Vijay Yanamadala, MD, MBA, FAANS, FCNS is a board-certified neurosurgeon and digital health advocate serving as Chief Medical Officer at Sword Health and System Medical Director of Spine Quality at Hartford HealthCare.

He has participated in more than 2,000 spine surgeries and published over 75 scientific papers on spine and musculoskeletal care, with a focus on evidence-based, multidisciplinary treatment to avoid unnecessary surgery.

Yanamadala earned his MD from Harvard Medical School (HST) and an MBA from Harvard Business School.