How to Become a Neurosurgeon
In this video, I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Lindsey Ross, MD about life as a Neurosurgeon, why she decided to pursue brain surgery, typical day for her, balancing life as a mom and wife, and tips for all.
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"failure is not in the falling, for its in the failure to get back up" one of the most powerful sentences you could ever hear
@robpeters2296
4 жыл бұрын
@123411970 I'm getting it tattooed on
@meikoblock
4 жыл бұрын
@123411970 I enjoyed it
@Kometheus
3 жыл бұрын
@@robpeters2296 Don't. No one wants a tatted up doctor.
@Fattony6666
2 жыл бұрын
That's what neurosurgeons tell their patients after a failed spinal surgery and paralysis
ABBSOLUTELY YES🙌🏾. This is my dream❤ As a young black woman this is extremely inspiring, Thank You so much Dr.Webb🙏🏾
@Stoneface_
4 жыл бұрын
LaZanee' Miller good luck. Never give up!
@naut_nigel
4 жыл бұрын
Do it, girl! Hoping all the best in your relentless pursuit!
@lazaneemiller3938
4 жыл бұрын
@@naut_nigel Thank you🤗
@alaysiabyers1135
4 жыл бұрын
Yes you got this!!
@antoniobernard6366
4 жыл бұрын
Mine dream too .
This is honestly what I needed. I want to be a neurosurgeon and lately I have been slacking in my pursuit of it. Can’t stop the grind. Y’all pray for me!
@jujutu5084
4 жыл бұрын
Patience and enjoy the process, you will achieve.
@jas-xs6ux
3 жыл бұрын
you got this!!!!
I remember when my brother got his medical degree and now he’s a neurosurgeon. Me watching him study to achieve this goal was hard so I can imagine the amount of commitment and patience needed to accomplish such a goal. Well done to everyone in medicine the world is in your hands :)
@antoniowebbmd
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@alwaysalhamdulillah1
2 жыл бұрын
how old was he when he became an official neurosurgeon?
My future career ‼️
@khalidsalim6353
4 жыл бұрын
Good luck
@ASHISHKUMARDPSG
4 жыл бұрын
You'll make it!!
@heartcomedy5
4 жыл бұрын
Stay strong!!! 💪
@malikkondell2943
4 жыл бұрын
You are so impressing to me
@Justnicoleluvss
4 жыл бұрын
Me too good luck😁
This is what we need. Many times if we don't see it, most likely we wont achieve it. Even if we dont go on to be a doctor this motivates me to be great in other fields..
i’ve always wanted to be a neurosurgeon but always been scared that i wouldn’t be able to have a normal social life, refreshing to hear she could balance her marriage and work
I just looked her up. She went to Stanford ! , She's Black, She went to STANFORD, She pursued a STEM major in 2004 (Biological Sciences), then she went to Med School, pursued Neurosurgery of all fields, then she became a Chief Resident at Cedars fucking Sinai (one of the best hospitals in the country). She has a kid and probably a crazy schedule. When people give excuses as to what held them back, I understand, but I don't. Look at the video, she says that she did fail along the way, but doesn't take no for an answer. U can achieve anything you want, anything. !
@GirlSmotheredToDeath
Жыл бұрын
Why you have to emphasize on being a woman and black? Sympathy points, of course
Thanks for posting Dr. Webb! I am an aspiring neurosurgeon and was waiting for more neuro content. People always try to use the length of practice required to become a neurosurgeon and the fact that I am non-traditional (26 years old) to deter me, but like she said; it requires a lot of patience. To me my dream is worth 13 more years of school + residency. Hell, if it took me 20 I'd still go for it.
@negotiv
4 жыл бұрын
Corey Lol 20 yrs, life’s to short to waste it reading and schooling that long bro
@safeaesa8886
4 жыл бұрын
@@negotiv some people find happiness and satisfaction in persuing their desired career as a neurosurgeon. some people find it in becoming an actor and acting in big hollywood movies. its different for everybody and NOT a waste of time if you truly enjoy it bro
@mrwoody1413
11 ай бұрын
Have you been doing anything about it?
The dedication and loyalty to your desire to become a doctor and then specialize is above and beyond call. It’s a grind and, one must possess the kind of ability intellectually to get it done...over years of delayed gratification. An amazing journey. Thanks for the video.
It's so great to see you two making it. What perfect ambassadors of the medical field.
I’m medical student and I’m considering Neurosurg. It is very competitive and I’m second guessing myself. I hope to figure out soon. Thanks for this video. Good luck
@yazmaze6204
3 жыл бұрын
i'm also a medical student considering Neurosurg!! keep it up man i'm sure you'll do just fine :>
@ameliebotha1565
3 жыл бұрын
Don't second guess yourself that's where u get into your own head and u don't end up following your dreams know that u are capable, sending all my prayers to you 🙏❤️
@Korbz.18
3 жыл бұрын
It’s been a year how’s it going made a decision?
