After training as a regular surgeon, a neurosurgeon in America will take on an additional 5-7 year neurosurgery residency program. If they have a sub-specialty (pediatric neurosurgery, etc.) it will be an additional 1-3 years in residency. Neurosurgery has the longest training period for any medical specialty.
I would suggest they get a residency at Barnes Hospital in St Louis, and a neurosurgery history of Barnes has just been published, written by Dr. Robert Grubb, a distinguished neurosurgeon and professor. Also, Columbia University's Neurological Institute has much to offer.
Neurologists and neurosurgeons must complete medical school and neurology or neurosurgery residency training.
College- with a pre-med major, Medical school, graduate as an MD, internship, residency. then residency in neurosurgery. A LONG time, a LOT of school, and a lot of hard work.
To become a neurosurgeon, you must complete 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school and 1 year of surgery internship followed by 5-7 years of neurosurgery residency. During these 14+ years of post-secondary training, you get paid nothing until residency at which point you will make roughly $45K/year with moderate yearly increases. After residency has been completed, a neurosurgeon makes on average $350-500K/year.
You need 4 years of college and then you need to apply to medical school and get accepted. Medical school is 4 years. Then you apply to a residency in Neurosurgery and after acceptance, there is an additional 7 years of specialty training in Neurosurgery. Some residency programs will also require that you do additional research (1-4 more years after the 7 listed). You then are eligible to become board certified in neurological surgery.
Ben Carson became a surgeon in 1977 after completing his medical residency. He specialized in neurosurgery and went on to have a successful career in the field.
To be a neurosurgeon, a medical degree from an accredited medical school such as a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree, a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree, or a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS/MBChB) degree must be earned. After earning one of these recognized medical degrees, residency training in neurosurgery must be completed. Additional focused training in fellowships after completion of a neurosurgery residency program may also be pursued if desired.
Spine surgery is performed by doctors who have completed training in either neurosurgery or orthopedic surgery. To become a spine surgeon you must have a medical degree (8 years after high school); then complete a residency in either orthopedic surgery (5 years) or neurosurgery (6-7 years). Orthopedic surgeons who wish to specialize in spine surgery usually complete a spine fellowship following their residency, which is an additional 1 to 2 years of training. Neurosurgery residency provides adequate exposure to spine surgery, but some neurosurgeons choose to spend an additional year in spine fellowship. So, including college, medical school, residency and fellowship it takes between 14 and 16 years of post high school education to become a spine surgeon.
Ben Carson currently works at Johns Hopkins Hospital and university in Baltimore, Maryland. He has been working there since he started his neurosurgery residency.
Journal of Neurosurgery was created in 1944.
Neurosurgery - journal - was created in 1977.