As of Feb 2013 Nevada Neurosurgery has merged with Sierra Neurosurgery Groupformalizing Sierra Neurosurgery Group as the premier brain and spine care center in Nevada and Northern California. Lali Sekhon, President of Nevada Neurosurgery joins the surgeons at Sierra Neurosurgery Group.
Dr. Lali Sekhon is a spinal neurosurgeon and is the founder of Nevada Neurosurgery. He is world-renowned for his work on artificial disc surgery and is a pioneer in motion preservation spine surgery. He is based in Reno, Nevada and looks after patients throughout the U.S.. He looks forward to working with the surgeons at Sierra Neurosurgery Group, all experts in their fields, in looking after patients in Nevada and Northern California.
Dr. Sekhon has a diverse range of academic experience and involvement in the ever-advancing and evolving field of neurosurgery. Contact Us and sign up for our newsletter to receive periodic updates.
As of Feb 2013 Nevada Neurosurgery has merged with Sierra Neurosurgery Groupformalizing Sierra Neurosurgery Group as the premier brain and spine care center in Nevada and Northern California. Lali Sekhon, President of Nevada Neurosurgery joins the surgeons at Sierra Neurosurgery Group.
Dr. Lali Sekhon is a spinal neurosurgeon and is the founder of Nevada Neurosurgery. He is world-renowned for his work on artificial disc surgery and is a pioneer in motion preservation spine surgery. He is based in Reno, Nevada and looks after patients throughout the U.S.. He looks forward to working with the surgeons at Sierra Neurosurgery Group, all experts in their fields, in looking after patients in Nevada and Northern California.
Dr. Sekhon has a diverse range of academic experience and involvement in the ever-advancing and evolving field of neurosurgery. Contact Us and sign up for our newsletter to receive periodic updates.
Nevada Neurosurgery Merges With Sierra Neurosurgery Group
As of Feb 2013 Nevada Neurosurgery has merged with Sierra Neurosurgery Group formalizing Sierra Neurosurgery Group as the premier brain and spine care center in Nevada and Northern California. Lali Sekhon, President of Nevada Neurosurgery joins the following surgeons at Sierra Neurosurgery Group:
Joseph R. Walker, MD, FAANS
John S. Davis, MD
Dante F. Vacca, MD, FAANS
Hilari L. Fleming, MD, PhD, FAANS
Jay K. Morgan, MD, FAANS
Deven Khosla, MD, FAANS
David C. Leppla, MD
Christopher P. Demers, MD
Michael S. B. Edwards, MD, FAANS
William Dawson, M.D. - Partner Emeritus
Jacob L. Blake, MD (Pain Management)
Dr. Lali Sekhon is a spinal neurosurgeon and is the founder of Nevada Neurosurgery. He is world-renowned for his work on artificial disc surgery and is a pioneer in motion preservation spine surgery. He is based in Reno, Nevada and looks after patients throughout the U.S.. He looks forward to working with the surgeons at Sierra Neurosurgery Group, all experts in their fields, in looking after patients in Nevada and Northern California. Dr. Sekhon has a diverse range of academic experience and involvement in the ever-advancing and evolving field of neurosurgery. Contact Us and sign up for our newsletter to receive periodic updates.
Nevada Neurosurgery Merges With Sierra Neurosurgery Group
As of Feb 2013 Nevada Neurosurgery has merged with Sierra Neurosurgery Group formalizing Sierra Neurosurgery Group as the premier brain and spine care center in Nevada and Northern California. Lali Sekhon, President of Nevada Neurosurgery joins the following surgeons at Sierra Neurosurgery Group:
Joseph R. Walker, MD, FAANS
John S. Davis, MD
Dante F. Vacca, MD, FAANS
Hilari L. Fleming, MD, PhD, FAANS
Jay K. Morgan, MD, FAANS
Deven Khosla, MD, FAANS
David C. Leppla, MD
Christopher P. Demers, MD
Michael S. B. Edwards, MD, FAANS
William Dawson, M.D. - Partner Emeritus
Jacob L. Blake, MD (Pain Management)
Dr. Lali Sekhon is a spinal neurosurgeon and is the founder of Nevada Neurosurgery. He is world-renowned for his work on artificial disc surgery and is a pioneer in motion preservation spine surgery. He is based in Reno, Nevada and looks after patients throughout the U.S.. He looks forward to working with the surgeons at Sierra Neurosurgery Group, all experts in their fields, in looking after patients in Nevada and Northern California. Dr. Sekhon has a diverse range of academic experience and involvement in the ever-advancing and evolving field of neurosurgery. Contact Us and sign up for our newsletter to receive periodic updates.
