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neurosurgeon

American  
[nyoo-roh-sur-juhn] / ˈnjʊ roʊˌsɜr dʒən /

noun

neurosurgeons plural
  1. a physician who specializes in neurosurgery.


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“We reduced time to treatment in stroke by over an hour, which is really meaningful,” says Chris Mansi, a neurosurgeon and co-founder of Viz.ai.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The system was designed to notify the most appropriate subspecialist, such as a stroke neurologist or neurosurgeon.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

The two students killed were Ella Cook, vice president of Brown's Republican Party association, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, originally from Uzbekistan, who had hoped to become a neurosurgeon.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

She graduated from Pine Manor Junior College in Wellesley, Mass., and attended one year of college at Columbia University before dropping out to get married to neurosurgeon Seth Weingarten.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

For his part, his heart was set on becoming a neurosurgeon.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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