Sravisht Iyer, MD

Dr. Iyer will be opting out of Medicare and Medicare advantage plans in January 2025.

If your insurance is not listed, please call our office if you have questions regarding your insurance coverage. If you have out-of-network benefits, then your insurance may reimburse you for a portion of your office visit. We will work with you and your insurance to minimize your out-of-pocket costs. Financial assistance may be available for patients in need.

Appointments

Certification

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards

Best E-Poster, 2nd Place, 2019
Best Paper Award (Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV), 2019
Whitecloud Award, Best Clinical Paper (International Meeting on Advanced Spinal Techniques, Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2019
Mario Boni Award Nominee, Best Clinical Paper (Cervical Spine Research Society - European Section, Rome, Italy), 2019
Rush University Golden Apple Award (Teacher of the Year), 2018
Whitecloud Award Finalist, Best Basic Science Paper (International Meeting on Advanced Spinal Techniques, Cape Town, South Africa), 2017
Lewis Clark Wagner, MD Resident Research Award, 2017
Hospital for Special Surgery Academic Achievement Award, 2017
Andrew Swanson, MD Alumni Travelling Fellowship (One month traveling fellowship with Dr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei), 2016
Weill-Cornell Medical Center Distinguished Housestaff Award, 2016
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS) Clinician Scientist Training Progam, 2016
American Orthopedic Association (AOA) Resident Leadership Forum, 2016
Whitecloud Award Finalist, Best Clinical Paper (International Meeting on Advanced Spinal Techniques, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), 2015
Eastern Orthopedics Association/Eastern Orthopedic Education Foundation Resident/Fellow Travel Grant, 2015
USA Today Academic All-American Honorable Mention, 2008
Tau Beta Pi, 2005

Education

Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA

Residency

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY

Fellowship

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL

State Licensure

Languages

English

Patient Education

• LLIF/XLIF Surgery: Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
• PLIF Surgery: Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
• Spondylolysis (Pars Fracture)
• Spondylolisthesis

Selected Journal Articles

For all publications, please see the PubMed listing.

Selected Books/Chapters

Bao H., Iyer S., Schwab F.J. (2018) Sagittal Plane Deformity Surgery: Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy (PSO) Complication. In: Mummaneni P., Park P., Crawford III C., Kanter A., Glassman S. (eds) Spinal Deformity. Springer, Cham. 

Iyer S, Albert TJ. (2017) Lower Extremity Manifestations of Spine Disease. In: Positano RG, DiGiovanni CW, Borer JS, Trepal MJ. (eds). Systemic Manifestations in the Foot, Ankle and Lower Extremity. Wolters Kluwer. 

Iyer S, Kim HJ, Riew KD. (2017) Surgical Management of Cervical Degenerative Diseases. In: Chapman, MW, Chapman MA (eds). Chapman's Comprehensive Orthopaedic Surgery. 4th Edition. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers.

Louie PK, Iyer S, Hirsch BM, DeWald CJ, An HS. A 16-year-old female patient with progressively worsening back pain and deformity. Orthopedics Today, November 2017.

Selected Presentations

Iyer S, Lovecchio F, Elysee JC, Lafage R, Schwab F, Lafage V, Kim HJ. Isolated Posterior Ligamentous Reinforcement does not Decrease Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity. Podium Presentation: Annual Meeting of the North American Spine Society, Orlando, FL, October 2017

Iyer S, Lovecchio F, Elysee JC, Lafage R, Schwab F, Lafage V, Kim HJ. Isolated Posterior Ligamentous Reinforcement does not Decrease Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Adult Spinal Deformity. Podium Presentation: Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society, Philadelphia, PA, September 2017

Iyer S, Donnelly PE, Young KY, Spaniel GN, Frawley R, Goldstein MA, Cunningham ME. Locally Applied Simvastatin as an Adjunct to Promote Spinal Fusion in Rats. Whitecloud Award Finalist; Podium Presentation: International Meeting for Advanced Spinal Techniques, Cape Town, South Africa, July 2017

Iyer S, Kim HJ, Bao H, Smith JS, Kelly MP, Gupta MC, Albert TJ, Mundis GM, Passias PG, Neuman B, Klineberg EO, Lafage VL, Ames CP, ISSG. Cervical Deformity Surgery Does Not Result in Post-operative Dysphagia: A Prospective Cohort Study. Podium Presentation: Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society, Toronto, Canada, December 1-3, 2016

Iyer S, Lenke LG, Nemani VM, Albert TJ, Sides BA, Metz LN, Cunningham ME, Kim HJ. "Variations in Sagittal Alignment Parameters based on Age: A Prospective Study of Normal Patients using EOS Imaging." Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society, San Diego, USA, December 3-5 2015

Iyer S, Derman PB, Sandhu HS. "Orthopedics and the Sunshine Act: An Examination of Payments to Orthopedic Surgeons in the Open Payments Database." Annual Meeting of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons, Portland, Oregon, July 8-11, 2015

Kim HJ, Iyer S, Zebala LP, Kelly MP, Sciubba D, Protopsaltis TS, Gupta M, Neuman BJ, Mundis GM, Ames CP, Smith J, Hart R, Burton D, Kleinberg E, International Spine Study Group. "Neurologic Complications in Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: Incidence, Risk factors and Outcomes in 558 patients." Whitecloud Award Nominee. International Meeting of Advanced Spine Techniques, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 8-11, 2015

Iyer S, Christiansen BA, Roberts BJ, Valentine M, Manoharan R, Bouxsein ML. A biomechanical model for estimating loads on thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. American Society of Mechanical Engineering Summer Bioengineering Conference 2009.

Iyer S, Steinhaus M, Stein D, Ross T, Yang J, Sandhu HS, Huang R, Lebl DR, Rawlins BA, Lafage V, Albert TJ, Kim HJ. Validation of the NIH PROMIS Computer Adaptive Test in Cervical Spine Patients: Preliminary Results. ePoster. Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society, Hollywood, Florida, December 2017.

Iyer S, Boachie-Adjei O, Mahmud R, Wulff I, Duah HO, Tutu HO, Yankey KP, Predictors of a Poor Response to Halo Gravity Traction in Severe Spine Deformity. ePoster. Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society, Philadelphia, PA, September 2017

Iyer S, Boachie-Adjei O, Mahmud R, Wulff I, Duah HO, Tutu HO, Yankey KP, The Use of Halo Gravity Traction in the Treatment of Severe Early Onset Scoliosis. ePoster. Annual Meeting of the Scoliosis Research Society, Philadelphia, PA, September 2017

Dr. Iyer's clinical research interests are centered on the design of prospective, randomized clinical trials. Dr. Iyer has had the opportunity to begin two large prospective trials - one examining clinical outcome measures in spine surgery and another double-blinded randomized control trial designed to test the efficacy of acetaminophen (tylenol) and ketorolac (toradol) at reducing post-operative opioid use. Dr. Iyer's basic science interests are centered on spine fusion and he has spent time developing and characterizing nanoparticles that may be used to enhance spinal fusion.