The Harvard Medical University system’s first and
only board certified spine surgeon of the female persuasion, Sagun Tuli
refused to recognize any obstacles based on gender as she pursued her medical
education and career. A native of Chandigarh, India, she treats patients at the
Center for Advanced Brain and Spine Surgery at MetroWest Medical Center in
Natick, Massachusetts. Previously, Dr. Sagun Tuli acted as an attending
physician in neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Faulkner Hospital,
and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, all in Boston.
Naturally curious, as many entrepreneurial sorts are,
Dr. Tuli has conducted considerable funded and unfunded research in such areas
as spinal metastasis, back-pain review, and children experiencing low-grade
brain tumors. Recognized for her expertise, she has accepted numerous
invitations regionally, nationally, and internationally to deliver seminars and
presentations. The skilled neurosurgeon taught a national spine-cadaver course
in Philadelphia and served as a panelist several times for the International Spinal
Cord Society Annual Scientific Meeting in India. As a speaker, she has
addressed the World Federation of Neurological Societies in Algeria and in
Kenya, discussing spinal-column tumors and cervical-spine trauma.
Dr. Tuli earned her medical degree at the University
of Toronto and a master’s degree in epidemiology at the Harvard School of
Public Health. She completed a residency in neurosurgery at the former
institution and a fellowship in spine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. A fellow
of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Dr. Sagun Tuli has
garnered several honors for her accomplishments, including an International
Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus award and an accolade from the
American Medical Association’s Women Physicians Congress recognizing her contributions
as a physician mentor. The acknowledgement could have mentioned “role model” as
well, as the doctor has chosen a path young women are sure to admire and
emulate.
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