Why I decided to become... a neurosurgeon

ByMr Jerard Ross

Published04 November 2019

Mr Jerard Ross was torn between two subjects at university. He describes what led him to pursue medicine and a career in a surgical specialty.

Neurosurgery has honed my problem solving skills as well as improving my ability to spend long periods working towards a single outcome.

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Mr Jerard Ross

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Jerard graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1994. He then moved into surgical training in Edinburgh before completing his MD at the University of Manchester. Before joining the MDU he was a consultant in adult and paediatric neurosurgery in Edinburgh where he was the surgeon to the Scottish National Paediatric Epilepsy Programme.