Share on Pinterest Dr. Shawn Hervey-Jumper, a brain surgeon at the University of California San Francisco, is a specialist in “awake brain surgery.” Noah Berger for UCSF New research on brain cancer ...

A musician undergoing complex brain surgery in Italy played the saxophone during his entire 9-hour operation. The team at Rome’s Paideia International Hospital operated on the 35-year-old man, ...

Rhonda Miller was secured to the operating room table with her left side facing up, nearly 9 inches of her scalp pulled back and skull removed, when she said, "I'm bored." She didn't know how long ...

The idea of having brain surgery while awake might seem amazing enough — but one Florida man took it a step further and played the guitar while doctors removed his tumor. The neurological team from ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Imagine being out of the country and needing life-saving surgery – it happened to one dad while on vacation with his two young boys. It turns out, the sun and fun combined with ...

MIAMI, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Imagine being out of the country and needing life-saving surgery – it happened to one dad while on vacation with his two young boys. It turns out, the sun and fun ...

For more information, visit erikdorfmd.com/walant. The idea of remaining “wide awake” during any kind of surgery might sound terrifying, but there are many ...