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Aditya Vedantam, MD

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

Fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Complex Spine Surgery, University of Miami, FL, 2020-2021
Neurosurgery Residency, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2013-2020
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury, Ƶ, 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 Ƶ, 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

View the Vedantam Laboratory

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

  • (Yoganandan N, Baisden J, Vedantam A, Varghese V, Banerjee A.) Accid Anal Prev. 2023 Dec;193:107329 PMID: 37783162 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85172903287 10/02/2023

  • (Vedantam A, Harinathan B, Purushothaman Y, Scripp S, Banerjee A, Warraich A, Budde MD, Yoganandan N.) Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2023 Dec;22(6):1789-1799 PMID: 37306885 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85161620932 06/12/2023

  • (Rahman M, Truong H, Vedantam A.) Neurosurg Focus Video. 2023 Oct;9(2):V18 PMID: 37854647 PMCID: PMC10580736 10/19/2023

  • (Singhal I, Harinathan B, Warraich A, Purushothaman Y, Budde MD, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) N Am Spine Soc J. 2023 Sep;15:100246 PMID: 37636342 PMCID: PMC10448221 08/28/2023

  • (Harinathan B, Jebaseelan D, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Sep 01;48(17):1208-1215 PMID: 37341525 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85168222861 06/21/2023

  • (Vedantam A, Ugiliweneza B, Williamson T, Guest JD, Harrop JS, Tator CH, Aarabi BA, Fehlings MG, Kurpad SN, Neal CJ.) J Neurotrauma. 2023 Sep;40(17-18):1948-1958 PMID: 36448585 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169848149 12/01/2022

  • (Laing BRW, Best B, Nerva JD, Vedantam A.) J Neurosurg Case Lessons. 2023 Aug 07;6(6) PMID: 37581597 PMCID: PMC10555585 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85170256731 08/15/2023

  • (Vedantam A, Harinathan B, Warraich A, Budde MD, Yoganandan N.) J Neurosurg Spine. 2023 Jul 01;39(1):28-39 PMID: 37029671 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85164233516 04/09/2023

  • (Vedantam A, Purushothaman Y, Harinathan B, Scripp S, Budde MD, Yoganandan N.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2023 May;51(5):1040-1051 PMID: 36538274 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144374871 12/21/2022

  • (Koch KM, Nencka AS, Klein A, Wang M, Kurpad S, Vedantam A, Budde M.) Front Neurol. 2023;14:1172833 PMID: 37273696 PMCID: PMC10236479 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85161052826 06/05/2023

  • (Vedantam A, Jimsheleishvili G, Harrop JS, Alberga LR, Ahmad FU, Murphy RK, Jackson JB 3rd, Rodgers RB, Levi AD.) Spinal Cord. 2022 Jun;60(6):510-515 PMID: 35013548 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122665748 01/12/2022

  • (Vedantam A, Levi AD.) Spinal Cord Injury Pain. 1 January 2022:375-387 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85139281613 01/01/2022