Neurological Surgery (NEURO SURG)

Instructor(s): Phiroz Tarapore

This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. Students will have opportunities to recognize common diagnoses in neurosurgery practice, observe common procedures, and compose treatment plans for these common conditions. Students will serve as part of the patient care team.

Instructor(s): Manish Aghi

This is a Bridges Curriculum Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx), which provide medical students in Foundations 2 opportunities to broaden and enhance their professional development in health care settings different from those of their core clerkships. During this CIEx, the student spends 2 weeks with the team of neurosurgery residents at Parnassus rounding on patients and going to the operating room. Students also join residents for academic conferences.

Instructor(s): Manish Aghi, Michael Mcdermott

The clinical clerkships allow students considering a residency in neurological surgery to work with our faculty and the current residents in all aspects of the neurosurgery service, as well as interact with faculty in other departments who regularly work with the Department of Neurological Surgery. Students can rotate at all our teaching hospitals.

Instructor(s): Manish Aghi

Clinical clerkship in approved hospitals by special arrangement, and approval of the dean and chairperson of the department.

Instructor(s): Manish Aghi

Neurosurgery clinical clerkships are offered in off-campus hospitals approved by the instructor of record for the course and the dean.

Instructor(s): Manish Aghi

This four week advanced sub-internship is completed after the student finishes NEURO SURG 140.01 and allows the student to become an even more integral part of the neurosurgery service, assisting members of the house staff and faculty. Activities continue to include ward and ICU rounds, observing and assisting in the OR, taking night call, and attending grand rounds and other teaching conferences, but with even deeper involvement than NEURO SURG 140.01.

Instructor(s): Manish Aghi

Students will shadow a resident and interact with faculty accordingly in the operating room, inpatient setting and outpatient clinic. Student experiences will differ by site but may include treatment of movement disorders, epilepsy, pediatric and adult brain tumors, head and spinal trauma (operative and non-operative management), hydrocephalus, aneurysms, peripheral nerve disorders and disc disease.

Instructor(s): Staff

Research project under the direction of a member of the faculty. Extensive background reading will be required and discussion of important topics will be held at weekly laboratory and program project research conferences.

Instructor(s): Manish Aghi

Focused study and directed reading under supervision of a member of the faculty with the approval of the chairperson of the department.