Favorite Parts Of Being A Neurosurgery Resident At Vanderbilt Medical Center
Kwadwo, a Neurosurgery Resident Physician, finds the most rewarding aspect of the role is the "instant gratification" of seeing patients' lives dramatically improve after intervention; for example, observing patients regain motor function after brain bleed surgery or symptom resolution after tumor removal makes the career incredibly fulfilling.
Neurosurgery, Instant Gratification, Patient Care, Surgical Procedures, Rewarding Career
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Kwadwo (Kojo) Sarpong
Resident Physician - Neurosurgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Emory University
Georgetown University School of Medicine, M.D.
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Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Immigrant, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student, First Generation College Student
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1. Instant gratification of seeing patients recover dramatically after neurosurgical intervention (e.g., regaining movement after brain bleed evacuation).
2. The ability to significantly impact a patient's life through surgical intervention and see immediate positive changes.
3. Significant reward in improving patients' quality of life by alleviating symptoms caused by brain tumors or other neurological conditions.
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What do you enjoy most about being in your current role?
I love what I do. Honestly, I think just seeing patients come in with a specific illness or pathology and knowing that you played a critical role in getting them to their baseline or how they used to be, is so rewarding.
For instance, some people come in with a bleed in their brain, unable to move their extremities or do anything. They're intubated, and you take them to the OR to evacuate that blood.
Then, the next day, you see them moving all their extremities and literally talking to you back. I think that's the most rewarding experience you would ever see because there's that instant gratification.
You do something and immediately you're able to see results. It's not every time that we see immediate results, but when you're able to get to see it, or someone has a tumor and you take it out and then all of a sudden they're good, I think that makes it so rewarding.
That instant gratification, knowing that what you do changes this person's whole life, I think that makes the career that I'm in very rewarding.
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