W. Eugene Stern, MD interviewed by Ulrich Batzdorf, MD. D83.

Interviewed by Ulrich Batzdorf, MD. Dr. Stern describes his training with Howard Naffziger and A. Earl Walker. He provides information on his military background in a peripheral nerve injury convalescent center; the beginning (in 1951) and evolution of the neurosurgical program at the University of California/Los Angeles; his views on research during residency to develop a discipline of thinking; and teaching residents medical ethics.