Dato' Dr Kantha Rasalingam - Brain & Spine Surgeon

- Born and brought up in Petaling Jaya
- Went to med school in Kasturba medical College India and completed MBBS in 1997
- Started working with Ministry of Health in July 1998 and left in January 2019 after 22 years of service to govt of Malaysia
- Became youngest Neurosurgeon in Malaysia aged 32 in 2006
- Worked in various part of Malaysia including Kota Bahru, Sabah, Sarawak and Kuala Lumpur

- First to do Awake Surgery in Hospital Kuala Lumpur in 2014
- Started Neuro Pain Services in Neurosurgey HKL
- Started dedicated spine Clinic in HKL
- Married with 3 boys
- Became secretary of Neurosurgical Association of Malaysia (NAM) in 2015
- Became NAM Vice President in 2017
- Became NAM President in 2019
- Became Member of the Constitution and by laws committee of World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies in 2019
- Became President Elect of ASEAN congress of Neurological Surgeons 2019