Narayan Yoganandan, PhD

Professor & Chair of Biomechanics, Department of Neurosurgery; Orthopaedic Surgery; Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Locations

Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1985
MS, Civil/Structural Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1979
BS, Civil Engineering, Mysore University, Mysore, India, 1977
BS, Mathematics, Mysore University, Mysore, India, 1973

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Biography

Narayan Yoganandan, PhD, is professor and chair of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Neurosurgery and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Marquette University. He has published over 220 peer-reviewed archival journal papers, 40 book chapters, 250 abstracts and conference proceedings, and 100 presentations. He is the senior editor of two books, entitled Frontiers in Head and Neck Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical (1988, 743 pages) and Frontiers in Whiplash Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical (2000; 589 pages).

He has served on editorial boards and study sections for federal government grants and private organizations. In addition to receiving numerous awards, he is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine and the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Honors and Awards

1979 鈥� 1981 鈥� Consulting Engineer, Tata Consulting Engineers, Bangalore, India
1981 鈥� 1983 鈥� Teaching/Research Assistant, College of Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1983 鈥� 1985 鈥� Research Assistant, Department of Neurosurgery, 黑料官网, Milwaukee, WI
1986 鈥� 1987 鈥� Visiting Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, 黑料官网, Milwaukee, WI
1986 鈥� 1991 鈥� Adjunct Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1987 鈥� 1991 鈥� Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, 黑料官网, Milwaukee, WI
1990 鈥� Present 鈥� Faculty, Biophysics Graduate Program, 黑料官网, Milwaukee, WI
1991 鈥� Present 鈥� Assistant Chief, Neuroscience Research Laboratories, VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
1991 鈥� 1994 鈥� Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, 黑料官网, Milwaukee, WI
1991 鈥� 1994 鈥� Adjunct Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1994 鈥� Present 鈥� Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, 黑料官网, Milwaukee, WI
1994 鈥� Present 鈥� Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
1997 鈥� Present 鈥� Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering Dept. of Neurosurgery, 黑料官网, Milwaukee, WI
2008 鈥� Present 鈥� Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 黑料官网, Milwaukee, WI

                
                    Research Experience
                
                    Bioengineering
Case Reports
Database
Epidemiologic Research Design
Head
Prospective Studies
Retrospective Studies
Spine
Thorax

                    Methodologies and Techniques
                
                    Animal Experimentation
Computational Biology
Head Injuries, Closed
Humans
Models, Statistical
Spinal Injuries

                    Leadership Positions
                
                    Chair, Biomedical Engineering (Neurosurgery)
Director, Biomechanics Program

                    黑料官网 Program / Core Facilities
                
                    Neuroscience and Biomechanics Research Laboratories, VAMC

                    Educational Expertise
                
                    Biomedical Engineering
Epidemiologic Studies
Finite Element Analysis
Mechanics
Models, Statistical

Research Interests

Impact trauma biomechanics in civilian and military environments; clinical spine biomechanics using experimental and computational methodologies.

(Seifert J, Koser J, Shah A, Frazer L, Pintar FA, Yoganandan N, Nicolella D, Bentley TB, Stemper BD.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2025 Jul 14 PMID: 40658298 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105010678874 07/14/2025
(Rahman M, Banurekha Devaraj K, Chauhan O, Harinathan B, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Applied Sciences Switzerland. January 2025;15(2) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85215797547 01/01/2025
(Banerjee A, Hu H, Yoganandan N.) Journal of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics. 2025 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105007001437 01/01/2025
(Seifert J, Maiman D, Frazer LL, Shah A, Yoganandan N, King K, Sheehy JB, Paskoff G, Bentley T, Nicolella DP, Stemper BD.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2024 Nov 05 PMID: 39499364 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85208479174 11/05/2024
(Ortiz-Paparoni M, Op 't Eynde J, Eckersley C, Morino C, Abrams M, Pang D, Kait J, Pintar F, Yoganandan N, Moore J, Barnes D, Loftis K, Bass CR.) Ann Biomed Eng. 2024 Nov;52(11):3067-3077 PMID: 39240473 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85203121909 09/06/2024
(Gundamraj S, Devaraj KB, Harinathan B, Banerjee A, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2024 Oct;23(5):1757-1764 PMID: 39003653 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85198355255 07/14/2024
(Bakhaidar M, Harinathan B, Devaraj KB, DeGroot A, Yoganandan N, Shabani S.) Int J Spine Surg. 2024 Sep 12;18(4):441-447 PMID: 39214603 PMCID: PMC11483624 08/31/2024
(Yoganandan N, Shah A, Koser J, Stemper BD, Somberg L, Chancey VC, McEntire J.) Mil Med. 2024 Aug 19;189(Suppl 3):659-664 PMID: 39160873 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201736818 08/20/2024
(Choi H, Purushothaman Y, Ozobu I, Yoganandan N.) Mil Med. 2024 Aug 19;189(Suppl 3):710-718 PMID: 39160815 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201744350 08/20/2024
(Yoganandan N, Moore J, Westerhof TA, Flierman NA.) Mil Med. 2024 Aug 19;189(Suppl 3):55-62 PMID: 39160828 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201737711 08/20/2024
(Rahman M, Palmer P, Harinathan B, Banurekha Devaraj K, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Jul 12;14(14) PMID: 39061634 PMCID: PMC11276270 07/27/2024
(Rahman M, Palmer P, Harinathan B, Banurekha Devaraj K, Yoganandan N, Vedantam A.) Diagnostics. July 2024;14(14) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85199590245 07/01/2024

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