Sangami Pugazenthi is interested in two broad areas related to the field of neuological surgery 1) social determinants health affecting access to, outcomes from, and postoperative management of neurological surgery procedures and 2) medical specialty decision making and perceptions of neurosurgery as it relates to minority groups underrepresented in the field. Her work focuses on the state of the neurosurgical literature regarding health disparities and identifying areas where there might be a gap in research and data. She also works to understand medical student specialty decision making for underrepresented groups in neurosurgery.