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What could be more interesting than the human brain: the kidneys, the spleen, the skin? There is nothing that rivals the human brain in complexity, elegance, or mystery. Here is a random assortment of quotes, facts, and images that star the human brain.
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Katrina S. Firlik, M.D.
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Katrina is currently chief medical officer and
co-founder of
HealthPrize Technologies,
an Internet company with a novel approach to medication non-adherence, one of
the most significant problems in healthcare. Before founding HealthPrize,
Katrina was a neurosurgeon in private practice at Greenwich Hospital in
Greenwich, Connecticut, and on the clinical faculty at Yale University School of
Medicine.
In addition to her scientific publications, Katrina is the author of Another
Day in the Frontal Lobe: A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside,
published by Random House and reviewed by The New York Times, The Los Angeles
Times, and O Magazine. She enjoys conveying medical concepts to the
public and has appeared on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC as a commentator on a variety of
medical issues. She is also co-inventor of a brain stimulation device designed
to enhance recovery after stroke.
Katrina grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. She attended Cornell University, with a
major in cultural anthropology. She attended medical school at Case Western
Reserve University, and completed her neurosurgery residency at the University
of Pittsburgh, one the largest neurosurgery centers in the country, where she
was the first woman
accepted to the program. Katrina also completed a specialty fellowship in
epilepsy surgery at Yale University.
Katrina lives in Darien, Connecticut with her husband Andrew, a
neurosurgeon-turned-venture capitalist, and their daughter Annika.
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