Venkatesh Aiyagari, M.D.

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Venkatesh Aiyagari, MBBS, DM (Neurology), is Professor of the Departments of Neurological Surgery and Neurology and Director of the Division of Neurocritical Care at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in the critical care management of patients with neurological and neurosurgical disorders.

Dr. Aiyagari earned his medical degree at Calcutta Medical College, West Bengal, India, and the degree of Doctor of Medicine (D.M.) in Neurology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India. He completed a residency in Neurology at New York University and then received advanced training through a fellowship in Neurological Critical Care at Washington University, St. Louis.

Dr. Aiyagari is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in the specialities of Neurology and Vascular Neurology and is certified by the United Council of Neurological Specialties in the speciality of Neurocritical Care.

Dr. Aiyagari joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2012 and has previously held faculty appointments at Washington University in St. Louis and at University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dr. Aiyagari's research interests include pupillometry, acute blood pressure management in neurological illnesses and disorders of sodium in neurologically critically ill patients. He has authored several peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters and has written invited editorials for JAMA Neurology. He serves on the editorial board of Neurocritical Care. He has also edited a monograph on Hypertension and Stroke, currently in its second edition.

Medical School

Calcutta Medical College and Hospitals (1986)

Residency

National Institute of Mental Health & Neuro Sciences (1992), Neurology

Internship

The Brooklyn Hospital Center (1995), Internal Medicine

Residency

New York University School of Medicine (1998), Neurology

Fellowship

Washington University School of Medicine (2000), Neurocritical Care

• Automated Pupillometry in Neurocritical Care
• Blood pressure management in stroke
• Quality improvement in neurocritical care

Featured Publications

Elevated blood pressure after craniotomy: A prospective observational study.

Perez CA, Stutzman S, Jansen T, Perera A, Jannusch S, Atem F, Aiyagari V, J Crit Care 2020 Aug 60 235-240

Correlation of Objective Pupillometry to Midline Shift in Acute Stroke Patients.

Osman M, Stutzman SE, Atem F, Olson D, Hicks AD, Ortega-Perez S, Aoun SG, Salem A, Aiyagari V, J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2019 Jul 28 7 1902-1910

Correlation of Noninvasive Blood Pressure and Invasive Intra-arterial Blood Pressure in Patients Treated with Vasoactive Medications in a Neurocritical Care Unit.

Saherwala AA, Stutzman SE, Osman M, Kalia J, Figueroa SA, Olson DM, Aiyagari V Neurocrit Care 2018 Mar

Cognitive and Functional Consequence of Cardiac Arrest.

Perez CA, Samudra N, Aiyagari V Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2016 Aug 16 8 70

Inter-device reliability of the NPi-100 pupillometer.

Zhao W, Stutzman S, DaiWai O, Saju C, Wilson M, Aiyagari V J Clin Neurosci 2016 Jul

Interrater Reliability of Pupillary Assessments.

Olson DM, Stutzman S, Saju C, Wilson M, Zhao W, Aiyagari V Neurocrit Care 2015 Sep

The management of hypertension for an acute stroke: what is the blood pressure goal?

Gorelick PB, Aiyagari V Curr Cardiol Rep 2013 Jun 15 6 366

Hypernatremia in the neurologic intensive care unit: how high is too high?

Aiyagari V, Deibert E, Diringer MN J Crit Care 2006 Jun 21 2 163-72

Quantitative pupillometry in patients with traumatic brain injury and loss of consciousness: A prospective pilot study.

Traylor JI, El Ahmadieh TY, Bedros NM, Al Adli N, Stutzman SE, Venkatachalam AM, Pernik MN, Collum CM, Douglas PM, Aiyagari V, Bagley CA, Olson DM, Aoun SG, J Clin Neurosci 2021 Sep 91 88-92

Automated infrared Pupillometer use in assessing the neurological status in pediatric Neurocritical care patients: Case reports and Literature review

Molly E. McGetrick, Nathan Schneider, DaiWai M. Olson, Venkatesh Aiyagari, Darryl Miles J Child Sci 2021 11 1 e125-e132

 Featured Books

Hypertension and Stroke: Pathophysiology and Management, 2nd Edition

Venkatesh Aiyagari, Philip B Gorelick (Ed.) (2016). Humana Press

• Golden Pager Award, UT Southwestern Medical Center
  In recognition of outstanding service and response. Selected by the Nursing Staff of UT Southwestern University Hospitals (2017)
• John S. Garvin MD Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Neurology, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (2012)
• Lifesaving Partners Award, Gift of Hope (Organ & Tissue Donor Network)
  (2012)
• John S. Garvin MD Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Neurology, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (2010)
• John S. Garvin MD Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Neurology, University of Illinois at Chicago
  (2006)

• American Academy of Neurology (1995-2021)
• American Heart Association (2002-2021)
• Neurocritical Care Society (2002-2022)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (2000-2009)
• Society of Critical Care Medicine (2012-2021)