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Gary R Simonds MD MS FAANS

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Gary Simonds, M.D., is a neurosurgeon who teaches at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and the Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience. He has authored three books on building resilience in healthcare workers, as well as the novel Death’s Pale Flag.

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Recent Posts
Retirement Blues
A Personal Perspective: Focusing on wellness during our career years can help counter the trepidation and emotional turmoil felt by many at the time of their retirement.
A Surgeon Puts Down the Scalpel
Personal Perspective: The joy of retirement can be challenged by many unanticipated stressors. Building resilience in midlife better prepares us for this period of transition.
Will Artificial Intelligence Be Sociopathic?

A Personal Perspective: Social evolution is behind our sense of responsibility toward our neighbors. Where will it come from in our supercomputers?

A Personal Perspective: Social evolution is behind our sense of responsibility toward our neighbors. Where will it come from in our supercomputers?

Alexa, I'm Not Feeling Well

Personal Perspective: What role will there be for humans in healthcare once artificial intelligence is able to routinely outperform medical professionals?

Personal Perspective: What role will there be for humans in healthcare once artificial intelligence is able to routinely outperform medical professionals?

Is Your Inner Voice a Voice?

Personal Perspective: Do you have an inner voice? Do you realize your spouse or your best friend may not? What are the implications of this?

Personal Perspective: Do you have an inner voice? Do you realize your spouse or your best friend may not? What are the implications of this?

7 Ways to Burn Out Your Kids

Personal Perspective: We have thrust kids into a universe where they are expected to hyper-achieve in every component of their lives.

Personal Perspective: We have thrust kids into a universe where they are expected to hyper-achieve in every component of their lives.

Good Leaders Don't Tell Themselves Stories

Personal Perspective: As leaders, we all too often tell ourselves the wrong stories about the actions of our teams.

Personal Perspective: As leaders, we all too often tell ourselves the wrong stories about the actions of our teams.

An Imbalanced Balance

Too many of us gauge our balance in life by our time spent in its various components. Here's a different way.

Too many of us gauge our balance in life by our time spent in its various components. Here's a different way.