Katrina Firlik confronts the Ew! Factor in the very first paragraph of her book about neurosurgery, in which she discusses whether the texture of the brain is more like toothpaste or tofu. And soon ...

Medication adherence service provider HealthPrize, run by former Yale Medical School professor and neurosurgeon Katrina Firlik and lawyer Tom Kottler, hopes to raise the bar for patients' medication ...

Viewpoint.pdfWhen patients with high blood pressure say, “I’m not a pill person,” are they really saying, “I’m more of a disease person”? Of course not. It’s not so much that they’re okay with the ...

“COLLOID cysts are fun to remove,” writes neurosurgeon Katrina Firlik in her frank, unapologetic way. “A gelatinous goo often oozes from the center after you pop through the cyst wall.” Fun? Goo? A ...

Apps offer games and rewards to keep you taking your prescription medicine. While rewards may not be for everyone, they could give some people a... As a neurosurgeon in Connecticut, Dr. Katrina Firlik ...

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Physicians don't have different brains than most people. They're just taught differently, says Katrina Firlik, one of a handful of female neurosurgeons practicing in America. "Medical school teaches ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. Dr. Katrina Firlik was the first woman admitted into the neurosurgery residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical ...