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When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales from Neurosurgery Audiobook
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With poignant insight and humor, Frank Vertosick, Jr., MD, describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumor in her brain, a young man struck down in his prime by paraplegia, and a minister with a .22-caliber bullet lodged in his skull. Told through intimate portraits of Vertosick's patients and unsparing yet fascinatingly detailed descriptions of surgical procedures, When the Air Hits Your Brain—the culmination of decades spent struggling to learn an unforgiving craft—illuminates both the mysteries of the mind and the realities of the operating room.
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"A riveting report that shatters the mystique of the brain surgeon as a wizard of technical prowess."
— Publishers Weekly
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Cheri Zielinski, 2/7/2023
About Frank T Vertosick
Frank Vertosick, Jr., MD, trained in neurosurgery with the legendary brain surgeon Peter Jannetta at the University of Pittsburgh. After completing his residency, Dr. Vertosick spent the next fifteen years at Pitt as a surgical neuro-oncologist. He worked in other areas of medicine from 2002 until his retirement in 2013.
About Kirby Heyborne
Kirby Heyborne is a musician, actor, and professional narrator. Noted for his work in teen and juvenile audio, he has garnered over twenty Earphones Awards. His audiobook credits include Jesse Kellerman’s The Genius, Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother, and George R. R. Martin’s Selections from Dreamsongs.