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Book Review of "When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales From Neurosurgery" by Frank Vertosick Jr., MD

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Dan Matson, University of Virginia School of Medicine, APSA Institutional Representative, APSA Newsletter Co-Editor

When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales From Neurosurgery is the story of Frank Vertosick’s entertaining journey from medical school to attending neurosurgeon. Because the book is written as an amusing (and slightly embellished) narrative, and not as an outright autobiography, it’s bound to keep you interested and will rarely bore you. The author has a simple but descriptive writing style and he works to fill his paragraphs with jokes and humorous situations. At the same time, Vertosick does his best to portray the multitude of serious circumstances encountered in the neurosurgery ward.