Some days I’m amazed at what I get to do.
One day I get to navigate past the carotid and beside the esophagus to help remove a degenerative disc in a patient with numbness and weakness in their hands. Under a microscope, we’ll place a bone graft and some screws to hold it in place.
In the afternoon I’ll spend a few hours helping remove an infected knee replacement and filling the space with an antibiotic filled piece of bone cement.
The next day I’ll help deliver twins in a c-section and then spend 3-4 hours sewing in plastics case.
Usually, I’ll also have one or two robotic hysterectomies or sacrocolpopexies (don’t look that one up. You might not like what you find). Maybe a shoulder scope with rotator cuff repair or an ACL or thyroidectomy.
It’s a pretty sweet gig.
But only if you pass your exam: The Final Step