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Pediatric Neurosurgeon Tells Stories From The O.R.

2023/7/28
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Pediatric neurosurgeon Jay Wellons regularly feels the exhilaration of saving a child from near certain death — and sometimes the anguish of failing to prevent it. He's operated on various parts of the pediatric central nervous system, including performing spine surgery on an in-utero fetus. His memoir is All That Moves Us. (Originally broadcast in 2022) Justin Chang reviews The Haunted Mansion and Talk to Me.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)