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This historical account reviews the course and lasting impact of Dr. Louise Eisenhardt (1891-1967) in neurosurgery.The writing of this project was sparked by the discovery of original scientific and bibliographical information about Eisenhardt, testimony on personal relationships, and viewpoints after comprehensive compilation of information. It is a thorough review of literature on Eisenhardt and reflects the scope and depth of these prior works.It begins with the decisive influence of Harvey Cushing's mentorship and academic; follows Eisenhardt's impact on the development of modern neuropathology; discusses the Eisenhardt-Percival-Bailey-Cushing collaboration on gross brain specimens and histological classification of brain tumors; recounts Cushing's creation of a neuropathologist team for the Brain Tumor Registry working asynchronously with the Pathology Department at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital; Eisenhardt's aid in the development of intraoperative analysis of brain tumors; her career as a neuropathologist; her contributions as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurosurgery; and her preservation of the Brain Tumor Registry at Yale University School of Medicine estimated the largest and most valuable databank of information in the history of medicine. Eisenhardt served as President, Historian, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Harvey Cushing Society, the professional organization now known as the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and was senior lecturer for members of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, constituents of NEUROSURGERY Publications.Our article provides glimpses into the personality of Dr. Louise Eisenhardt and her marked impact on neurosurgery and allied neurosciences.

UNSTRUCTURED There is a paucity of available medical services in India, attributable to inadequate and indiscriminate distributions of infrastructure and medical practitioners throughout the country. Well-equipped tertiary health care centres are predominantly found in Indian cities, with the rural population bearing the brunt of this inequity. While bridging the gap in resource-limited areas requires a multiprong approach, basic necessities are a must. These necessities include basic laboratory and imaging capabilities, as well as critical care devices, such as ventilators, but foremost among them remains the recruitment of a representative health workforce. Traditionally, the path to becoming a specialist medical practitioner in India has required industrious efforts and ample resources including financing. Exponential fee hikes have recently occurred, such as a twenty-fold rise in tuition in a primarily government-funded medical school system. Similarly, preparation to write the medical school and residency admission exams (NEET-UG & NEET-PG) entails shelling out approximately fifty to one hundred thousand Indian rupees (₹; INR) per year, which may be further exacerbated by the newly proposed test for residency allotment (NEXT). As it stands, three barriers exists in becoming a specialised medical practitioner in India— NEET-UG to matriculate at a medical school, NEET-PG to qualify for a residency, and expenses associated with attending medical school. We discuss the current state of affairs and forthcoming changes, and describe how these may limit opportunities for Indian medical students, thereby depriving the and the Indian medical of qualified yet underprivileged candidates, and potentially aggravating the shortage of primary care physicians in the country.