Mark W. Youngblood, MD
Mark Youngblood is a fourth year resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. He is interested in neuro-oncology and skullbase surgery.
With now more than half of residency completed, Hanna Kemeny, MD, and Mark Youngblood, MD, PhD, both of whom are in their fourth year of neurosurgical residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, share their thoughts on residency thus far and advice for medical students. Q: What have been some overarching themes of your residency?
HK: There have been three...
Optimal patient management often requires participation of experts from various disciplines, and this is of particular importance when caring for patients with malignancies of the central nervous system. The establishment of a diagnosis stems from collaboration among radiology, neurology and molecular pathology — often relying on sample acquisition from colleagues in neurological surgery (including spinal fluid or biopsy of...
