Naval aviation and neurosurgery: traditions, commonalities, and lessons learned. The 2007 presidential address.
In his presidential address to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the author recounts lessons he learned while training to be a Naval Aviator and later a neurosurgeon. He describes his life as an aviator and neurosurgeon, compares naval aviation and neurosurgery, and points out lessons that neurosurgery can learn from naval aviation.
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Department of Neurological Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA. doq1@columbia.edu
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