Our work is often thought-of as being restricted to the clinic, operating theater or the lab, but in fact, we spend a significant amount of our time as neurosurgeons lecturing, teaching, and sometimes traveling elsewhere to network with experts in our field. These experiences are a fundamental part of how we interact with our communities, and I am grateful to be at a place like Stanford that values and emphasizes the need for us to set aside time to participate in these events.
