About Lali Sekhon, MD, PhD, FAANS, FACS
Doctor Sekhon is a board certified (FRACS) and fellowship-trained spine neurosurgeon at Nevada Neurosurgery with locations in Reno and Carson City, NV. 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 the Department of Surgery, University of Nevada, 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, CT 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 was at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN 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 American Medical Association's Physician's Recognition Award with Commendation, Patient's Choice Award by MDX Medical, Inc., and Best Doctors in America Award.
Dr. Sekhon is a member of numerous prestigious organizations including the American College of Surgeons (ACS), American Medical Association (AMA), Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), Joint Section American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS)/CNS Spine and Peripheral Nerve, Joint Section AANS/CNS Trauma and Critical Care, North American Spine Society (NASS), Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), Spine Trauma Study Group (STSG), Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), and others. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS).
Dr. Sekhon has presented his research at a multitude of national and international medical conferences. He serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques and Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine. He serves on the Associate Editorial and Editorial Advisory Boards of the Spine Journal. Further, Dr. Sekhon is a reviewer for Acta Neurochirugica, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Neurosurgery, Patient Safety in Surgery Journal, Orthopedic Reviews, Spine, Yonsei Medical Journal, and others. He has authored over a hundred publications and book chapters. Dr. Sekhon is a Senior Editorial Board member for SpineUniverse.com.
Outside of medicine, Dr. Sekhon's interests include computers, travel, reading, cricket, hockey, and scuba-diving.
