The title of this post is a quote from this very enjoyable and easy to read book, Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside, written by Katrina Firlik. Ive already loaned the book to my daughter, so I cant go into too much...
***1/2 Another Day in the Frontal Lobe A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside By Katrina Firlik It's not brain surgery, really. "The brain is soft," writes Connecticut neurosurgeon Katrina Firlik. "Some of my colleagues compare it to toothpaste, but that's not quite right." Rather,...
As Katrina Firlik embarked on a seven-year hospital apprenticeship, her seniors warned her to think carefully: "Don't go into neurosurgery unless there's absolutely nothing else you could ever see yourself doing." Unfortunately for Firlik, she didn't heed their advice: she can imagine other, happier careers. And no one reminded her...
ANOTHER DAY IN THE FRONTAL LOBE: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside KATRINA FIRLIK A neurosurgeon needs extensive knowledge of the brain, nerves of steel, and a good dose of arrogance, writes Firlik, who is among the 5 percent of all...
If you like TV's "Grey's Anatomy," chances are you will enjoy Katrina Firlik's witty and absorbing memoir -- "Another Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside." Kirlik, who is now 37 and six months pregnant, kept a copious journal of her...
ANOTHER DAY IN THE FRONTAL LOBE: A BRAIN SURGEON EXPOSES LIFE ON THE INSIDE, by Katrina Firlik, Random House, 271 pages, $24.95. Most of us have been guilty of uttering this stereotypical phrase: "Well, don't worry -- it's not brain surgery!" Brain surgery is...
Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, announced the following appointments. Dr. Steven Bramwit of Stamford, an ear, nose and throat specialist, joined the assistant attending medical staff in the department of otolaryngology. Bramwit also joined Greenwich Ear, Nose & Throat - Head & Neck Surgery P.C.,...
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