Dr. Venkatraman Sadanand is a pediatric neurosurgeon and epilepsy surgeon by profession with practice experience in three countries.He received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India. He graduated with an MS and PhD in economics and game theory from Caltech. Subsequently, he obtained an MD from the University of Toronto, a neurosurgery residency from the University of Saskatchewan, research fellowship from the Banting Institute at the University of Toronto, and a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship from Northwestern University, Chicago.His clinical experience is in Pediatric Neurosurgery, and Epilepsy Surgery. His entrepreneurial interests are in Information Technology. His teaching experience is in Neurosurgery, Strategic Game Theory, Economics and Business Management. His research experience is in clinical epidemiology, health economics, brain-computer interface, neural plasticity and cognition, game theory. It brings great joy to him to explore the fields of mathematics, engineering, economics, business, and medicine.He spends considerable amounts of time volunteering for a group of physicians who provide free and compassionate healthcare to rural and economically disadvantaged communities globally.