
Oren Gottfried, MD
@OGdukeneurosurg • 240,379 subscribers
Neurosurgeon/ Professor at Duke University & TV Producer, Writer, Actor, and Consultant.
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The first time I did brain surgery alone from start to finish during my training shouldn’t have happened. A woman was crashing from a massive brain bleed, and the attending on call never answered my 14 calls or came in. With her life at risk, I chose to operate alone rather than keep waiting. What would you have done? The patient recovered well. Before starting, I called a mentor I trusted, explained the situation, and got his blessing to proceed, so I broke no rules. Still, performing the entire operation without an attending at least showing up in the OR was completely new at my program and at my level of training. I have many more stories from my 25 years in neurosurgery. #BrainSurgery #Neurosurgeon #Neurosurgery
Oren Gottfried, MD64,388 views • 9 days ago
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I am still bothered 25 years later: a surgeon routinely operated 72 hours without sleep doing ~14 surgeries, some nonurgent. He hunted cases, told elective patients surgery was “urgent,” then vanished; trainees managed complications. I reported him. Got nowhere. How would you stop him? #PatientSafety
Oren Gottfried, MD43,184 views • 14 days ago
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Satisfying surgical Removal of a massive 11 inch pulmonary embolism from Dr. Beyer.
Oren Gottfried, MD2,338,603 views • 3 years ago

Awesome augmented reality way to learn dermatomes. h/t anatomia repost
Oren Gottfried, MD326,996 views • 2 years ago
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Satisfying subcuticular suturing from anatomia repost. Tips below.
Oren Gottfried, MD246,552 views • 2 years ago

How to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon using a CELERY Surgical Simulator.
Oren Gottfried, MD207,019 views • 2 years ago