Doctor Sekhon is a board certified (FRACS) and double fellowship-trained spine neurosurgeon at Nevada Neurosurgery with locations in Reno and Carson City, Nevada. He has special expertise in the diagnosis and management of many conditions including cervical myelopathy, degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, spinal tumors, and trauma. Dr. Sekhon is a highly skilled spine neurosurgeon whose practice includes motion preservation techniques and technologies, artificial discs, dynamic stabilization, interbody fusion, and other procedures including minimally invasive spine surgery.
Dr. Sekhon is Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, at the University of Nevada, School of Medicine in Reno and Las Vegas. Prior to joining Nevada Neurosurgery, Dr. Sekhon was an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney with a clinical appointment in the Department of Neurosurgery and Spinal Injuries Unit (Head of Department) at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia. Ongoing areas of research interest include cervical and lumbar disc prostheses, spinal implant designs, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), and spinal cord injury.
Graduating with honors, Dr. Sekhon received his medical degree at the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia. Clinical sub-internships in neurology and neurosurgery were completed at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut followed by a pediatric neurosurgical clinical rotation a the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney. Also in Sydney, Dr. Sekhon completed, with distinction, a neurosurgical residency.
Dr. Sekhon received advanced training during two different neurosurgical fellowship programs. The first at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and a combined orthopaedic/neurosurgical spinal fellowship at Toronto Western Hospital in Ontario, Canada. In addition, he received a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the Department of Surgery, University of Sydney, Australia.
During his under-graduate, post-graduate, post-doctoral and post-fellowship training, Dr. Sekhon received a plethora of honors and awards including the Young Neurosurgeons Award from the World Federation of Neurosurgeons and Outstanding Clinical Research Award from the Cervical Spine Research Society. Dr. Sekhon continues to receive many honors, some repeatedly, such as the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award with Commendation, Patient’s Choice Award by MDX Medical, Inc. (2010-2013), Best Doctors in America Award (2010, 2011), "Becker's 60 Spine Inventors to Know", 2012 Best of Reno Awards in the Orthopedics Physicians and in 2013 the ThinkFirst Sponsoring Physician of the Year Award.
Dr. Sekhon is a member of numerous prestigious organizations including the American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Joint Section AANS/CNS Spine and Peripheral Nerve, Joint Section AANS/CNS Trauma and Critical Care, North American Spine Society (NASS), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Spine Trauma Study Group, and others.
In 2010 he became a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS).
Dr. Sekhon founded Nevada Neurosurgery in 2010 and was it's President until Nevada Neurosurgery merged with Sierra Neurosurgery in 2013.
Dr. Sekhon founded ThinkFirst of Northern Nevada in 2011, a not-for-profit organization that teaches high school children and head and spinal cord injury prevention throughout the Northern Nevada area and is currently it's president.
Dr. Sekhon is currently a partner at Sierra Neurosurgery Group, having joined in January, 2013.
Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, FAANS, FRACS, FACS is on the Spine Universe Editorial Board
Lisa Herz PA-C joins Sierra Neurosurgery as a third generation medical practitioner in Reno. She assists in all aspects of patient care from the office to the operating room, helping Nevada Neurosurgery to provide superior services to its patients. She has worked with Dr. Sekhon for 5 years since 2007.
Locally raised, Lisa completed her undergraduate studies at the University of California, Davis. In addition to her pre-medical coursework, she spent a year studying abroad in Spain obtaining a degree in Spanish. After leaving Reno once again for physician assistant school, Lisa is excited to be back home to carry on her family’s long tradition of medicine in Northern Nevada.
In 2007, Lisa graduated with honors from Touro University in Las Vegas, earning a Masters degree in Physician Assistant Studies. She is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She has completed a neurosurgery fellowship.
Her interests include staying fit, skiing, biking, outdoor activities and spending time with family and her husband John.
Nevada Neurosurgery Merges With Sierra Neurosurgery Group
Nevada Neurosurgery Merges With Sierra Neurosurgery Group
Lisa Herz PA-C joins Sierra Neurosurgery as a third generation medical practitioner in Reno. She assists in all aspects of patient care from the office to the operating room, helping Nevada Neurosurgery to provide superior services to its patients. She has worked with Dr. Sekhon for 5 years since 2007.
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