Dr. Vinayak Narayan
Overview
Vinayak Narayan, MD, FACS, FRCS (Ed), IFAANS, is a neurosurgeon at the UPMC Neurological Institute, specializing in cerebrovascular and cranial base neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, and stereotactic and functional neurosurgery. Dr. Narayan graduated with honors from Government Medical College, Trichur, India, and completed the neurosurgery residency program at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, followed by postdoctoral fellowship in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery and neurointerventional surgery at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ. He completed three prestigious clinical fellowships: Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery (The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH), Interventional Neuroradiology (NYU Langone Health and Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY), and Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery (Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY), which are accredited by the Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training (CAST). Dr. Narayan is a clinical assistant professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and has authored numerous neurosurgical publications, book chapters, and abstracts. He has been on the editorial board of various neurosurgical journals and medical book publishers. He is also an invited faculty in many neurosurgical conferences and is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, North American Skull Base Society, Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, American College of Surgeons, and American Heart Association.
Dr. Narayan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Stroke. His top areas of expertise are Meningioma, Arteriovenous Malformation, Pica, Thrombectomy, and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 59 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 7 articles in the study of Stroke.
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Locations
205 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Narayan isAdvanced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- MeningiomaDr. Narayan isAdvanced. Learn about Meningioma.
- Experienced
- Acoustic NeuromaDr. Narayan isExperienced. Learn about Acoustic Neuroma.
- AstrocytomaDr. Narayan isExperienced. Learn about Astrocytoma.
- Bone TumorDr. Narayan isExperienced. Learn about Bone Tumor.
- Brain AbscessDr. Narayan isExperienced. Learn about Brain Abscess.
- Brain TumorDr. Narayan isExperienced. Learn about Brain Tumor.
- Carotid Artery SurgeryDr. Narayan isExperienced. Learn about Carotid Artery Surgery.