On a special episode of the Walker Webcast, Willy sat down with Dr. Theodore Schwartz—one of the nation’s leading neurosurgeons and author of Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery—at the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference.
Together, they discussed Dr. Schwartz’s approach to patient care and balancing transparency with compassion, making the decision to become a neurosurgeon, the power of the human brain, cutting edge technologies like Deep Brain Stimulation and Brain Computer Interface, and so much more.
Key Points In The Webcast:
00:00 Introduction
01:25 Willy introduces Dr. Theodore Schwartz
04:27 What Dr. Schwartz does after a biopsy
10:29 Leading patients with hope
12:51 Determining tumor aggression and quality of life
15:17 How does brain mapping work?
18:26 Dr. Harvey Cushing, the founder of neurosurgery
19:27 Dr. Cushing’s education and early discoveries
22:41 What Dr. Schwartz does after a patient passes
24:56 How to be reliable: Personal and professional
28:26 Practicing transparency and honesty
30:30 The history of Dr. Schwartz’ parents
35:53 Celebrating Dr. Schwartz’ mother’s 90th birthday
36:13 Why “Gray Matters”?
37:39 How Dr. Schwartz would respond to a diagnosis
39:39 Dr. Wilfeld Penfield’s discoveries on language and the brain
41:38 New technologies for Parkinson’s
44:21 AI and brain-computer interface
48:27 Leo Davidoff and Tracy Putnam
53:08 Cochlear implant vs. brain-computer interface
53:51 A non-invasive brain surgery success story
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