Robert Alvarez

An Old Video Of Brain Tumour Patient Playing Guitar During Surgery Surfaces Online

Many videos are circulating on social media, some hilarious, some sad, and others heartbreaking. On the internet, one such heartwarming video has gone viral. In a YouTube video, a brain tumor patient plays guitar while undergoing awake craniotomy surgery. Robert Alvarez, a brain tumor survivor, and Sujit Prabhu, M.D., a neurosurgeon, discuss why and how Robert played the guitar throughout his operation for a grade II astrocytoma. At MD Anderson, it was the first time a patient with a brain tumor played a musical instrument during an awake craniotomy. In 2013, when Robert Alvar | Click Here...