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Anand Veeravagu, MD

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Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery (by courtesy); Director of Minimally Invasive NeuroSpine Surgery · Stanford University School of Medicine

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Region🇺🇸 Palo Alto, CA · West · United StatesSpecialtyNeurological SurgeryFocusSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology+4
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Anand Veeravagu is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery (by courtesy); Director of Minimally Invasive NeuroSpine Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. OpenAlex indexes 293 publications with 6,131 citations (h-index 43); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator.

Data verified 13 Oct 2026

Overview

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Anand Veeravagu, MD, is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery (by courtesy) at Stanford University School of Medicine. The public record shows 293 publications with 6,131 citations (h-index 43), centered on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy, Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 8 companies.

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Neurosurgery
  • Top research focus: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 8 companies

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Indications focus

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Pain2 trialsNeuralgia2 trialsNociceptive Pain2 trialsRadiculopathy1 trialSpinal Cord Diseases1 trial

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyCervical and Thoracic MyelopathyScoliosis diagnosis and treatmentSpinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
NuVasive, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments318Alphatec Spine, IncClinical trials—Industry payments74Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments42OsteoCentric Technologies, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments37Globus Medical, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments22Stryker CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments5Si-Bone, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments2Stanford UniversityClinical trials2Industry payments—

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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293publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 4 in PubMed.

6,131citations

Total citations across indexed works.

43h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 116.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
2clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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8companies · 2021–2025

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0NIH grants

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Public positions

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Contact

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Office address

Stanford Neuroscience Health Center, 213 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304

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Clinical trials

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

Industry payments

Updated 14 Oct 2026

8 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

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Publications

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

Most-cited works

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  1. 01
    Recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: a review of natural history and management options
    Article275 citations2006
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  2. 02
    Risk Factors for Postoperative Spinal Wound Infections After Spinal Decompression and Fusion Surgeries
    Article270 citations2009
    doi.org ↗
  3. 03
    Robotic-Assisted Spine Surgery: History, Efficacy, Cost, And Future Trends
    Article252 citations2019
    doi.org ↗
  4. 04
    Revision rates and complication incidence in single- and multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion procedures: an administrative database study
    Article233 citations2013
    doi.org ↗
  5. 05
    Expenditures and Health Care Utilization Among Adults With Newly Diagnosed Low Back and Lower Extremity Pain
    Article196 citations2019
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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John Kevin Ratliff107Martin Nikolaus Stienen61Tej Deepak Azad52Atman Mukesh Desai42Ethan Schonfeld34Kunal Varshneya33Allen Lin Ho30Bowen Jiang30Zachary A. Medress23Ghani Haider22Steven D. Chang21Arjun Vivek Pendharkar20Gordon Li19Adrian John Rodrigues17Neelan Joseph Marianayagam16Michael Chuwei Jin15Amy S. Li14Chirag G. Patil13Tyler S. Cole13Michael Zhang13Lewis C. Hou12Corinna Clio Zygourakis12Parastou Fatemi12Gerald A. Grant11Scott G. Soltys11Victor Tse11Victor E. Staartjes10Yi Zhang10Christian C. Swinney10Daniel G. Vail10Michael Y. Wang10Marco Lee10Thomas Johnstone9Austin Y. Feng9Aaryan Shah9Iris C. Gibbs9Ivan Cheng8Felix C. Stengel8Eric Scott Sussman8Lawrence M. Shuer8

Online presence

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  • Other

    med.stanford.edu/profiles/anand-veeravagu

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Background & recognition

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Education

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  • MD

    Stanford University School of Medicine

    2009
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  • Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering

    Johns Hopkins University

    2005
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Editorial & leadership roles

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  • Fellow

    American Association of Neurological Surgeons (FAANS)

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  • Fellow

    American College of Surgeons (FACS)

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  • American Board of Neurological Surgery certification
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Awards & honors

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Secondary affiliations

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  • Member

    Bio-X Institute, Stanford University

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  • Team Neurosurgeon

    San Francisco 49ers Football Team

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