Aditya Vedantam, MD
Assistant Professor; Adjunct Faculty in Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, and Orthopedics
Locations
- Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Education
Neurosurgery Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2013-2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2011-2013
MD, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, India, 2009
Biography
Dr. Aditya Vedantam is a fellowship trained neurosurgeon. He attended medical school at the Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore, India, and graduated at the top of his class. He then spent two years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Medical College of Wisconsin, studying advanced MRI techniques to evaluate spinal cord disease. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, followed by a fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Surgery at the University of Miami in Miami, FL.
Dr. Vedantam is returning to Milwaukee and will continue to pursue his research interests, which include the use of novel MRI techniques and tools to improve care for patients with spinal disorders. He has performed extensive research in the field of spine MRI and has won multiple national and institutional awards for his work. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts. His goal is to use his research efforts in the laboratory to enhance the lives of patients in the clinic. Dr. Vedantam performs surgery for a variety of spinal conditions and has special expertise in minimally-invasive surgical techniques.
Clinical Programs
Research Interests
- Degenerative cervical myelopathy/cervical spondylotic myelopathy
- Spinal cord injury
- Advanced spinal cord MRI
- Diffusion tensor imaging
- Quantitative sensorimotor testing
- Cortical plasticity and neurorehabilitation
- Patient reported outcome measures
- Patient outcome assessment
Publications
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Phase 1 Safety Trial of Autologous Human Schwann Cell Transplantation in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.
(Gant KL, Guest JD, Palermo AE, Vedantam A, Jimsheleishvili G, Bunge MB, Brooks AE, Anderson KD, Thomas CK, Santamaria AJ, Perez MA, Curiel R, Nash MS, Saraf-Lavi E, Pearse DD, Widerström-Noga E, Khan A, Dietrich WD, Levi AD.) J Neurotrauma. 2022 02;39(3-4):285-299 PMID: 33757304 03/25/2021
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(Verla T, Vedantam A, North RY, Xu DS, Raber MR, Fuentes A, Liou NE, Ropper AE.) World Neurosurg. 2021 12;156:e1-e8 PMID: 34245881 07/11/2021
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(Cajigas I, Vedantam A.) Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2021 Jul;32(3):407-417 PMID: 34053728 06/01/2021
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Hypothermia for Acute Spinal Cord Injury.
(Vedantam A, Levi AD.) Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2021 Jul;32(3):377-387 PMID: 34053725 06/01/2021
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(Vedantam A, Brennan J, Levin HS, McCarthy JJ, Dash PK, Redell JB, Yamal JM, Robertson CS.) J Neurotrauma. 2021 01 01;38(1):53-62 PMID: 32600167 PMCID: PMC7757539 07/01/2020
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(Vedantam A, Vigneswaran K, Rao G, Walsh GL, Rhines LD, Tatsui CE.) Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2020 Oct 15;19(5):551-556 PMID: 32745212 08/04/2020
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(Viswanathan A, Vedantam A, Williams LA, Koyyalagunta D, Abdi S, Dougherty PM, Mendoza T, Bassett RL, Hou P, Bruera E.) Neurosurgery. 2020 08 01;87(2):394-402 PMID: 32012217 PMCID: PMC7360878 02/06/2020
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(Vedantam A, Verla T, Mayer RR, Raber MR, Ropper AE.) Int J Spine Surg. 2020 Jun;14(3):316-320 PMID: 32699753 PMCID: PMC7343252 07/24/2020
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(Vedantam A, Hassan I, Kotrotsou A, Hassan A, Zinn PO, Viswanathan A, Colen RR.) Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2020 06 01;18(6):721-727 PMID: 31665446 10/31/2019
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(Reece EM, Vedantam A, Lee S, Bhadkamkar M, Kaufman M, Bohl MA, Chang SW, Porter RW, Theodore N, Kakarla UK, Ropper AE.) J Clin Neurosci. 2020 Apr;74:205-209 PMID: 31036507 05/01/2019
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Multicenter Validation of the Survival After Acute Civilian Penetrating Brain Injuries (SPIN) Score.
(Mikati AG, Flahive J, Khan MW, Vedantam A, Gopinath S, Nordness MF, Robertson C, Patel MB, Sheth KN, Muehlschlegel S.) Neurosurgery. 2019 11 01;85(5):E872-E879 PMID: 31065707 PMCID: PMC6904849 05/09/2019
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(Vedantam A, Stormes KM, Gadgil N, Kralik SF, Aldave G, Lam SK.) J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Jul 19:1-7 PMID: 31323626 07/20/2019