What are a few countries where neurosurgery research is really ground breaking? And in what subspecialties? Would be cool to go to a country like Switzerland and work with some great minds.

What is the typical start date for orientation?

What is the the name of the procedure called, when the neurosurgeon uses a syringe to pull fluid out of  the brain tissue? Not cerebral spinal fluid.

Georgetown vs George Washington? 

Any thoughts? Same day ?

Person A: "Where did you go to medical school?"

Person B: "School [best]"

Person A: "Oohh, do you know Person C"

Person B: "Yeahhh!  S/he is so nice. "

Person A: "Yeahh."

Person D: "I know Person C too"

I'm an MD/PhD student that's going to be separated from all things clinical for x-many years, wondering if there's anything I should be doing extra during these years to maintain some sort of competitiveness (?) and keep showing attendings/department heads that I'm actually still interested in neurosurgery.

My plan is to keep scrubbing cases every now and then, get together with residents for a few clinical research papers every so often, and go to department grand rounds/journal clubs as often as I can. 

Any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks guys!

hi everyone. it is great site. thanks for all.

is the med school you attend a big factor in your chances of matching at an upper program? if one were to go to a school ranked about 50th with 250 step 1 and 3-4 pubs would they have a better chance at a top program than one from a top 20 med school with a 248 step one with 2-3 pubs? how much of a factor is the med school you attend?
thanks

How many interviews should an applicant plan to attend?

What’s the deal with it? Is it really looked upon poorly by the larger community?