Episode 9: Ask a Young Neurosurgeon

The AANS Young Neurosurgeons Committee (YNC) presents a webinar series in collaboration with NREF to provide students and young neurosurgeons with timely information, education, and inspiration towards a career in neurosurgery.
This episode, "Ask a Young Neurosurgeon," features the following panel contributors:
• Jeremiah Johnson, MD: YNC Chair, Baylor College of Medicine Neurosurgery
• David Dornbos, MD: YNC Vice Chair, Cerebrovascular Fellow at the University of Tennessee Memphis
• Christopher Graffeo, MD, MS: Chief Resident at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota
• Karthik Madhavan, MD: Director of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery at Sanford Health in North Dakota
• Visish M. Srinivasan, MD: Cerebrovascular Fellow at the Barrow Neurological Institute
• Shervin Rahimpour, MD: Neurosurgery Resident (PGY-7) at Duke University Medical Center
• Jasmine Thum DiCesare, MD: Neurosurgery Resident (PGY-5) at UCLA Health Sciences
• Joseph R. Linzey, MD, MS: Neurosurgery Resident (PGY-2) at the University of Michigan

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As an IMG, is it advisable to have a PhD before applying for a match into neurosurgery in the US?

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@Charles Peper thanks