Nitin Agarwal, MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA

• I Survived Neurosurgery.- Part I. The Patient.- Medal: An Interview with Kurt Angle.- Surviving without Surgery.- What We Do Not Measure Still Injures Us: A SWCC Operator's Journey.- To the Beyond and Back.- Spreading the Message.- Trust the Process.- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.- My Chronicles with Chiari.- Part II. The Trainee.- The Black Box: A Privilege and a Calling.- Living in Two Worlds: Dual Degree.- The Maserati: Choosing the Ideal Mentor.- The End Is Near: Navigating the Fellowship Journey.- Hail Mary: Surviving Call as Junior Resident.- The Circle of Life.- Don't Piss Off the Infrastructure.- Advice to Recent Residency Graduates.- Grit in Training.- Gap Year.- Part III. The Neurosurgeon.- The Oval Office.- A Hobby to Cope: The Violin Surgeon.- Neurosurgery on the Big Screen.- Relating the Unrelatable.- Who Needs to Survive Surgery, When You Don't Need It in the First Place?- Virtual Neurosurgery.- Partner in Neurological Surgery.- Optimizing the Economy of Effort.- Surviving a Malpractice Lawsuit.- Skynet.- Two Surgeons, One Family.- Work-Life Balance: Preserving Soul and Sanity.- To Serve.- Beyond Scalpels: The Art of Surgical Excellence.- Neurosurgery without Borders.- Surgical Exodus: Navigating Career Burnout.- Pregnant and Operating.- The Only Way to Survive Falling out of an Airplane Is to Go Limp.- Part IV. The Path.- Into the Zone of Action: Neurosurgical Sub-internship.- NeuroSurging Beyond: No Obstacle Too Big.- A Couple of Neurosurgeons.- Confessions of the GME.- The Boots on the Ground.- Neuro+9.- Spring Cleaning: Mop to Op.- Grind, Grit, Resilience: The Foreign Graduate Experience.- Sponsorship in Neurosurgery.- Backstage Pass: The Resident Perspective into Interviews.- Beyond the Mold: Crafting the Ideal Resident Profile.

Nitin Agarwal, MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA

• I Survived Neurosurgery.- Part I. The Patient.- Medal: An Interview with Kurt Angle.- Surviving without Surgery.- What We Do Not Measure Still Injures Us: A SWCC Operator's Journey.- To the Beyond and Back.- Spreading the Message.- Trust the Process.- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.- My Chronicles with Chiari.- Part II. The Trainee.- The Black Box: A Privilege and a Calling.- Living in Two Worlds: Dual Degree.- The Maserati: Choosing the Ideal Mentor.- The End Is Near: Navigating the Fellowship Journey.- Hail Mary: Surviving Call as Junior Resident.- The Circle of Life.- Don't Piss Off the Infrastructure.- Advice to Recent Residency Graduates.- Grit in Training.- Gap Year.- Part III. The Neurosurgeon.- The Oval Office.- A Hobby to Cope: The Violin Surgeon.- Neurosurgery on the Big Screen.- Relating the Unrelatable.- Who Needs to Survive Surgery, When You Don't Need It in the First Place?- Virtual Neurosurgery.- Partner in Neurological Surgery.- Optimizing the Economy of Effort.- Surviving a Malpractice Lawsuit.- Skynet.- Two Surgeons, One Family.- Work-Life Balance: Preserving Soul and Sanity.- To Serve.- Beyond Scalpels: The Art of Surgical Excellence.- Neurosurgery without Borders.- Surgical Exodus: Navigating Career Burnout.- Pregnant and Operating.- The Only Way to Survive Falling out of an Airplane Is to Go Limp.- Part IV. The Path.- Into the Zone of Action: Neurosurgical Sub-internship.- NeuroSurging Beyond: No Obstacle Too Big.- A Couple of Neurosurgeons.- Confessions of the GME.- The Boots on the Ground.- Neuro+9.- Spring Cleaning: Mop to Op.- Grind, Grit, Resilience: The Foreign Graduate Experience.- Sponsorship in Neurosurgery.- Backstage Pass: The Resident Perspective into Interviews.- Beyond the Mold: Crafting the Ideal Resident Profile.

Nitin Agarwal, MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, USA

• I Survived Neurosurgery.- Part I. The Patient.- Medal: An Interview with Kurt Angle.- Surviving without Surgery.- What We Do Not Measure Still Injures Us: A SWCC Operator's Journey.- To the Beyond and Back.- Spreading the Message.- Trust the Process.- Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.- My Chronicles with Chiari.- Part II. The Trainee.- The Black Box: A Privilege and a Calling.- Living in Two Worlds: Dual Degree.- The Maserati: Choosing the Ideal Mentor.- The End Is Near: Navigating the Fellowship Journey.- Hail Mary: Surviving Call as Junior Resident.- The Circle of Life.- Don't Piss Off the Infrastructure.- Advice to Recent Residency Graduates.- Grit in Training.- Gap Year.- Part III. The Neurosurgeon.- The Oval Office.- A Hobby to Cope: The Violin Surgeon.- Neurosurgery on the Big Screen.- Relating the Unrelatable.- Who Needs to Survive Surgery, When You Don't Need It in the First Place?- Virtual Neurosurgery.- Partner in Neurological Surgery.- Optimizing the Economy of Effort.- Surviving a Malpractice Lawsuit.- Skynet.- Two Surgeons, One Family.- Work-Life Balance: Preserving Soul and Sanity.- To Serve.- Beyond Scalpels: The Art of Surgical Excellence.- Neurosurgery without Borders.- Surgical Exodus: Navigating Career Burnout.- Pregnant and Operating.- The Only Way to Survive Falling out of an Airplane Is to Go Limp.- Part IV. The Path.- Into the Zone of Action: Neurosurgical Sub-internship.- NeuroSurging Beyond: No Obstacle Too Big.- A Couple of Neurosurgeons.- Confessions of the GME.- The Boots on the Ground.- Neuro+9.- Spring Cleaning: Mop to Op.- Grind, Grit, Resilience: The Foreign Graduate Experience.- Sponsorship in Neurosurgery.- Backstage Pass: The Resident Perspective into Interviews.- Beyond the Mold: Crafting the Ideal Resident Profile.