Aditya Vedantam, MD
Associate Professor; Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery; Director, Center for Cervical Myelopathy; 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 board certified, 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.
Board Certification
- American Board of Neurological Surgery
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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(Fehlings MG, Evaniew N, Ter Wengel PV, Vedantam A, Guha D, Margetis K, Nouri A, Ahmed AI, Neal CJ, Davies BM, Ganau M, Wilson JR, Martin AR, Grassner L, Tetreault L, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Marco R, Harrop J, Guest J, Alvi MA, Pedro KM, Kwon BK, Fisher CG, Kurpad SN, AO Spine Knowledge Forum Spinal Cord Injury.) Global Spine J. 2025 Jun;15(5):2585-2593 PMID: 40257837 PMCID: PMC12012498 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105004277039 04/21/2025
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Serum protein biomarkers for degenerative cervical myelopathy: a prospective study.
(Vedantam A, Rahman M, Salam S, Banerjee A, Satkunendrarajah K, Budde MD, Meier TB.) J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Jun 01;42(6):718-726 PMID: 40215624 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105007067019 04/12/2025
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(Raju VB, Schmit BD, Vedantam A.) Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 2025 May;239(5):413-422 PMID: 40320702 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105004572754 05/05/2025
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(Banerjee A, Yang Y, Wang MC, Vedantam A.) Clin Spine Surg. 2025 Mar 01;38(2):E69-E74 PMID: 39037072 PMCID: PMC11751124 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199703689 07/22/2024
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(Rahman M, Banurekha Devaraj K, Chauhan O, Harinathan B, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Applied Sciences Switzerland. January 2025;15(2) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85215797547 01/01/2025
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(Gundamraj S, Devaraj KB, Harinathan B, Banerjee A, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2024 Oct;23(5):1757-1764 PMID: 39003653 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198355255 07/14/2024
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Optimizing Recovery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: The Role of Postsurgical Rehabilitation.
(Rahman M, Vedantam A.) World Neurosurg. 2024 Sep;189:485-486 PMID: 38997932 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199455507 07/13/2024
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Impact of postsurgical rehabilitation on outcomes for degenerative cervical myelopathy.
(Rahman M, Banerjee A, Yang Y, Annyapu E, DeGroot AL, Best B, Braza DW, Wang MC, Vedantam A.) J Neurosurg Spine. 2024 Aug 01;41(2):167-173 PMID: 38728769 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200524767 05/10/2024
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(Rahman M, Palmer P, Harinathan B, Banurekha Devaraj K, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Jul 12;14(14) PMID: 39061634 PMCID: PMC11276270 07/27/2024
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(Rahman M, Palmer P, Harinathan B, Banurekha Devaraj K, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Diagnostics. July 2024;14(14) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199590245 07/01/2024
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(Stemper BD, Cutlan R, Vedantam A, Gerds B, Hainsworth K, Raff H, Yoganandan N, Dooley C, Le P, Muftuler LT.) Conference Proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury Ircobi. 2024;Part 202371:353-354 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85204454527 01/01/2024
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Pelvis-Sacrum-Lumbar Spine Injury Characteristics From Underbody Blast Loading.
(Yoganandan N, Baisden J, Moore J, Pintar F, Vedantam A, Shabani S, Barnes D, Loftis K.) Mil Med. 2023 Nov 08;188(Suppl 6):393-399 PMID: 37948210 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176449424 11/10/2023