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Is it possible to become a neurologist or a neurosurgeon without central vision?
5 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
Certainly neurology: Neurologist are diagnosticians, and diagnosis is done mainly by listening to patients. It would be a handicap to have difficulty seeing MRI scans and other information, but certainly very possible to practice neurology without central vision. Neurosurgery requires good vision for detail when operating.
Answered 6/10/2014
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It'd be tough: It would be hard to be a neurologist as vision is crucial in examination especially of the eyes or monitoring movement disorders. It'd be impossible to be a neurosurgeon.
Answered 12/23/2012
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Not likely: Without central vision, it would not be possible to review the diagnostic imaging used in the care of neurologic problems.
Answered 2/8/2014
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