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Neurosurgery Education Around the World: North America

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Neurosurgery education in North America has evolved through the years. The United States and Canada are among the most influencing countries not only in the field of surgical techniques and evolution of technology applied to the operating room but also in clinical and basic research. Although Mexico belongs to North America, it is one of the most influencing countries in Central and South America in terms of education. In this chapter, we present a scope about the historical background of neurosurgery education in each country, which is the current status of neurosurgical training and which are the future opportunities and what needs to be improved in order for future neurosurgeons to have the best armamentarium to offer the highest quality of attention to their patients. Every of these topics are analyzed in each country since education in either one has particular characteristics.

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The author wants to express special gratitude to Dr. Gerardo Guinto Balanzar, Dr. Ángel Martínez Ponce de León, Dr. Yoshua Esquenazi Levy, Dr. Antonio Zárate Méndez, Dr. Rafael Mendizabal Guerra, Dr. Erika Dalila Ascencio Gil, Dr. José Damián Carrillo Ruíz, Dr. Gustavo Melo Guzmán, Dr. Francisco López González, and Dr. Sophie d’Herbemont for their invaluable support during the preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Mexico City, Mexico

    Bárbara Nettel-Rueda

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Rush Medical College, Rush University Department of Neurosurgery, Chicago, IL, USA

    Stephan A. Munich & Richard W. Byrne

  3. Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Mojgan Hodaie

  4. Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Mexico City, Mexico

    Sergio Moreno-Jiménez

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Nettel-Rueda, B., Munich, S.A., Hodaie, M., Moreno-Jiménez, S., Byrne, R.W. (2022). Neurosurgery Education Around the World: North America. In: Germano, I.M. (eds) Neurosurgery and Global Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86656-3_18

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