Brain surgery is a relatively new and mysterious profession, but in Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery, Dr. Theodore H. Schwartz, M.D., pulls back the surgical drapes on this lifesaving specialty. Warm, rigorous, and deeply insightful, the book shares what it’s like to hold the scalpel, wield the drill, and extract a tumor – when every second can mean life or death. Through case studies that bring to life the complexity and fragility of the brain, readers explore the injuries and surgeries of U.S. presidents, actors, world-class athletes, and others, and critical moments where surgeons made a crucial difference, in a book that’s as full of science and history as it is heart and humanity. Moderated by Dr. Chris Ghaemmaghami, M.D., MHCM, executive vice president/chief physician executive and chief clinical officer at Miami’s Jackson Health System.