@tk567
3 жыл бұрын
@@Korbz.18 I’m taking Step 2 board exam this week. I’m set on neurosurgery now.
@Korbz.18
3 жыл бұрын
@@tk567 awesome good for you!
It was so nice hearing from her! I am currently going to school to be a functional neurosurgeon and I'm almost there, finally!
@josphellihsilak4588
4 жыл бұрын
What is a functional neurosurgeon?
@tonibrooks4013
4 жыл бұрын
Josphelli hsilak thanks for asking! It’s a specialty in neurosurgery that deals with pain disorders associated with the CNS, movement disorders associated with the CNS, and epilepsy (most popular)! A new and common procedure functional neurosurgeons perform is a deep brain stimulation (DBS) which made me what to specialize in this field!
@mariame3995
4 жыл бұрын
Super proud of you, I’m 16 and it’s my dream to become a neurosurgeon and seeing black women like myself achieving such challenging goals is inspiring. I’m routing for you😍😍😍
@thatlthatjiminhandedeverya1018
4 жыл бұрын
Rooting for you! I want to become a clinical pharmacist I believe we’ll both reach our goals and beyond!!
@bettyconfettii
4 жыл бұрын
Yay!! I’m happy for you. Can I ask is the math advert difficult?
I want to become a Cardiothoracic and Trauma surgeon, but this has inspired to continue pursuing that career. So good to see a black woman in such a complex field.
Thank you Dr Webb and Dr Ross for doing this interview and letting our new generation see that it is possible to have that dream of becoming a doctor. To all you future students that are thinking about this field please don't let go of your dreams no matter what.
Thank you so much Dr. Webb for this video! I’ve wanted to be a neurosurgeon since middle school, but the closer I get to med school, the more unsure I become because of the work-life balance and being able to have a family and so on. This video put a new fire in me to pursue my passion. Thank you Dr. Ross for your insight!!!!
Long journey. Mad respect for those that stick to it. I am an OR nurse and happy where I am at. I cannot imagine the legal liability and responsibility of a physician.
Amazing! No matter how many times I fall, I will get back up! Thank you, Dr. Webb and Dr. Ross!
Watching with my daughter... she just needs to see. What a wonderful doctor. Thank you, as always, for showing black women doing the damn thang 🧡🧡
I’m a junior in high school. I’m mixed, and I will work to be a neurosurgeon one day! Very inspiring! ❤️❤️
Thank you for the video. I was just talking the other day with my friend that I would love to see more female black doctors who are surgeons and also have a family. Thank you !
What a great doctor she is who is an inspiration of all of us. Thank you for your inspiration.
I’m glad I found this I’m a black female scrub nurse looking to continue my education and I fell in love with neurology thanks for this video
This is the content we should have on tv. Bravo 👏
@antoniowebbmd
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris! I appreciate it
You both make me so proud to be joining such an awesome profession, with such AMAZING people...💊💉📋🔬💛
Great interview with the 44 year old Neurosurgeon!
man this specialty is crazy long. Shes nearly 40 years old and still in training with fellowships
@felmin809
4 жыл бұрын
I'm 26. Haven't been in school like 5 years. I can't imagine being in school for that long.
@jujutu5084
4 жыл бұрын
If we need them we would not want it any other way. They should excel beyond to give us possible hope when neurologically impaired. Thank you for your dedication to service.
Hey Dr. Webb! Thank you once again for another awesome showcase! You and Dr. Ross are truly an inspiration to us all and I'm talking black people specifically. My uncle is a now retired Airforce Colonel and Cardiothoracic surgeon and he was my hero for a long time as a kid. I wanted to be a doctor for sure when I was a kid, I later went on to become and engineer but my point is that I thank you for providing young folks a platform where they can see people that look like them doing what may have been told to them that was impossible for them to achieve. So I salute you and Dr. Ross for showing us that you can do anything you put your mind to! As usual, be well, be safe and Peace & Blessings
It makes my heart so happy to see a female surgeon who looks like me ❤❤❤❤
This is one of the most inspirational videos I have ever seen. As an aspiring surgeon this really resonated with me
That's great... there's joy in doing what your heart desire
ugh, i'm so glad i found your channel. it is just over flowing with black excellence. 😭🤎
Currently on track to get my MBBS, and seeing a black woman in the field I am pursuing is sooo motivating, i never expected to feel this way before watching this
Awwww this was awesome,Dr Lindsey Ross is so nice to talk to cause she does expresses herself well!Thanks Dr. Webb for doing this.
