A musician mimicked playing his trombone during open brain surgery in 2022 at Wisconsin’s UW Health to help doctors fine-tune ...

A patient “played” his trombone while awake during a surgical brain procedure at the University of Wisconsin Health.

Rust brought something unusual with him into the operating room to help his surgeon, Dr. Wendell Lake, ensure he was ...

Rust is also a musician by hobby, playing in three groups. The first, a band made up of DoIT employees, a brass ensemble in ...

DANE COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- His love for the trombone first started by hearing his father and uncle play. Now, Brian Rust of McFarland, Wisconsin, is in a horn rock concert band, and covers multiple ...