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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, 91ɫƵ, 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 91ɫƵ, 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

  • (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

  • (Rahman M, Vedantam A.) World Neurosurg. 2024 Sep;189:485-486 PMID: 38997932 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199455507 07/13/2024

  • (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

  • (Banerjee A, Yang Y, Wang MC, Vedantam A.) Clin Spine Surg. 2024 Jul 22 PMID: 39037072 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199703689 07/22/2024

  • (Yoganandan N, Harinathan B, Vedantam A.) J Eng Sci Med Diagn Ther. 2024 May 01;7(2):021003 PMID: 37860790 PMCID: PMC10583276 10/20/2023

  • (Yoganandan N, Choi H, Purushothaman Y, Vedantam A, Harinathan B, Banerjee A.) J Eng Sci Med Diagn Ther. 2024 May 01;7(2):021006 PMID: 37860789 PMCID: PMC10583278 10/20/2023

  • (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

  • (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

  • (Sweetman H, Rahman M, Vedantam A, Satkunendrarajah K.) Exp Neurol. 2024 Jan;371:114600 PMID: 37907124 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85175540178 11/01/2023

  • (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

  • (Yoganandan N, Baisden J, Varghese V, Vedantam A, Stemper B, Banerjee A, Jebaseelan D.) Mil Med. 2023 Nov 08;188(Suppl 6):385-392 PMID: 37948211 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176389139 11/10/2023

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