Dr. Sagun Tuli’s Distinguished Career in Neurosurgery and Spinal Care

An experienced neurosurgeon and specialist in complex spinal cases, Dr. Sagun Tuli has held instructor responsibilities with Harvard Medical School for the past decade. The only female spine surgeon employed within the Harvard system, she has served as Assistant Professor since 2005. She has additionally practiced at the Center for Advanced Brain and Spine Surgery in Natick since 2011, assisting patients with diverse infectious, traumatic, neoplastic, and degenerative conditions.

Originally from India, Sagun Tuli, M.D. pursued her higher education in Canada, initially through an undergraduate degree in the sciences at the University of Toronto. Reflecting sustained academic achievement, she received a Marianno A. Elia Scholarship, a University Women’s Club Year II Book Prize in Sciences, and a Dean’s Honor Award during this time. Beginning medical studies at the University of Toronto in 1989, Dr. Tuli earned several prestigious medical scholarships and entrance into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

From 1993 to 2000, Dr. Sagun Tuli completed a neurosurgery residency at the University of Toronto, additionally earning a Harvard School of Public Health M.Sc. in Epidemiology in 1998. She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada while still engaged in residency training, also achieving award recognition from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Hospital for Sick Children. Following a spine surgery fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Dr. Sagun Tuli accepted a position as Attending Physician and Associate Surgeon from.

Over the past decade, Dr. Tuli has achieved numerous academic publications and made regular public presentations. In 2007, she notably spoke before the Department of Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, on the topic “Methylprednisilone - the two edged sword.”