HAOP 2025 · No. 13
Amanda Saratsis
We don't just bluster into a room, say, we're going to do this to you, and bluster out. That's not the right way to treat our patients. That's not how anyone wants to be treated.
Amanda Saratsis
Amanda Saratsis trained as a pianist before she became a pediatric neurosurgeon, and on her first night in surgery the operating room reminded her of an orchestra. She is one of about 200 women board certified in neurosurgery in the United States. Amanda described how well-researched patients are changing the old doctor-knows-best relationship, and a frightened mother whose consent for her baby's urgent surgery took weeks of conversations.
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