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On a beautiful spring morning hours in 1989, neurosurgeon and spinal column expert Volker Sonntag was just completing rounds at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. At that same moment in time 16 miles away, a hard-charging youngster called TJ veered his cycle into the route of any speeding pickup truck. The impact all but killed the youngster, going out of him with a shattered leg, severe internal incidents, a massive blood clot close to the brain stem, and - but for the fragile spinal-cord - an entire separation of the skull from the spinal column. This is the riveting report of how Dr. Sonntag's pioneering innovation that day launched him in to the forefront of the growing field of spinal neurosurgery. Doctor to a who's who of royalty, celebrities, and politicians, his clear-eyed accounts of failures and successes, hostile turf wars, multimedia accusations of quackery, political issues, and cutting-edge technical advances show the listener precisely what it takes to be always a game-changer in one of the world's most harrowing professions. Revered by patients, residents, and fellows for his highly personal method of coaching and mentorship, as well as for his example of life balance, in this book Dr. Sonntag also stocks reviews of his youngsters as a German immigrant in Freezing Battle America that lend understanding into how, with humility, sacrifice, honesty, compassion, industry - and laughter - an individual can beat adversity and achieve the American Dream.

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