Reflections on a stereotactic and functional journey: the blessing and inspiration of working among giants

The author reports some of his early personal neurosurgical experiences spent among some of the great figures in neurosurgery and among some of the founders and pioneers of functional neurosurgery, stereotaxy, and clinical neurophysiology during the mid-1960s. This historical vignette represents recognition of the legacy of those many creative pioneers in this field of study, primarily in the areas of development of functional and stereotactic methods, epilepsy surgery, human neurophysiology, pain, movement disorders, neuroendocrine surgery, and psychiatric illnesses.