Vashisht Sekar, M.B.B.S.,(M.D), DHMSA, MRCSEd Ph.D., FRCSEd(Neuro.Surg) is a University of Florida Assistant Professor of neurosurgery and a neurosurgeon at UF Health in Jacksonville. Dr. Sekar received his medical degree from Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India. He completed a residency in neurological surgery at Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and holds a Ph.D. in cardiovascular medicine from the University of Manchester in Manchester, United Kingdom. He is a diplomate of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries (London) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (the oldest Surgical College in the world). He was an Instructor in Neurosurgery at Stanford University in Neurosurgical Oncology and Radiosurgery (2021-2022) and in Neurosurgical Trauma and Spine Surgery (2022-2023)Boards and Advisory Roles:2022-present: Section Editor Spine-World Neurosurgery2022-present: Section Editor Radiosurgery- World Neurosurgery2022- present: Editorial Board: International Journal of Neurosurgery2021- present: Reviewer: Frontiers in Oncology, New England Journal of Medicine2018- present: Reviewer: World Neurosurgery, New England Journal of Medicine, Frontiers in Oncology, Cureus, Frontiers in Neurosciences2018-2021: Northern Ireland Representative, World Spinal Column Society2015-2021: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK Trainee representative1999-01: Volunteer, National Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme ,India 2009: Volunteer: Alzheimer's Society, Manchester, UK2010: Volunteer: Nexus Art café, Manchester, UKMemberships of Professional Organizations:2009-present: Society of British Neurosurgeons2016-present: European Association of Neurosurgical Societies2020-present: Society of Neuro-Oncology2022-present: Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK2018-present: World Spinal Column Society2021-present: American Association of Neurosurgeons2021-present: Congress of Neurosurgeons2021-present: Society for Radiosurgery2022-present: Radiosurgery Society 2022-present: North American Spine SocietyHonors and Awards2020: Codman Travel Award2010: Shortlisted for the Roger Croton Surgical Prize paper. 2010: Henri Moussally Award for Best Lecture 2009/102010: Manchester Leadership Award2009: Wellcome Trust Biomedical Research Scholarship 2007: Alzheimer's Society Research Fellowship- 2007- 10 2007: British Renal Society Scholarship prize 2007 for Best Paper2007:AMGEN- Travel Bursary for travel to Denver 2007: British Journal of Surgery Prize for 'Best Paper' at the Vascular Society of Great Britain Conference- Manchester 2007- Shortlisted2007: British Journal of Surgery Prize for 'Best Paper' at the Vascular Society of Great Britain Conference- Edinburgh - Shortlisted2007: Central Manchester and Manchester Children's Hospital travel award-20072006-2008:Manchester Surgical Research Trust- Research FellowshipDistinction achieved in the following subjects: Kasturba Medical College Manipal 1999: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry 2000: Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic Medicine 2001: ENT, Ophthalmology, Community Medicine 2002: Internal Medicine, Surgery Prizes in Pathology (1999), Neurosurgery (2000), Paediatrics (2002)