Space Force or Neurosurgery -- Meet Dr. Connor Wathen, graduating Penn Neurosurgeon

We have three Chief Residents graduating in June 2025 who have now spent seven years at the University of Pennsylvania training. In this episode, we meet Dr. Connor Wathen. He has a unique life story as his father is in the air force and flew B-52 bombers for a living. His entire family went into the Air Force and now Space Force, but instead he chose the life of Neurosurgery.

I am Dr. John Y.K. Lee, MD, MSCE, professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania, and I have been practicing at Penn since 2006. However, the information provided here is NOT sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania.

Timecode
00:00 Introduction
00:49 Interview

Disclaimer - This content is for entertainment/educational purposes only. This cannot replace point of care/physician-patient relationship.

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See a video introduction of office spaces at Penn Neurosurgery.
   • 2024 Neurosurgery Department Introduction  

See video introduction of young version of myself from 2001
   • John Y.K. Lee, MD - Neurosurgeon, Penn Med...  

Listen to my interview about brain tumors with Tracy Davidson and Senator John McCain
https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

Listen to me narrate one of my favorite surgical procedures - Microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia. #MVD #trigeminalneuralgia #facialpain
https://videolink.pennmedicine.org/vi...

Listen to my award acceptance for #braintumor #fluorescence #litbrain
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=492...