doing for supratentorial hemorrhage though. I see there's one study that if its within 1cm of the cortex that might be beneficial but does not seem to improve functional outcomes, is that how you guys practice? What about blood in the ventricles, mass effect? just an EVD? That's our practice pattern here, but idk if thats actually because taking off the skull isnt beneficial or because the PAs can come in to do the drain without an attending.

What about blood pressure? We're sticking with <160 here, seems the data on <140 is not great. Is that mostly what y'all do?

Any other pearls you'd like your EM colleagues to know?

how would u guys rank the ten most competitive specialties to match into?

Let's compare and contrast the Texas programs. Here is the current list from Doximity (7 programs):

Dallas, TX
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW)

Temple, TX
- Texas A&M College of Medicine (A&M)

San Antonio, TX
- University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTSA)

Houston, TX
- University of Texas Health Science Center Houston (UTH)
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Methodist Hospital

Galveston, TX
- University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals (UTMB)

Hey I was wondering how hard it is to match once you fail to the first time

Hello Hub!
NSG Resident here looking for a reference book (which should be quite extensive) on Vascular Anatomy.
Any recommendations?

Thank you!