Dr. Vishnumurthy Shushrutha Hedna

Speciality

Neurology

Biodata

 

Board certified Vascular Neurologist

  ,Has focus on

  • Research in Stroke related Brain Edema, Neuroinflammation and Epidemiology of Stroke, Stroke therapeutics and Rehabilitation

  • International medicine focusing on India and Southeast Asia

  • Education of Medical Students and Residents, utilizing cutting edge Neuro-radiology imaging techniques, Case-based teaching and Clinical OSCE techniques

 

Achievements

 National and International Presentations

 2004                        Royal College of physicians Stroke guidelines update 2004, West Wales general hospital, UK 

2009                        Interesting Case Presentation Neurology Residents Scholar Program (NRSP) conference on Epilepsy, Chandler, Arizona  

2012                        Grand rounds “Comprehensive Stroke Management Update 2012” University of Florida neurology 

2012                        Neuroscience “Mixed vasopressin antagonism”, McKnight Brain Institute, Gainesville, Florida 

2013                        “It’s Your Time to Peak: Translating Evidence and Excellence in Stroke Care”  

TOPIC: Vasopressin Receptor Antagonism in Stroke; Annual Stroke Conference 

2013                        Stroke mimics and CT perfusion; GGSM Hospital, Mysore, India 

2013                        Invited Speaker on “Role of CT perfusion in stroke mimics”; Spotlight on Stroke conference, Bay St. Louis  

2014                        Acute Stroke Management; University of Florida; second year medical student Lecture series  

2015                        International stroke conference Feb 11th, 2015 Oral Abstract “Mixed Vasopressin Antagonism as a Directed Therapy for Cerebral Edema in Acute Stroke Patients” 

2015                        International stroke conference Feb 10th 2015 moderated poster presentation “Use of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Emergency Department to Predict Stroke Outcome” http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/02/12/using-ocular-ultrasounds-to-measure-brain-pressure-may-help-predict-stroke/

 

Publications

  

  1. Ming J, Noutong S, Rastogi V, Hedna VS; Taming of glutamate excitotoxicity: Strategic pathway modulation for neuroprotection. CNS Drugs 2015; DOI: 10.1007/s40263-015-0225-3

     

  2. Hedna VS, Sharathchandra Bidari, David Gubernick, Saeed Ansari, Irawan Satriotomo, Asif A Khan Adnan Qureshi: Treatment of stroke related refractory brain edema using mixed vasopressin antagonism: a case report and review of the literature  BMC neurology 2014 14:213  doi:10.1186/s12883-014-0213-0

     

  3. Vaibhav Rastogi, Lauren L. Donnangela, Ganesh Asaithambi, Sharatchandra Bidari, Anna Y. Khanna, Hedna VS “Recurrence of Lobar Hemorrhage: A Red Flag for Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Related Inflammation?” Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience July 2015 (accepted; issue yet to be announced) 

     

  4. Vaibhav Rastogi, Ashley Rawls, Omar Moore, Benjamin Victorica, Sheema Khan, Pradeepan Saravanapavan, Sunitha Midivelli, Prathap Raviraj, Anna Khanna, Sharathchandra Bidari, Hedna VS: Rare etiology of Bow Hunter’s Syndrome and Systematic review of literature; Journal of Vascular & Interventional Neurology; 2014 (accepted; issue yet to be announced)

     

  5. Peter Y. Cai, Aakash Bodhit, Roselle Derequito, Saeed Ansari-Sadrabadi, Fawzi Abukhalil, Spandana Thenkabail, Sarah Ganji, Pradeepan Saravanapavan, Chandana C. Shekar, Sharatchandra Bidari, Michael F. Waters, Hedna VS: Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Ischemic Stroke: Old Wine in a New Bottle; Frontiers in Neurology 24 June 2014 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00107

     

  6. Pouya A. Ameli, Neema J. Ameli, David M. Gubernick, Saeed Ansari, Shekher Mohan, Irawan Satriotomo, Alexis K. Buckley, Christopher W. Maxwell, Vignesh H. Nayak, Hedna VS: Role of vasopressin and its antagonism in stroke related edema; Journal of Neuroscience Research 14 MAY 2014 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23407

     

  7. Timothy E O Connor, Haley E Carpenter, Sharatchandra Bidari, Michael F Waters, Hedna VS: Role of inflammatory markers in Takayasu arteritis disease monitoring. BMC Neurology 03/2014; 14(1):62.

     

  8. Hedna VS, Sandip Jain, Omid Rabbani, Stephen E Nadeau. Mechanisms of arm paresis in middle cerebral artery distribution stroke: Pilot study. The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 12/2013; 50(8):1113-22.

     

  9. Monika Mishra, Hedna VS: Neuroinflammation after acute ischemic stroke: a volcano hard to contain. Chin J Contemp Neurol Neurosurg, November 2013, Vol. 13, No. 11

     

  10. David Gubernick, Pouya Ameli, Qingshan Teng, Arnaldo Velez, Kenneth M Heilman, Hedna VS: Visual-olfactory hallucinatory synesthesia: The Charles Bonnet Syndrome with olfactory hallucinations. Cortex 2014 Jan;50:204-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.10.002. Epub 2013 Oct 31