Ashok R. Asthagiri MD

Dr. Ashok Asthagiri has completed his undergraduate education at the University of Akron and received his medical degree from the Northeastern Ohio Medical University in 2001. After graduating from medical school he completed his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. During residency, he performed enfolded fellowships in general neurosurgery at the Auckland City Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, and neuropathology at the University of Virginia. Upon completion of residency, he joined the Surgical Neurology Branch in the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.

He rejoined the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia in 2013 where he leads a multidisciplinary effort in the treatment of neurocutaneous disorders, contributes to the basic and clinical research program in the Department of Neurosurgery and is actively involved in resident physician (Associate Program Director) and medical student education (Medical Student Elective Co-Director). He has served as course faculty in multiple didactic/practical skull base workshops and is the Director of the Microsurgical Anatomy and Skull Base Laboratory at the University of Virginia.

Dr. Asthagiri is a recognized leader in organized neurosurgery, having served on the Executive Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons since 2010. In supporting the educational mission of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Dr. Asthagiri has served as the Chair of the Research Committee and is the Editor-in-Chief of Self-Assessment in Neurological Surgery (SANS). He is active in the Scientific Program Committee, which serves to keep neurosurgeons and affiliated health care professionals, both domestic and international, appraised of cutting edge technology and advances in the field while providing a broad spectrum of learning opportunities through large, multi-day annual meetings.