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All my interests are intertwined and they all evolve in a circle, and they’ve all
come back and formed a circle to me. All my hobbies and interests have basically come
together to strengthen each other. I’m Dr. Mark Giovanini, I’m a board certified neurosurgeon.
I specialize in minimally invasive spine surgery and anti-aging medicine. I wasn’t born to
be a neurosurgeon. I didn’t grow up thinking I was going to be a neurosurgeon, so it was
an evolution of a thought process through all the hobbies and all the interests that
I have. Sometimes it’s hard to read how I’m thinking,
but if you get me started on one of my hobbies that changes things, and it helps with the
interpersonal relationship with the patient. I’m an artist, I’m a guitar player, I
make jewelry, I play sports, and I’m a neurosurgeon. Surgery is a very routine thing, it’s very
structured, but in order to carry it a step further you can actually make their life better,
not just get back to the baseline. You really need some creative ideas to make that surgical
procedure special. My parents made me raise myself basically,
and make my own choices. So I always had to make my own choices and I always had to make
my way through life, and so failure is not an option for me. I can recognize problems
along the road and I can fix those problems the right way. My criteria is really what’s
going to put me in the right situation so that I survive and become a more positive
factor to those around me. I was a wild child, much different than I
am today. Something bad happened to me in my childhood that to one of my friends. It
changed my entire life, then after that I became a body builder, got straight A’s
through college, went to medical school and really excelled because I changed my whole
drive in life. Structure and organization is required when
you’re approaching medicine or a procedure, but you need creativity to carry that procedure
further. You need both to be the ultimate person or physician. If I could wish for anything
for myself it would be to continue with a prosperous, passionate life.