ALLAN HAMILTON, M.D., FACS - Beyond the Ordinary Dot Net

~~~ ALLAN HAMILTON, M.D., FACS ~~~
"Simulation allows us to put the practice back into medical practice."
Regarding ASTEC the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center

Allan J. Hamilton, MD, FACS, Neurosurgeon, chief of neurosurgery and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, he currently holds a main appointment as a Professor in Neurosurgery as well as professorships in Radiation Oncology, Psychology, and Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The recipient of several international awards for his ground breaking work in minimally invasive stereotactic neurosurgery of the spine, Dr. Hamilton's research interests continue in the areas of emerging technologies. Called up for Active Duty in 1990 to serve with the 365th Evacuation Hospital in Operation Desert Storm, he returned home with a serious back injury. During the long interval of lying on his back in a full-body cast and re-learning to walk, he developed new ideas about how to use computer image-guided techniques to treat tumors in the body with high intensity radio surgery -previously used only to treat tumors inside the skull. Involved in developing new polymers for in situ chemotherapy delivery for malignant brain tumors and the further development of polymers able to carry multiple chemotherapeutic agents into the brain.
image: Dr. Allan Hamilton with his horse

image: Dr. Allan Hamilton with his horse

As an educator of tomorrows doctors, Dr. Hamilton employs the use of computer-assisted virtual environments and robotics with cutting edge technology, yet also nurtures the "soul" of those medical students with an innovative course, "Medicine and Horsemanship: An Introduction to Nonverbal Human Interaction at the Bedside." An accomplished horseman, he trains horses using a method of communication through their natural body language and their expansive energy fields. This will be the topic of our next hour with Dr. Allen.

And after that, the amazing work of (ASTEC) the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center at The University of Arizona College of Medicine. Dr. Hamilton is the Executive Director, creating innovation with advanced technology that allows residents, physicians, surgeons, to practice, experience what they will encounter, refine their techniques ...and approach their first surgeries and medical emergencies with confidence! This is research and training Dr. Allen fist suggested in 1998!

His book THE SCALPEL AND THE SOUL - Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing POWER OF HOPE" is fabulous! And having had the honor of meeting and spending some time with him, his many accomplishments are not surprising. Brilliant, Dr. Allen's brain is as finely tuned as the cars he enjoys racing, his acute perception, observation, and listening attention are beautifully enveloped in a wonderful mind, a natural, warm and easy Being. Dr. Allen is a joy to learn from and it is our great pleasure to bring him to you.

Enjoy these links: www.allanhamilton.com Tracings - Exploring the heart and the soul of medicine From the Scalpel to the Pen - Dr. Hamilton's Blog www.astec.arizona.edu www.surgery.arizona.edu/astec arizona.edu/Hamilton

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Listen Now	November 21st, 2008 "Medicine, Horsemanship, and Beyond" Our multi-talented neurosurgeon is also an accomplished horseman, one who goes way beyond Hollywood's "Horse Whisperer." He observed horses behavior and then his own in a video, he realized how precisely they were responding to his body posture and energy. Being so aware of the subtleties of non-verbal communications in nature, he created a sanctuary for horses on land they found and named Rancho Basque, a place so beautiful as to be sacred. The horses are his teaching partners in two innovative training course for medical students and patients. They learn how to tune into the horses with projected intention and how that relates with human patients in practicing medicine. "Learning how to make a horse jump from 35 feet away opens up doors of awareness." At RSE he showed how to make a horse move from a distance, very similar to the blindfolded archery practiced there "this shows what our brains are capable of," and the empowering effect on ADD and even cancer patients. This hour you will gain insight into intuitive nature hidden under language, ego, victimization, and separateness, as he takes us into the world of horses, the "Magical Big Dog", stories of bonding, endless forgiveness, and what lurks in the ever present moment discovering our own mostly forgotten innate power.
Listen Now	October 17th, 2008 "The Spiritual Journey of a Reluctant Surgeon!" [The working title of his book] How his peers are reacting to "The Scalpel and the Soul" a book that not even he in his 25 years, as a neurosurgeon, would have thought he would write. An extraordinary look behind the scenes of doctors who daily see things they can't explain, not easy for a group who is 'sort of the ultra right wing conservatives of medicine'. Stories of people marshaling their spiritual powers that contradict the expected results; "what's the big secret, why can't we talk about these things?"; the difference in perception -the power and majesty of nature captured by Ansel Adams yet unnoticed by others; polar explorer Admundsen and a shaman, another example of perception; a patient medically rendered "dead as a doornail" yet later mentions 'an odd memory' ... a detailed account of the medical team's conversation, so where was the memory stored? There has to be some Holy Grail of consciousness outside of the brain; ASTEC, a 'flight simulator' for the medical profession; world-famous brain surgeon Wilder Penfield; a dead rabbit on the road leading to intuition and wonder that saved a patient's life, "a good scientist doesn't ignore so many clues." Medicine is spiritually ill, less than 7 minutes with the surgeon is not enough to know the patient - Dr. Allen attributes many mistakes to this. Do you know who your doctor is? A pertinent and amusing story of a world-famous cardiologist, a patient, and a third year medical student. "The universe is filled with power and energy and it's trying to help us" and oh yes, about those hospital gowns....