Samantha Spellicy, MD, PhD
Samantha Spellicy, MD, PhD, recently began her neurosurgical training at Duke University Hospital and plans to be a vascular neurosurgeon. She completed her MD at the Medical College of Georgia and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience on stroke and regenerative medicine at the University of Georgia.
As someone who enjoyed creating, building, sculpting and concocting, I often felt at odds with my logical, scientific, organized side. Then, as a first-year PhD student, I saw the beautiful neuronal work of Gregg Dunn, PhD (1) at the Annual Society for Neuroscience meeting. Explosions of Brainbow color and metallic axonal flashes gripped my attention as I walked past...
