Best Neurosurgical Center

Certain words create interest in almost everyone. Rocket science and Neurosurgery are common words used in most of the deliberations. When it becomes a talk about the best in Neurosurgery it will definitely be an interesting thing to know.
Search for the best Neurosurgical center on Google reveals names of various large hopitals and institutions offering neurosurgical services. The ranking may also be seen on Medscape,  Health US News Report of Best ranked US neurosurgical centers (health.usnews.com › Hospitals › Best Hospitals), etc.
All leading neurosurgical centers across the world provide services in different subspecialties of neurosurgery like Functional Neurosurgery, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurotrauma, Skull Base neurosurgery, Neuro oncology, Spinal Neurosurgery, etc with Neurosurgeons practising different subspecialties. All these subspecialties work as independent units and their work is primarily devoted to a particular branch. Basic & advanced Research and Laboratory task is also done by a dedicated neurosurgical team. Availability of the latest neurosurgical equipments along with world renowned neurosurgeons makes these centers unique.
These centers have achieved present status through decades of hard work & sacrifice. Employing best minds and striving hard to welcome excellent trainees and faculty adds glamour of academic & clinical excellence. Ultramodern infrastructure helps to achieve good clinical outcome of neurourgery.
 

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
                           Bed Count: 1132, Doctors in this specialty: 261

New York–Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell, New York City
                           Bed Count: 2262, Doctors in this specialty: 285

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
           

                                      Bed Count: 951,  Doctors in this specialty: 162

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
                            Bed Count: 779,  Doctors in this specialty: 191

University of California–San Francisco Medical Center
                          Bed Count: 650, Doctors in this specialty: 234


Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
                          Bed Count: 1268, Doctors in this specialty: 192


University of California–Los Angeles Medical Center
          Bed Count: 466, Doctors in this specialty: 223

New York University Langone Medical Center, New York City
                        Bed Count: 791, Doctors in this specialty: 118

Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania–Penn Presbyterian

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
                         Bed Count: 885, Doctors in this specialty: 150

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN), Queen Square, London 

                   UK's largest dedicated neurological and neurosurgical hospital

Leading health care systems provide integrated multispecialty health care with world-renowned health professionals and facilities. The care is not ego-centric but patient-centric. The patient care is highly individualized. A treatment plan is developed for each patient to ensure best neurosurgical result. These institutes are setting the standard of excellence in medical education, research and clinical care. 

Multispecialty clinical care in large hospital setting, excellent infrastructure facilities in operation theaters, dedicated world- renowned neurosurgeons and other health professional, extraordinary laboratory facilities for the research and clinical trials, opportunities of excellent neurosurgical training for the resident doctors and fellows all over the world  have defined these centers of excellence. 

World's best neurosurgical centers are recognized due to clinical accolades, recognition in healthcare groups, contribution to the teaching, training and research and excellent working atmosphere for the faculty and  trainees across the globe.

Although there are many hospitals in other countries which may boast to be the best. But, they lack international vision, do not invite international talents, not open to competition, suffer from inbreeding and employ students from their own college, conventional, lack adequate quality faculty members with interest in subspecialties, and try to be famous just because these centers are relatively larger and better equipped than the adjoining hospitals in that region or country. Laboratory and research facilities are minimal and whenever present usually monopolistic. Majority of Resident doctors, fellows and faculty are from that particular country. A few international fellows may have attended just for the grant or other purpose. The residency training is to used to get manpower and not to produce leaders. Lack of mentorship cripples many neurosurgical training centers across the globe. At many centers teachers compete with students and do not teach the advanced neurosurgical techniques to their students fearing potential competition in future. The attitude of the training center is to restrict the entry of international faculty and residents rather than inviting the best and promising students, residents, fellows and faculty, irrespective of race, religion and citizenship.

If someone wants to explore more,  websites of these hospitals may be viewed.
Don't compete with peers, compete with diseases which cripple the humanity. We are doctors and for us challenges are to find cure of dreaded diseases. Help your peers who work in resource constraints situations and work in anomity but focus on helping patients.  

Excellence is not by chance but it is achieved through hard work, visionary approach and eagerness to consistent progress by best professional who sacrifice their personal interests.

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                  “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence”