Fun fact about neurosurgeons no one knows. Almost every neurosurgeon in this country has been able to graduate residency, pass his boards exams, and obtain hospital accreditation without ever having seen even one neurosurgeon watch them do even a single procedure. I have actually seen guys finish the residency and literally try to do their first procedure (and kill the patient).
My father was a great neurosurgeon and that is an understatement. He was much loved by his residents, his patients, and his community. His residents named a professional society in his honor.
Harvey Cushing was the founder of neurosurgery in this country and he trained Cobb Pilcher. Pilcher was still a young man when he began training my father. Pilcher was also very popular and was called “God’s great man” by one of his prominent Black patients. Pilcher was friends with Fred Russel and Grantland Rice (”...When the One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name...”)
You obviously have a real axe to grind against brain surgeons but in spite of your anecdotal info, keep in mind, you have not met them all. And you are not “playing the game” with any tact or compassion.
“...Almost every neurosurgeon in this country has been able to graduate residency, pass his boards exams, and obtain hospital accreditation without ever having seen even one neurosurgeon watch them do even a single procedure...”
The above statement of yours is absolutely untrue.