Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote a biography of physician William Osler in three volumes.
Harvey Cushing in 1938
Harvey Cushing's tomb, Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio
Historical marker at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland
Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1908; oil on canvas, Edmund C. Tarbell
Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nervous system.
Stereotactic guided insertion of DBS electrodes in neurosurgery
Trepanned skull from Edinburgh
A doctor performing Stereotactic Gamma Knife Radiosurgery, a non-invasive procedure
Puma Robotic Arm