Mayo Clinic Florida | United States
Dr. Harshvardhan Iyer, M.B.B.S., is an emerging clinician-scientist in the field of neurosurgery, specializing in neuro-oncology, spine surgery, and translational cancer research. He currently serves as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic Florida, working under Dr. Kingsley Abode-Iyamah and Dr. Oluwaseun Akinduro in the Spine Oncology Laboratory. His research focuses on spinal anesthesia, biomarker discovery for postoperative pain, inflammatory responses, and the metastatic mechanisms of brain and spinal tumors. Dr. Iyer has acquired extensive training through prestigious programs, including a Neurosurgery Research Fellowship at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville under Dr. Kaisorn Chaichana and a Clinical Neurosurgery Traineeship at Bombay Hospital under Dr. Keki E. Turel. His multidisciplinary expertise spans clinical research coordination, IRB protocol drafting, and quantitative sensory testing, alongside proficiency in wet lab and in vivo studies, including tumor modeling in rodents and molecular assays like Western blotting and qPCR. He has contributed to several peer-reviewed international publications addressing glioblastoma outcomes, spinal fusion imaging, and perioperative neurosurgical protocols. His scientific excellence earned him the 2024 Cret Award ($20,000) for his clinical research on spinal anesthesia. Beyond research, Dr. Iyer serves as Vice Chair of Global Education at Mission: BRAIN Foundation, advocating for global neurosurgical education and access. Through his innovative research and academic dedication, Dr. Iyer continues to advance the understanding of neuro-oncologic diseases and improve patient-centered outcomes in neurosurgery.
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Featured Publications
1. Sánchez-Garavito, J. E., Pérez-Vega, C., Iyer, H., Ríos-Zermeño, J., Navarro-Martínez, G., Navarro García de Llano, J. P., Chang, A. Y., Donaldson, A. M., Olomu, O. U., Chaichana, K. L., Quiñones-Hinojosa, A., Almeida, J. P., & Samson, S. L. (2024). Implementation of a standardized interdisciplinary perioperative protocol for patients undergoing transsphenoidal surgery: Impact on patient outcomes. World Neurosurgery, 190, e331–e340.
2. De Llano, J. P. N. G., Cueto, M. F. F., Roberts, A. P., Sánchez-Garavito, J. E., Shah, S., Iyer, H., & Quiñones-Hinojosa, A. (2022). Spinal anesthesia for multilevel awake minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: Single-center experience. Operative Neurosurgery. Advance online publication.
3. De Llano, J. P. N. G., Ríos-Zermeño, J., Roberts, A. P., Iyer, H. G., Sánchez-Garavito, J. E., & Quiñones-Hinojosa, A. (2025). Spinal versus general anesthesia in robotic minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: A comparative study on surgical outcomes. Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 1(aop), 1–9.
4. Latino Medical Student Association. (2025). 3rd Research Symposium Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA). Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 44(2).
5. Iyer, H. G., Ariwodo, O. K., McKevitt, C., Meade, P. S., Marenco-Hillembrand, L., Otamendi-Lopez, A., De Macêdo Filho, L. J. M., Rosenfeld, S. S., Cordova, C., Peterson, J. L., Trifiletti, D. M., Sabsevitz, D. S., Parney, I. F., Burns, T. C., Meyer, F. B., Bendok, B. R., Chandan, K., Byrne, R., Clark, V., … Chaichana, K. L. (2025). Predictors of return to work following surgery in patients with glioblastoma: A retrospective multicenter study. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 1–9.