https://thejns.org/view/journals/j-neuro...231513.xml

Anyone else getting sick of seeing Medicare slashed 3-5% a year, while reimbursement for everything besides physicians keeps up with inflation?

We will continue to become “more efficient” to keep up with these cuts, and a lot of that is good for patients, but we’ve all seen the surgeons that rush. When is it going to be too much?

happy thanksgiving everyone. so i got in to a medical school without a department of neurosurgery, this medical school also lets me have tuition free and also free textbooks, i still have to take loans to cover fees and living expenses. but everyone i talk to is like when it comes to neurosurgery, prestige of medical school matters especcially clinical curriculum and access to neurosurgeons in neurosurgery department. this medical school is a public school that does not have a department of neurosurgery, and also their dean likes to talk about "primary care" so i feel like i am lying for going there because i want to become a neurosurgeon, which is not primary care. i do not know what to do! i am still waiting on a decision from a school that is very well known and also has their own department of neurosurgery.

1. How common is it to have a practice that is a combination of pediatrics and adults?
   
2. Is such a practice mostly academic or private practice?
   
3. What's the expected salary of a combined peds + adult?
   

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Relatively pointless paper has interesting insights into how busy a program is. Fewer than 4 consults per call shift. That is abnormally low with a very low acuity (0.3 emergent consults per shift). This is what our level 3 trauma center looks like, not a level 1

On-Call Workload Differences in Neurosurgery: Resident Call “Weather” and a Departure from Colored Cloud Labels


https://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/fu..._.935.aspx


By the way, paper confirms no true black clouds; just struggling or excelling  residents.

Could anyone offer their thoughts on this program? Benign or malignant program? Operative volume and autonomy? Hyde Park safety?

Trying to pick my away and was wondering if there are any culture, training, or research differences between MGH and UCSF. Thanks !

Can someone compare these 2 programs? Trying to see which program to rank higher. Location isn't a factor for me. I'm interested in complex spine deformity.

Much appreciated.

I've heard of more outgoing residents doing specific training in both spine and endovascular with an eye toward being a private practice surgeon that can "do it all": that is, take out basic tumors, handle 95% of spine pathology that comes through the door, and take vascular call (+/- stroke call). What are your thoughts on how marketable a job applicant like this would be, and does it mean you're committing yourself to seriously onerous call out in practice?