{"id":815867,"date":"2024-12-30T04:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/this-brain-surgeon-is-bringing-radiosurgery-mainstream\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T04:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T10:23:00","slug":"this-brain-surgeon-is-bringing-radiosurgery-mainstream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/30\/this-brain-surgeon-is-bringing-radiosurgery-mainstream\/","title":{"rendered":"This Brain Surgeon Is Bringing Radiosurgery Mainstream"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Adler, MD, never wanted to be an entrepreneur. His passion has always been medicine first, and neurosurgery second. \u201cThe minute I saw a brain operation, I fell in love,\u201d Dr. Adler says. \u201cIts sheer beauty, delicate physicality, is something I can only now try to convey in words.\u201d<\/p>\n

He advanced his education through medical school and residencies at top institutions, and later traveled to Sweden for a yearlong fellowship. There, the seeds of a new idea were planted, one that would help him pioneer an innovative technology in the field of brain surgery and deliver it to the world.<\/p>\n

Now, roughly 40 years later, Dr. Adler is the founder of a small business with a big impact: delivering state-of-the-art cancer treatments to people around the world. Here, the neurosurgeon shares the lessons he\u2019s learned on the journey from accomplished doctor to successful entrepreneur\u2014including how his human-resources solutions partner, TriNet<\/a>, made keeping track of the details a whole lot simpler.<\/p>\n

An Inspired Introduction <\/h2>\n

Up until he arrived in Sweden, Dr. Adler had only witnessed what he refers to as \u201cmanual, open procedures,\u201d in which a surgeon would physically open a patient\u2019s skull to remove a tumor or blood clot from the brain. But under the guidance of one of the most renowned neurosurgeons of the 20th century, he learned about helping patients not just with a scalpel, but with precise energy X-rays. \u201cThat blew me away,\u201d says Dr. Adler. \u201cAnd I realized that the future of medicine was what he was creating.\u201d<\/p>\n

The technology, called stereotactic radiosurgery, uses myriad tiny beams of radiation to destroy tumors, abnormal blood vessels, and treat other diseases in the brain. \u201cI liken it to what a magnifying glass does to sunlight,\u201d says Dr. Adler. \u201cThe sun is not so powerful by itself, but if you put a magnifying glass in front of it, it has a transformative effect.\u201d \u201cTherapeutic radiation\u201d machines use ionizing radiation (generally for cancer) that is much more powerful than, say, the radiation in diagnostic (e.g. bone and chest) X-rays. \u201cBy accurately focusing such higher energy radiation on a particular target, you can painlessly and non-invasively perform brain surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Precision and Partnership <\/h2>\n

Several years after his time in Sweden, Dr. Adler accepted a job in California close to Silicon Valley, where technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation are at the forefront of every conversation. \u201cBy sheer accident,\u201d he says, \u201cI landed in the middle of the startup world.\u201d<\/p>\n

That accident turned out to be quite serendipitous, since he was already developing a next-generation tool inspired by his work abroad. After attempts to sell this idea to big medical device companies fell on deaf ears, the neurosurgeon pivoted to starting his own business\u2014despite having zero experience in that world. <\/p>\n

\u201cI had no real exposure to entrepreneurship before I decided to become an entrepreneur\u201d he says, explaining that he felt these innovations were simply too important to not share with the world. And he\u2019s certainly followed through: To date, Dr. Adler has invented the CyberKnife<\/u><\/a> system (a type of robotic radiation therapy), founded the online medical journal Cureus<\/a><\/em>, and launched ZAP Surgical<\/a>, a company that provides his most recent invention, the ZAP-X\u2014that is only dedicated to brain treatments\u2014to medical organizations worldwide. <\/p>\n

Adler attributes part of his continuing success as an entrepreneur to his partnership with TriNet<\/a>, which provides access to human-resources needs for small- and medium-size businesses. While he stays focused on treating brain tumors other diseases of the head and neck, TriNet helps with benefits as well as payroll, risk management, and compliance\u2014needs that, since they improve the quality of life of his employees, are as fundamental to his business as his inventions are to the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI absolutely need the knowledge and the skills that TriNet brings,\u201d Dr. Adler says, adding that the world of the small business owner can be challenging. \u201cYou\u2019re trying to carry out a very important mission, and you\u2019re generally thinly capitalized.\u201d Add to that a complex interweaving of federal and state rules and regulations, and life-saving missions like Dr. Adler\u2019s become increasingly difficult. <\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the innovator is determined to deliver next-generation brain surgery to those who need it. \u201cI believe very much in what I\u2019m trying to accomplish,\u201d he says. \u201cNon-invasively and painlessly altering the human body in a therapeutic way is the holy grail of medicine.\u201d And being able to keep his eye on that prize sustains his drive\u2014while TriNet helps to sustain his business. <\/p>\n

Learn all the ways TriNet<\/a> allows businesses to thrive through customized HR solutions\u2014from payroll to benefits to risk mitigation and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Samatha Center
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John Adler, MD, never wanted to be an entrepreneur. His passion has always been medicine first, and neurosurgery second. \u201cThe minute I saw a brain operation, I fell in love,\u201d Dr. Adler says. \u201cIts sheer beauty, delicate physicality, is something I can only now try to convey in words.\u201d He advanced his education through medical<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":815868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2452,24483],"tags":[8966,78174],"class_list":{"0":"post-815867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brain","8":"category-surgeon","9":"tag-brain","10":"tag-surgeon"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}