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CURRICULUM VITAE
DATE
April 24, 2014
FULL NAME AND DEDREE
Venkata S. Dandamudi, M.D
CURRENT ADDRESS
University of Texas Medical Branch
Department of Neurology
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, Texas 77555-0539
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Department of Neurology
Biewend 12, Box # 314
800 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
EDUCATION
1996- 2002
MD, Rangaraya Medical College
Kakinada, India
CURRENT POSITION
Fellow
Endovascular Neurosurgery, Tufts Medical Center,
Boston, MA
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology, Tufts University School
of Medicine, Boston, MA (Attending
Neurointensivist)
POST DOCTORAL TRAINING
2001-2002
Internship, Government General Hospital
Kakinada, India
2002 – 2005
Resident Doctor, Department of Internal Medicine
Sowmya Apollo Hospital, Vijayawada, India
2005-2007
Research Fellow, Center for Neurological Imaging
Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical
School, Boston, USA
2007-2008
Internal Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical
Center, Newark, NJ
2008- 2011
Neurology, Tufts University, Boston, MA
2011- 2013
Neuro-Critical Care, Tufts University, Boston, MA
(Mentor: Anish Bhardwaj, M.D)
2011- Current
Fellow, Endovascular Neurosurgery, Tufts
University, Boston, MA (Mentor: Adel M, Malek,
M.D, Ph.D.) (Anticipated completion July 2014)
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
2011- 2013
Instructor, Department of Neurology, Tufts
University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
2013 – Current
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology,
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
2011 – Current
Instructor, Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts
University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
2006
ECFMG Certificate #06560403
2007- Current
Massachusetts State License
2012
ABPN Neurology Board Certified
2013
UCNS Board Eligible (Neuro-Critical Care)
MENTORSHIP/TRAINING
NAME
Zachary David
Guss
TRAINING YEAR
Undergraduate Student, Harvard
2005
CURRENT POSITION
Medical Student, Johns Hopkins
Medical Center
Ashish Arora, M.D Post doctoral fellowship, 2006
Senior Research Fellow, Harvard
Medical School
Courtney Batt
Post-doctoral Fellow, Cleveland
Clinic
Undergraduate Student, Colgate
University 2006
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TEACHING
2005
TUTOR, Human Nervous System and Bahavior
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Time spent with students 45hrs
2006
TUTOR, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Time spent with students 45 hrs
2006
TUTOR, Hematology Pathophysiology
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Time spent with students 15 hrs
2006
TUTOR, Endocrine and Reproductive Systems
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Time spent with students 25 hrs
2006
TUTOR, Human Nervous System and Bahavior
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Time spent with students 45hrs
2012
Intracerebral Hemorrhage – Update “Emergency
neurology lecture series for Neurology residents”
2012
Continuing Medical Education, “Risk Management in
the Neurosciences” Prognostication in Neuro-ICU.
October 27th 2012.
2013
Neurosciences Course for Physician assistant school
“COMA- A comprehensive approach”
2013
Radiology lecture series for the radiology residents
“Arteriovenous Malformations of the BrianAngiographic perspective”
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2005 – Current
Member, American Academy of Neurology
2005 – 2009
Member, American Society of NeuroImaging
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2009 – Current
Member, Society of Vascular and Interventional
Neurology
RESEARCH INTERESTS

Characterization of carotid plaque morphology with non invasive modalities and
risk stratification of stroke

Predictors of vasospasm in subarachnoid hemorrhage and treatment strategies
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Study:
Role:
Dates:
Source:
Phase II multi-center safety and efficacy study of
oral recombinant ovine interferon tau administered
daily in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple
sclerosis
Co-Investigator, MRI image analysis
2005-2007
Pepgen, Inc
Study:
Role:
Dates:
Source:
Spinal cord atrophy in RRMS
Co-Investigator, MRI image analysis
2006-2007
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Study:
Role:
Dates:
Source:
Gray and White Matter Atrophy in RRMS
Co-Investigator
2006-2007
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Study:
Role:
Dates:
Source:
Microglia response to Rebif therapy in RRMS
Co-Investigator, MRI and PET image analysis
2006
Serono, Inc
Study:
Dual energy CT scan and Ex-vivo analysis of
Carotid Plaque
Co-Investigator
2009-2010
Lahey Clinic Medical Center
Role:
Dates:
Source:
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Study:
Role:
Dates:
Source:
ATACH II
Principal Investigator (Site)
2013- Current
Tufts Medical Center
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PEER REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS

Horsfield MA, Bakshi R, Rovaris M, Rocca MA, Dandamudi VSR, Valsasina P,
Judica E, Lucchini F, Guttmann CRG, Sormani MP, Filippi M. Incorporating
domain knowledge into the fuzzy connectedness framework: application to brain
lesion volume estimation in multiple sclerosis. IEEE Transactions on Medical
Imaging 2008; 26 (12):1670-80.

