Dallas County Living Well Magazine Spring 2014 | Page 11

An accountant Gives High Marks
Maurice Glazer’s Story
Most people agree it takes considerable brainpower to work as an accountant.
A visit to see his sister in Las Vegas back in
August of 2012 turned out to be an unlucky one
for now nearly 74-year-old Maurice Glazer. A
full-service accountant in otherwise good health,
he suffered a seizure and was rushed to a local
hospital where they recommended surgery.
“There was no way in hell I was going to have
surgery at that hospital in Vegas; I’d had other
family members die there.” So, his wife got him
dressed and they headed back to Dallas.
That June, Glazer was scheduled for brain surgery in August of 2013 with a different surgeon.
Then in July, he suffered yet another seizure––that
time hitting his head. The next thing Glazer knew,
he was at Medical City Hospital in Dallas.
“As fate had it, Dr. McGowan showed up at the
emergency room,” says Glazer. Dr. McGowan
impressed Glazer’s wife with the way he handled
himself. “My wife is very intuitive,” Glazer says.
Dr. McGowan also impressed Glazer with his
straightforward demeanor.
Glazer’s trust in his new surgeon was so committed, he allowed Dr. McGowan to place him
under an eight-day medically induced coma (according to Glazer, he was given the same medication that turned lethal for Michael Jackson), before
the roughly six-hour surgery to remove the benign
brain tumor.
Seven days after having surgery, Glazer was
walking. Within two weeks, he was back to work.
And he’s still singing Dr. McGowan’s praises.
“He’s straightforward and takes action, but he’s
also comforting, and just an unbelievable guy.”
Now, nearly seven months after the surgery
Glazer hasn’t suffered further seizures. Meanwhile, he says you can’t even tell he had brain
surgery, except that his face looks a little tighter,
like he had a facelift.
Looks like Glazer’s luck turned around.

Caetano Coimbra
MD, MSc, FACS

j. Bradley mcgowan
MD

joseph e. beshay
MD

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