Emory University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Neurosurgery

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Department of Neurosurgery

Vivek Sudhakar, MD

About me

Year 

  • PGY-4

Hometown

  • Fremont, CA

Areas of Interest

  • Functional neurosurgery
  • Skull base neurosurgery

Future Plans

  • Academics

Awards/Honors

  • The Bert and Sally O'Malley Awards for Outstanding Medical Student Research, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2021
  • Deans Year off Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2018-19
  • Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship, Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation

Memberships

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • American Medical Association
  • American Physician Scientists Association
  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Hobbies

  • Running
  • Soccer
  • Bass guitar
  • Hiking and enjoying the outdoors
  • Cooking



Education

  • BS, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
  • MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2021


Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Bankiewicz KS, Sudhakar V, Samaranch L, San Sebastian W, Bringas J, Forsayeth J. AAV viral vector delivery to the brain by shape-conforming MR-guided infusions. Journal of Controlled Release. 2016 Feb 27. PMID: 26924352
  • Hadaczek P, Stanek L, Cieslelska A, Sudhakar V, Samaranch L, Pivirotto P, Bringas JR, O’Riordan C, Mastis B, San Sebastian W, Forsayeth J, Cheng S, Bankiewicz KS, Shihabuddin L. Widespread AAV1- and AAV2-mediated Transgene Expression in the Nonhuman Primate Brain: Implications for Huntington’s disease. Molecular Therapy Methods and Clinical Development. 2016. PMID: 27408903
  • Samaranch L, Blits B, San Sebastian W, Hadaczek P, Bringas J, Sudhakar V, Macayan M, Pivirotto P, Petry H. MR-guided parenchymal delivery of adeno-associated viral vector serotype 5 in non-human primate brain. Gene Ther. 2017;24(4):253-261. PMID: 28300083
  • Sudhakar V, Richardson RM. Gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases. Neurotherapeutics. 2019 Jan 15;16(1):166-75.
  • Sudhakar V, Mahmoodi A, Bringas JR, Naidoo J, Kells A, Samaranch L, Fiandaca MS, Bankiewicz KS. Development of a novel frameless skull-mounted ball-joint guide array for use in image-guided neurosurgery. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2019 Feb 15;1(aop):1-0.
  • Ohno K, Samaranch L, Hadaczek P, Bringas JR, Allen PC, Sudhakar V et al. Kinetics and MR-based monitoring of AAV9 vector delivery into cerebrospinal fluid of nonhuman primates. Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development 2018. doi:10.1016/j.omtm.2018.12.001.
  • Burke JF, Sudhakar V, Braunstein S, McDermott M. In Situ Cranioplasty for Renal Cell Skull Metastasis: Technical Note. Cureus. 2018.
  • Sudhakar V, Naidoo JR, Samaranch LS, Bringas JS, Lonser RR, Fiandaca MS, Bankiewicz KS. Infuse-as-you-go convective delivery to enhance coverage of elongated brain targets: technical note. Journal of Neurosurgery. 2019
  • Samaranch L, Pérez-Cañamás A, Soto-Huelin B, Sudhakar V, Jurado-Arjona J, Hadaczek P, Ávila J, Bringas JR, Casas J, Chen H, He X. Adeno-associated viral vector serotype 9–based gene therapy for Niemann-Pick disease type A. Science translational medicine. 2019 Aug 21;11(506):eaat3738.
  • Alhourani A, Fish KN, Wozny TA, Sudhakar V, Hamilton RL, Richardson RM. GABA Bouton Subpopulations in the Human Dentate Gyrus Are Differentially Altered in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Journal of Neurophysiology. 2019 Dec 4.

Books and Chapters  

  • Sudhakar V, Richardson RM. Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease. Prog Neurol Surg. 2018;33:253-264.

Posters

  • Ohno K, Samaranch L, Hadaczek P, Bringas J, Allen P, Sudhakar V, Stockinger D, Snieckus C, Campagna M, San Sebastian W, Chen H, Forsayeth J, Salegio EA, Hwa GC, Bankiewicz, KS (2018) Real-time MR imaging and pharmacokinetics analysis of AAV vector delivery into the cerebrospinal fluid of non-human primates. 21st Annual Meeting American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, Chicago.
  • Samaranch L, Hadaczek P, Bringas J, Allen P, Stockinger D, Yu Y, Sudhakar V, Campagna M, San Sebastian, Salegio EA, Hwa GC, Bankiewicz, KS (2017) Optimization of MRI-guided AAV delivery into the CSF for CNS gene therapy in NHP. Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC
  • Bankiewicz KS, Lungu C, Hammoud DA, Herscovitch P, Ehrlich DJ, Argersinger DP, Sinharay S, Scott G, Wu T, San Sebastian W, Sudhakar V, Fiandaca MS, Zaghloul KA, Hallet M, Lonser RR, Heiss JD (2019) AAV2-GDNF Gene Delivery for the Treatment of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease. 2019 International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders, Nice, France.

Abstracts

  • Bankiewicz KS, Lungu C, Hammond DA, Herscovitch P, Ehrlich DJ, Argersinger DP, Sinharay S, Scott G, Wu T, San Sebastian W, Sudhakar V, Fiandaca MS, Zaghloul KA, Hallet M, Lonser RR, Heiss JD (2019) GDNF Gene Therapy for Advanced Parkinson’s Disease. 22nd Meeting American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, Washington DC.
  • Burke JF, Sudhakar V, Clark AJ, Ames CP (2019) Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathway for Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Retrospective Review and Proposed Algorithm. 2019 CNS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Morshed R, Chung J, Sudhakar V, Cummins D, Young J, Daras M, Aghi M. 12. Outcomes After Surgical Resection of Melanoma Brain Metastases in the Age of Checkpoint Inhibitor Treatment . Neuro-Oncology Advances. 2020 Aug;2(Supplement_2):ii1-2.