It’s NOT Motor Mapping Vs. Navigation; It’s Motor Mapping And Navigation…
The surgeon uses navigation and wants to know why she should use motor mapping for her crani? That's the question posed to me by a clinician years ago. It was just before I set up my case and they recruited me into the conversation. So I walked over to the room next...
How To Have Deep Dive Neuromonitoring Conversations That Pays Off…
How To Have A Neuromonitoring Discussion One of the reasons for starting this website was to make sure I was part of the neuromonitoring conversation. It was a decision I made early in my career... and I'm glad I did. Hearing the different perspectives and experiences...
Surgical Neurophysiologist Salary: Who Are The High Earners? Part 2
In Response To High Earning Surgical Neurophysiologist Being The Best At Sales [Joe's notes: This is a guest post - or really a response to my previous post - that was insightful and, well, long enough to turn it into its own blog post instead of a comment. Full...
Surgical Neurophysiologist Salary: Who Are The High Earners?
Surgical Neurophysiologist Jobs That Pay Looking back over the past decade of money being paid to a neuromonitoring technologist, there's been some waxing in waning in the surgical neurophysiologist salary category as to who deserves the higher salary. 10+ years ago,...
Intraoperative EMG: Referential or Bipolar?
Recording Electrodes For EMG in the Operating Room: Referential or Bipolar? If your IONM manager walked into the OR in the middle of your case, took a look at your intraoperative EMG traces and started questioning your setup, could you defend yourself? I try to do...
BAER During MVD Surgery: A New Protocol?
BAER (Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials) During Microvascular Decompression Surgery You might remember when I was complaining about using ABR in the operating room and how to adjust the click polarity to help obtain a more reliable BAER. But my first gripe, having...