A degree in violin performance was the perfect complement for Dr David John Yeh’s second degree in neuroscience. Dianna Skinner meets a surgeon shaped and empowered by music.
Imagine performing spinal surgery that will allow a young woman to walk again. Then, later that day, performing a second surgery on a professional violinist to relieve debilitating lower back pain. Next, rounds at two hospitals, office visits, and clinical work. Finally, home for the evening with the ever-present pager attached at the hip. But the day is hardly over for Dr. David John Yeh, a California-based... Keep reading on The Violinist
Imagine performing spinal surgery that will allow a young woman to walk again. Then, later that day, performing a second surgery on a professional violinist to relieve debilitating lower back pain. Next, rounds at two hospitals, office visits, and clinical work. Finally, home for the evening with the ever-present pager attached at the hip. But the day is hardly over for Dr. David John Yeh, a California-based... Keep reading on The Violinist