Dr. Venkatesh Aiyagari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation and the Co-Director of the Neurosciences Critical Care Division.
Dr. Aiyagari received his medical degree from Calcutta Medical College, Calcutta, India. He completed a five-year Neurology Residency at the National Institute of Mental health and Neurological Sciences at NIMHANS, Bangalore, India and was awarded a D.M. degree in Neurology. He subsequently completed his Neurology Residency at New York University in 1998 and then completed a fellowship in Neurointensive Care at Washington University, St. Louis in 2000.
Dr. Aiyagari is certified in Neurology and Vascular Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and in Neurocritical Care by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialities.
Dr. Aiyagari’s research interests include osmotic therapy for cerebral edema, warfarin associated intracranial hemorrhage, hypertension and stroke, and outcome after cerebral hemorrhage.
Aiyagari V, Menendez J, Diringer MN. Treatment of severe coagulopathy after gunshot wound to the head using recombinant activated factor VII. Journal of Critical Care 2005; 20:176-180
Jost SC, Diringer MN, Zazulia AR, Videen TO, Aiyagari V, Grubb RL, Powers WJ. Normal saline bolus increases cerebral blood flow in regions with low baseline flow in patients with vasospasm following subarachnoid hemorrhage. Journal of Neurosurgery 2005; 103:25-30
Gondim FAA, Aiyagari V, Shackelford A, Diringer MN. Osmolality does not predict mannitol-induced renal insufficiency. Journal of Neurosurgery 2005; 103:444-447
Aiyagari V, Deibert E, Diringer MN. Hypernatremia in the neurological intensive care unit: How high is too high? Journal of Critical Care 2006; 21:163-172
Aiyagari V. Counteracting the effects of anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents during neurosurgical emergencies. Neurosurgery. 2006 Nov;59(5):E1152
Ruland S, Aiyagari V. Cerebral autoregulation and blood pressure lowering. Hypertension 2007; 49:977-8
Diringer MN, Aiyagari V, Zazulia AR, Videen TO, Powers WJ. Effect of hyperoxia on cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen measured using positron emission tomography in patients with acute severe head injury. Journal of Neurosurgery 2007 106:526-529
Aiyagari V, Diringer MN. Fever control and its impact on outcomes: What is the evidence? Journal of Neurological Sciences 2007; 261:39-46
Mayer SA, Brun NC, Begtrup K, Broderick J, Davis S, Diringer MN, Skolnick BE, Steiner T; FAST Trial Investigators. Efficacy and safety of recombinant activated factor VII for acute intracerebral hemorrhage. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 15;358(20):2127-37 Majic T, Aiyagari V. Cerebrovascular Manifestations of Pheochromocytoma and the Implications of a Missed Diagnosis. Neurocrit Care. 2008 May 29