Dandamudi VS, Thaler DE, Malek AM. Cerebral Embolus Following
Chiropractic Manipulation in a Patient with a Calcified Carotid Artery. J
Neuroimaging. 2012 Jul 20. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2012.00706.
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Heller R, Dandamudi VS, Malek AM. Effect of Anti-Platelet Therapy on
Thromboembolism after Flow Diversion with the Pipeline Embolization Device.
Neurosurgery. 2013 Oct;73(4):582-91. doi: 10.1227/NEU

Heller R, Dandamudi VS, Malek AM. Neuroform Intracranial Stenting for
Aneurysms Using Simple and Multi-Stent Technique is Associated with Low
Risk of MR-DWI Lesions. Neurosurgery 2013 Oct; 73(4):582-91. doi:
10.1227/NEU

Rahal JP, Dandamudi VS, Safain MG, and Malek AM, Double Waffle-Cone
Technique Using Twin Solitaire Detachable Stents for Treatment of Ultra-Wide
Necked
Aneurysm
Journal
of
Clinical
Neuroscience
2013
DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2013.08.029

Rahal JP, Dandamudi VS, Safain MG, Heller R, and Malek AM, Use of
Concentric Solitaire Stent to Anchor Pipeline Flow Diverter Constructs in Treatment of
Shallow Cervical Carotid Dissecting Pseudoaneurysms (Journal of Clinical
Neuroscience 2014 DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2013.10.017
BOOK CHAPTERS
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Neema M, Dandamudi VSR, Arora A, Stankiewicz J, Bakshi R. T1 black holes
and gray matter damage as MRI biomarkers of brain injury in multiple sclerosis,
MRI and Trials of Neurodegeneration in MS, Springer 2007.
REVIEW ARTICLES

Bakshi R, Dandamudi VSR, Neema M, De C, Bermel R. Measurement of Brain
and Spinal Cord Atrophy by Magnetic Resonance Imaging as a Tool to Monitor
Multiple Sclerosis. J Neuroimaging 2006; 15 (4 suppl), 30S-45S.

Neema M, Stankiewicz J, Arora A, Dandamudi VSR, Batt CE, Guss ZD, AlSabbagh A, Bakshi R. T1 and T2 based MRI measures of diffuse gray matter and
white matter damage in patients with multiple sclerosis, J Neuroimaging 2007;17:
16S-21S.
BOOK REVIEWS

Dandamudi VSR, Bakshi R. Fatigue as a window into the brain. Annals of
Neurology 2006;59: 438-9.
ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
MEETINGS

Heller R, Dandamudi VS, Malek AM. Effect of Anti-Platelet Therapy on
Thromboembolism after Flow Diversion with the Pipeline Embolization Device.
Presented at American Academy of Neurosurgery – New Orleans April 2013.

Dandamudi VSR, M.D, Christine Thomas, M.D, Ibrahim Bechwati, PhD,
Claudia Fitzgerald, M.A, Kinan K. Hreib, M.D, PhD. Dual energy CT scan and
pathological analysis of ex-vivo carotid plaque. Presented at American Academy
of Neurology – Toronto April 2010.

Dandamudi VSR, Maher J, Fournier C, Thaler ED. Late infection of PFO closure
device: A Case report. COBB Assembly meeting in Boston, March 2009.

Dandamudi VSR, Kershen J, Thaler ED, Ho B. Ischemic Neuropathy presenting
as first sign of Aortic Occlusion. COBB Assembly meeting in Boston, March
2009.

Bakshi R, Neema M, Houtchens M, Napoli S, Dandamudi VSR, De C, Guttmann
CRG. MRI measurement of whole spinal cord volume at 3T: reproducibility and
relevance to multiple sclerosis. Annual meeting of the American Academy of
Neurology – San Diego, CA. Neurology 2006;66(Suppl 2):A97.
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Bakshi R, Neema M, Liptak Z, Betensky R, Buckle G, Gauthier S, Stankiewicz J,
Meier D, Egorova S, Arora A, Dandamudi VSR, Batt CE, Guss ZD, Glanz B,
Khoury S, Guttmann CRG, Weiner HL. Magnetic resonance disease severity
scale (MRDSS) predicts clinical progression in multiple sclerosis. Annual
meeting of the American Academy of Neurology – Boston, MA. Neurology
2007;68(Suppl 1):A53
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Bakshi R, Arora A, Guss Z, Dandamudi VSR, Neema M, Brass S, Meier D,
Duan Y, Buckle G, Gauthier S, Glanz B, Khoury S, Weiner H, Guttmann C.
Magnetic Resonance Disease Severity Scale (MRDSS) Predicts Clinical
Progression in Multiple Sclerosis. Annual meeting of the American Academy of
Neurology 2007.

Alsop D.C, Dandamudi VSR, Bakshi R. Inhomogeneous magnetization transfer
imaging of myelin concentration in Multiple Sclerosis ISMRM 2007.
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