Dr. Sheri Dewan is a board-certified practicing neurosurgeon and best-selling author of the book, “Cutting A Path.” She is the incoming Chairwoman of Neurosciences at Ascension Health and serves as Clinical Professor at The Chicago Medical School. She is one of roughly two hundred board-certified women neurosurgeons in the United States. She completed her neurosurgery residency at Brown University and graduate degree at Northwestern University. She is a board member of Women in Neurosurgery (WINS), Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Dewan donates her time performing charity surgery in Southern India and sits on multiple charity foundation boards. She has studied business and finance at the University of Oxford Executive Education program in London, England.
Dr. Dewan is trilingual (English, Spanish and Hindi) and has lived in five countries. Her clinical interests include minimally invasive robotic and endoscopic spine surgery. She holds medical licenses in the US and India.
Dr. Dewan’s book, “Cutting A Path,” has been optioned for a television series. Her second book project, “Sita,” is an illustrated children’s book, co-authored with her three kids; this work has been optioned for a feature film with a Hollywood production company.