My goal is to be a Neurosurgeon so this video is incredibly important and helpful! Thank you Doctors!
What an inspiring person. This is who we should be celebrating.
My dream job...
@anariondanumenor9675
4 жыл бұрын
One of The worst Jobs in medicine, imho.
@billrussell4832
4 жыл бұрын
@@anariondanumenor9675 nah that's family medicine
@s101077
4 жыл бұрын
@@billrussell4832 lol ye😂
@ezzyhernandez5150
3 жыл бұрын
@@anariondanumenor9675 why ?
Hello dr, can you also make videos on foreigners coming to us to work as a doctor? I know about the usmle steps but they say the matching process is very hard especially for people from some particular regions. I am hearing a lot of things an would love to know the reality. Thank you very much! 😊
Excellent video dr. Webb. Thanks 😊
@antoniowebbmd
4 жыл бұрын
Most welcome!
@TyronPiteau
4 жыл бұрын
Antonio J. Webb, M.D. i hope to one day be a doctor like yourself, most likely a GP with an emphasis on functional medicine, not a spinal surgeon like yourself (that’s impressive). Blessings 🙏.
She is the real life Bailey. Thank you for your words
Wow she’s beautiful 😍 Simply amazing
@oo685
3 жыл бұрын
Im a straight man, and i thought her husband was handsome af.
Great interview- Dr. Ross is very inspiring!
Love your channel. I appreciate the positive and accurate message you are spreading about medicine as a career. Very honest and informative videos. Dr. Ross was outstanding and a very positive role model. This video also highlights the importance of diversity and inclusion in medicine, I am a anesthesiologist and this info was spot on. Best of luck with the channel. God bless you both. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you for this!!! Dr. Ross! You are amazing
Unbelievable, I am totally impressed.
Can you please do How to become a Cardiothoracic or Cardiac Surgeon Dr Webb would be much appreciated!
@antoniowebbmd
4 жыл бұрын
Hi here you go! kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6h6rsSQZsTUhbA.html
In my country Papua New Guinea, there's only ONE national female neurosurgeon. I'm working on becoming the 2nd. Love to see it! Since it is a male dominated field.
@antoniowebbmd
9 ай бұрын
That’s awesome! Good luck! You got this!!
@runhun15
9 ай бұрын
@@antoniowebbmd Thank you! 🙏
Thanks for inspiring me l love neurosurgery filed. I will work hard to become best neurosurgeon in world.
@antoniowebbmd
10 ай бұрын
You can do it!
@MohammedAhmed-wd4cn
10 ай бұрын
@@antoniowebbmd THANK YOU
I'm 13 set to graduate in 5 years. I'll have two years of college done so then 2 more years of undergraduate and then I could apply for med school by time I'm 21. At least I think I could. And then after 4 years of med school, only 7 more years of residency and then 1 or 2 years of fellowship.
Great interview thanks for sharing kudos to black doctors!
Thanks you 🙏 for this interview... it has left a big impression on my Daugther....❤️
This was everything. Thank you Dr. Webb🙏🏾
Thank you for the video. Very inspirational.
Great channel amazingly talented human beings thanks for your dedication
Loved this video ❤️
I really loved this video! It is so inspiring! I was wondering how much the path as a doctor involves research?
you two together would be my dream team batteling with my t6t7 spinal snowboard injury. God bless you both. nerves are awesome
Congrats Doctor on getting a Medical Degree in Neurosurgery. It has taken a long time to get to that level. I guess that US Citizens are more prone to be accepted than those of us who live outside the North American Continent.
Iam general doctor from Mexico and i want to become a Neurosugeon,even if i dont have enouhg time for social life, it is my dream
she is like an ultra rare type pokemon
Great interview!
Wow, beautiful to watch. Thank you
Thank you for this!!!!!
Super interesting speciality!
Actually being a neurosurgeon is my dream but i always think that i cant be one because the grades that i get always makes me loose hope i always feel like being a neurosurgeon isnt my thing sometimes i always think of giving up on being a neurosurgeon but i just keep on trying
too much motivation
NAILED IT!
Hey do some of y’all on the medical path encounter people that don’t like you because of your potential? It seems like a lot of people are hostile towards me on my path these days. Just want to hear some comments on this...
@Vesta0831
4 жыл бұрын
The higher you go the more you will encounter this. Learn how to respond now. When they go low we go high 🤓
@maxib.3205
4 жыл бұрын
Kayla Holland true
I’m good at the game operation so I think neurosurgery will be a piece of cake
@Andrew513ful
4 жыл бұрын
Well, it doesn't translate that easily to the real thing.
