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

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

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 ...

A man from Wisconsin plays his trombone during a brain procedure to ensure the surgery has the desired effect.

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 ...