How Has Our Understanding of the Human Brain Changed Over the Years?

How Has Our Understanding of the Human Brain Changed Over the Years? (1:06)

Our knowledge of the brain has made leaps and bounds over the years, says HealthMaker Stephen Sergay, MD, clinical neurologist. In this video he explains the breakthroughs he's seen in his time as a neurologist.

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In the specific areas, the amount that we know today compared to when I started out as a neurologist is breathtaking. The difference is breathtaking. My practice before the cat scan before the MRI scan, the cat scan was NOVANA and now the MRI scan became the next NOVANA and it isn't and it will never will be.

I don't think, everyone think that does everything. But the breakthroughs are wonderful. It's been an extremely exciting life for me. Everyday you wake up and there is another breakthrough, and another opportunity for maybe patient management improvement. And I believe that with adequate funding of research and adequate concentration on the patient physician relationship, the next 50 years are going to be unbelievable as to what could possibly come about.

Stephen Sergay, MD

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About Stephen Sergay, MD

Previously Stephen Sergay, MD, was a neurologist at the Lahey Clinic Foundation and was an instructor in neurology at Harvard Medical School. He completed medical school in Africa and his neurology residency at Harvard Longwood.

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How Has Our Understanding of the Human Brain Changed Over the Years?