@josphellihsilak4588
4 жыл бұрын
@@Andrew513ful you dont say🤯
@Andrew513ful
4 жыл бұрын
@@josphellihsilak4588 for sure. Their work is tedious with a great attention to detail, long surgery log hours.
@josphellihsilak4588
4 жыл бұрын
@@Andrew513ful sarcasm, my friend.
@Andrew513ful
4 жыл бұрын
@@josphellihsilak4588 good for you.
yesss black queen 😭🤍
Man the couple these two docs could make.. anyway, I know dr. Webb is happily married 😁
Fascinating!
I’ll be going through more years of training as a correctional psychiatrist. Surgery not my thing. addiction medicine and forensic science is.
My Dream.❤
This is truly amazing!
My goal is to be come a Neurosurgeon and if I don’t I will be happy to be Somewhere in the doctor or Sergeant Field
Please review more neurosurgeons !!!!
Not sure if In the USA there is the occupational specialty but I’d like to see someone who is an MD in that specialty @Dr Webb
Sooo inspirational
okay so question for anyone who may see this: how would one go about this being at like the very bottom of the line, like graduated high school without going to college just yet. How would I go about going into becoming a surgeon and possibly neurosurgery?
I’m 11 and this is what I wanna be when I grow up
@darkmoon..
3 жыл бұрын
That's a great decision
Yessssss 💣 inspired
Hi. I’m debating between Neuropsychology (PhD) and Neurology (MD/OD). I did not prepare my whole life for this. I did not no this is something I wanted until recently. I will actually start my MSc in Cognition and Neuroscience next semester. I’m hoping this degree will help me decide. Is it too late for me? I’m 23-24 with a BS in Speech and Language Pathology. (Not necessarily surgery, just neurology in general)
@bluethunder9102
3 жыл бұрын
Ana hahaha no there are people in their 40’s starting med school
My dream is to be a neurosurgeon and I'm 13
Future Somali neurosurgeon is here
@m.n.3306
10 ай бұрын
MashaAllah, congratulations walal..riyada Allah sahlo
I absolutely lover her she is just a solid human. Would she be my mentor; I want to learn neurosurgery
beauty with brains
I CAN DO THIS GUYS
Bro, pleas take a moment to hear my situation. Living here in San Antonio, had partial discectomy and party lamenectomy at l5, s1 with a 4.6 Cm herniated disc. Now I have issues at c,3 to c5.same here it's herniated again. Should I lose weight and strengthen my core and buttocks before having my second round of surgery, so at least I would have developed muscle memory? Are there such things as artificial discs? I have to take a benzo that is medically necessary, and I'm in so much effin pain, I can't sleep. Would you take a peek at my Case and give me some advise on what to do? Im only 29 from Sam Antonio. First pain Dr just pumped me full of drugs for years. Finally had surgery and everything was great, then it hit me again in two spots. My mom is going through chemo and I can empathize the unbearable feeling of un-escapable pain. I'm so full of life, hope and dreams, but it the first pain doctor 3 years to recommend my for surgery for a 4.6 CM herniation at l4-s1. Use me as a case study anonymously. Others shouldnt suffer as I said.
Hello
@josphinenangeni9018
Жыл бұрын
I am a pre teen and I really want to become a neurosurgeon and I am wondering if you can help me with some information on how to become a neurosurgeon
My dream job
Medecine is a calling for all people.
If I join your patreon am I eligible for a recommendation letter?
@inokerogoyawa
4 жыл бұрын
k0shiq Foreal!! That’s the real question...
This is also my dream and I am 11 years old
i'm torn between becoming a neurosurgeon and an engineer lol, i wonder where i'll end up in a few years
So she became a neurosurgeon at age 35. Geez. That's a lot of school
@antoniowebbmd
4 жыл бұрын
Yup, it sure is!
@nourismith677
4 жыл бұрын
practice makes perfect!
15 years?!!!!
I want to be a neurosurgeon. 😭
@antoniowebbmd
4 жыл бұрын
You can do it! Make sure to check out these other videos as well kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4R-qq6QqZDPfM4.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yomp3MikccfHac4.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIN7zbWKgq6bos4.html
@IslandBabe-bj4ig
4 жыл бұрын
do it. let nothing stop you.
@ShaVaughn
4 жыл бұрын
Island Babe8889 thank you.
@pikusarker1359
4 жыл бұрын
@@antoniowebbmd sir how much a neurosurgeon make in usa?
I would like to know how did she find time to start a family during her residency training
@jujutu5084
4 жыл бұрын
During her research year
@newnaturel137
4 жыл бұрын
@@jujutu5084 that's before starting residency?
What was her major in college???