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The House of Surgery

Neurosurgeon Discusses Sensational Portrayals of Surgeons in Media

February 27, 2024

Neurosurgeon Discusses Sensational Portrayals of Surgeons in Media

The latest episode of The House of Surgery features Frederick G. Barker II, MD, FACS, a neurosurgeon from Boston, Massachusetts, delivering the Charles G. Drake History of Surgery Lecture at Clinical Congress 2023. His lecture, “Pathologies of the Surgical Image in Modern American Popular Culture,” begins with a sensational neuroscience case from the 19th century and pivots to sensational portrayals of surgeons in the literature, film, and other media.