Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone who does brain surgery. 2 (context idiomatic English) Someone very intelligent.
WordNet
n. someone who does surgery on the nervous system (especially the brain) [syn: neurosurgeon]
Usage examples of "brain surgeon".
Two heart specialists, an anaesthetist, a brain surgeon, a psychologist and several nurses.
You want the best brain surgeon ever held a scalpel, you come to me.
The first to describe the disease in detail was the American brain surgeon Harvey Gushing, and it has been called C asking's disease ever since.
If I were a top-flight brain surgeon I'd say anything from half an hour to a year or two, because people who really know what they are talking about are only too aware that we know next to nothing about the brain.
Growing up, she had always dreamed of being something romantic, like a brain surgeon or a movie star, but she had learned that money was the most powerful kick available, far more potent than any drug.
She's a Lasker Award laureate in medicine, neuropsychology, and perhaps the best brain surgeon in this country.
A famous brain surgeon came up from Boston and operated on him for three hours.