"Find Your Passion" - Global Neurosurgery | Advice to Med Students/Residents Maria Punchak, MD

Описание: We have three Chief Residents graduating in June 2025 who have now spent seven years at the University of Pennsylvania training. In this episode, we meet Dr. Maria Punchak. She has a unique career path having spent many months and years in developing countries, cultivating an interest in Global Neurosurgery. Learn what this means and how she got there. She has great advice for incoming interns and applying medical students.

I am Dr. John Y.K. Lee, MD, MSCE, professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania, and I have been practicing at Penn since 2006. However, the information provided here is NOT sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania.

Timecode
00:00 - Introduction
00:40 - Interview

Disclaimer - This content is for entertainment/educational purposes only. This cannot replace point of care/physician-patient relationship.

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See a video introduction of office spaces at Penn Neurosurgery.
   • 2024 Neurosurgery Department Introduction  

See video introduction of young version of myself from 2001
   • John Y.K. Lee, MD - Neurosurgeon, Penn Med...  

Listen to my interview about brain tumors with Tracy Davidson and Senator John McCain
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

Listen to me narrate one of my favorite surgical procedures - Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia. #MVD #trigeminalneuralgia #facialpain
https://videolink.pennmedicine.org/vi...

Listen to my award acceptance for #braintumor #fluorescence #litbrain
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=492...