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The story of one man's evolution from naïve and ambitious young intern to world-class neurosurgeon.

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"Dramatic, moving, and utterly fascinating." -- New York Times Book Review
"By turns comic and tragic, this memoir…is a must-read for neurosurgeons but also of interest to most clinicians." -- Chris Barrett - The BMJ
"Dr. Frank Vertosick provides an amusing, insightful and honest inside view of the training of the neurosurgeon. This highly readable account of daily life on the wards shows all the humility, fortitude, and humanity that genuinely underlies this sometimes not well-understood but genuinely wonderful profession." -- Dr. David W. Roberts, professor of surgery (neurosurgery), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
"When the Air Hits Your Brain lets you feel the pain, grief and joy of practicing medicine. This book should be read by every medical student, doctor and present or potential patient. In other words, by all of us." -- Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles
"Writing with humor and compassion, but without sentimentality, Vertosick shows us that neurosurgeons, those gods of the operating room, are humans, too." -- Kirkus Reviews

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      Publisher WW Norton & Co
      Published 15 April 2008
      ISBN-13 9780393330496
      978-0393330496
      ISBN-10 0393330494
      Also in:
      Biography True stories / true accounts of events Neurosurgery

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The story of one man's evolution from naïve and ambitious young intern to world-class neurosurgeon.

      Trade Review
      "Dramatic, moving, and utterly fascinating." -- New York Times Book Review
      "By turns comic and tragic, this memoir…is a must-read for neurosurgeons but also of interest to most clinicians." -- Chris Barrett - The BMJ
      "Dr. Frank Vertosick provides an amusing, insightful and honest inside view of the training of the neurosurgeon. This highly readable account of daily life on the wards shows all the humility, fortitude, and humanity that genuinely underlies this sometimes not well-understood but genuinely wonderful profession." -- Dr. David W. Roberts, professor of surgery (neurosurgery), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
      "When the Air Hits Your Brain lets you feel the pain, grief and joy of practicing medicine. This book should be read by every medical student, doctor and present or potential patient. In other words, by all of us." -- Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles
      "Writing with humor and compassion, but without sentimentality, Vertosick shows us that neurosurgeons, those gods of the operating room, are humans, too." -- Kirkus Reviews

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