Neurosurgery Personal Statement
Fifteen years after graduating from medical school, I see myself as a virtuous neurosurgeon in a teaching hospital. I am certain that teaching the art of medicine is a meaningful, noble act that will be a pleasure to do. Even when I envisage it today, the notion of playing a role in the future of health care and specifically neurosurgery is a concept that thrills me.
Ever since I have studied the nervous system in my freshman year psychology class, I have been amazed by it. I was intrigued to such an extend that I read regularly about unique cases involving this system’s defects, learned about the intricate details of certain regions of the brain that I had not seen in my classes, and watched neurosurgery procedures in my free time. Due to …show more content…
In respect to the rapidly developing neurosurgery, 15 years after graduating medical school, I hope to devise new procedures and tools to help both my colleagues and my patients. I will be actively involved in research to both understand our nervous system better and also to invent new strategies of treatment when there is space for advancement. However, the ever-changing nature of this specialty also means that there will be constant expectations of keeping up with the progressions, which I plan to meet by not ceasing my study even after my medical training.
I intend to practice medicine in the United States, however, I plan to make time to provide health care on a voluntary basis to people abroad who need it. While I am in countries deprived of health care, I will use my medical knowledge and expertise that I have gained to help others in need. I see this benevolence as an obligation that comes with possessing something as valuable as medical knowledge.
These are a few of the ways that I envision myself applying the skills and knowledge I will hone over the 15 years after graduating from medical school. My priorities as a neurosurgeon will be giving my patients the best medical care possible, teaching the doctors of the future, and providing quality care to those in need of access globally while moving neurosurgery
Ever since I have studied the nervous system in my freshman year psychology class, I have been amazed by it. I was intrigued to such an extend that I read regularly about unique cases involving this system’s defects, learned about the intricate details of certain regions of the brain that I had not seen in my classes, and watched neurosurgery procedures in my free time. Due to …show more content…
In respect to the rapidly developing neurosurgery, 15 years after graduating medical school, I hope to devise new procedures and tools to help both my colleagues and my patients. I will be actively involved in research to both understand our nervous system better and also to invent new strategies of treatment when there is space for advancement. However, the ever-changing nature of this specialty also means that there will be constant expectations of keeping up with the progressions, which I plan to meet by not ceasing my study even after my medical training.
I intend to practice medicine in the United States, however, I plan to make time to provide health care on a voluntary basis to people abroad who need it. While I am in countries deprived of health care, I will use my medical knowledge and expertise that I have gained to help others in need. I see this benevolence as an obligation that comes with possessing something as valuable as medical knowledge.
These are a few of the ways that I envision myself applying the skills and knowledge I will hone over the 15 years after graduating from medical school. My priorities as a neurosurgeon will be giving my patients the best medical care possible, teaching the doctors of the future, and providing quality care to those in need of access globally while moving neurosurgery