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Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD

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Specializes in: Neurosurgery

Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati

3380 Beecher Road Suite A
Flint, MI 48532

(810) 820-6311

Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD is a neurosurgeon in Flint, MI specializing in neurosurgery. He graduated from Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati. Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD is affiliated with McLaren Health Care and Hurley Medical Center.

Office Locations

Address:

3380 Beecher Road Suite A
Flint, MI 48532

In The News

“A newly pre-released documentary, Bitter Pill by Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, reveals the depth of the health care problems we face, from greed and corruption to defensive medicine and the revolving...”—"Religious Right Opposition to Healthcare Reform Is Deadly", Huff Post, October 2012

decompression surgery	36
doctor visit	495
hospital care	77
injections	41
inpatient care	78
nerve block	41
nerve procedures	36
pain management	41
spinal procedures	74

**Gender**
Male	150
Female	188

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	289
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	117
From 75 to 84	108
85 and over	38
Less than 65	75

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	43
Dementia	17
Cancer	12

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	29
decompression surgery	40
doctor visit	540
hospital care	73
injections	104
inpatient care	74
neck surgery	10
nerve block	104
nerve procedures	40
pain management	104
spinal procedures	174

**Gender**
Male	143
Female	183

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	275
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	110
From 75 to 84	96
85 and over	29
Less than 65	91

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	41
Depression	32
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	11
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	9
Heart Failure	25
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	29
Diabetes	45
Dementia	15
Cancer	12

**Gender**
Male	334
Female	472

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	650
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	306
From 75 to 84	212
85 and over	86
Less than 65	202

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	21
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	11
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	43
Dementia	20
Cancer	11

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	38
decompression surgery	48
doctor visit	587
hospital care	105
injections	65
inpatient care	88
neck surgery	19
nerve block	65
nerve procedures	48
outpatient care	17
pain management	65
spinal procedures	144

**Gender**
Male	170
Female	251

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	349
Black	56
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	159
From 75 to 84	117
85 and over	36
Less than 65	109

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	61
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	31
Chronic Kidney Disease	30
Asthma	28
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	41
Dementia	17
Cancer	9

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	32
decompression surgery	37
doctor visit	545
hospital care	94
injections	63
inpatient care	69
neck surgery	12
nerve block	63
nerve procedures	37
outpatient care	25
pain management	63
spinal procedures	142

**Gender**
Male	186
Female	216

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	340
Black	51
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	148
From 75 to 84	125
85 and over	43
Less than 65	86

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	7
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	12
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	27
Diabetes	42
Dementia	18
Cancer	11

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	17
decompression surgery	29
doctor visit	539
hospital care	78
injections	57
inpatient care	62
nerve block	57
nerve procedures	29
outpatient care	16
pain management	57
spinal procedures	114

**Gender**
Male	181
Female	198

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	323
Black	44
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	150
From 75 to 84	109
85 and over	35
Less than 65	85

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	70
Stroke	6
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	36
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	25
Diabetes	40
Dementia	17
Cancer	9

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	27
decompression surgery	41
doctor visit	476
hospital care	84
injections	23
inpatient care	72
neck surgery	10
nerve block	23
nerve procedures	41
outpatient care	12
pain management	23
spinal procedures	101

**Gender**
Male	158
Female	210

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	301
Black	51
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	142
From 75 to 84	110
85 and over	40
Less than 65	76

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	11
Ischemic Heart Disease	48
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	40
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	26
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	36
Dementia	17
Cancer	9

decompression surgery	10
doctor visit	258
hospital care	41
injections	21
inpatient care	42
nerve block	21
nerve procedures	10
pain management	21
spinal procedures	28

**Gender**
Male	80
Female	127

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	168
Black	26
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	82
From 75 to 84	56
85 and over	24
Less than 65	45

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	50
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	41
Asthma	10
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	36
Dementia	18
Cancer	11

decompression surgery	10
doctor visit	580
hospital care	119
injections	19
inpatient care	120
nerve block	19
nerve procedures	10
pain management	19
spinal procedures	26

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2013 - 2021

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD treated as a neurosurgeon in Flint, MI were spinal procedures, hospital care, inpatient care and nerve block.

arthrodesis (bone fusion surgery)	28
decompression surgery	32
doctor visit	513
hospital care	96
injections	49
inpatient care	87
neck surgery	13
nerve block	49
nerve procedures	32
outpatient care	16
pain management	49
spinal procedures	103

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2013 - 2021

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD.

**Gender**
Female	184
Male	140

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	22
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	269
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	33
75 to 84	93
Less than 65	76
65 to 74	121

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD From 2013 - 2021

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, ischemic heart disease and diabetes.

Hypertension	60
High Cholesterol	51
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	27
Asthma	11
Osteoporosis	8
Heart Failure	18
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	32
Atrial Fibrillation	9
Cancer	8
Dementia	13

Education & Training

Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD graduated from Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati. He completed residency at University of Chicago Medical Center. He is certified by the Board Certification: Neurological Surgery and has a state license in Michigan.

Medical School: Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati

Residency: University of Chicago Medical Center

Board Certification: Board Certification: Neurological Surgery

Licensed In: Michigan

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

McLaren Health Care

Hurley Medical Center

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD has an average of 1.0 out of 5 stars based on 1 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD from all over the web to help you find the right in Flint, MI.

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Overall Rating: 1.0 2020-11-27

I had surgery done on 1-5-2017 by Dr Fernandez of Mi. Ortho and hv been in pain ever since. Everytime I come back and tell him Im in pain he orders a new MRI and his med. assistant calls me and say Dr Fernandez say theres nothing he can do for u...X's 3 since 2017 so I made an appointment to see Dr Palavali and absolutely could not wait to see him bcuz I need this pain STOPPED. On my telemed date his office called and say "he looked over ur MRI, CAT SCAN and MYLOGRAM and he wants to see u in office. I went. He ask Y Im not going back to Dr. Fernandez and I tell him that everytime I go back to him telling him of my pain he orders a new MRI and his med assistant calls me and say " theres nothing he can do for u"... so Im here trying to find a surgeon. He tells me its a "respect thing" between surgeons to send u back to Fernandez "one more time" and the last words out of his mouth were "If he wont do anything for you THEN I WILL". NOW, I have another telamed on 11-25-20 and nobody calls for an hour so I call them & tell them Dr Palavali is sposed to call me at 2:45 and it is now 3:45. She goes back and forth and back and forth between Dr and me and finally says "He's NOT going to do ur surgery". I was FLABBERGASTED. I dont understand Y he would tell me he will do it right to my face looking me in the eye after I go see Fernandez THEN SAY NO I WONT DO IT???????WAS ALL JUST A WASTE OF TIME AND MORE WEEKS PLUS WEEKS B4 I WILL GET ANYTHING DONE. Now I am bk where I started looking for another surgeon. Also, instead of making me wait, when he looked over all my records, Y WOULDNT HE HAVE LOOKED AT THEM WHEN THEY CAME TO HIS OFFICE AND SEEN WHATEVER IT WAS HE SEEN AND TOLD HIS ASSITANT TO CALL ME AND CANCEL INSTEAD OF WAITING TILL MY APPOINTMENT AND WASTING ANOTHER 6 WEEKS PLUS??????????TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL, WASTE OF MY TIME WHILE I AM IN PAIN 24 HOURS A DAY, DISRESPECTFUL, AND JUVENILE. HE IS A PIECE OF SHIT. DO NOT GO HERE AND WASTE YOUR PRECIOUS TIME. U WILL REGRET IT!!!!!
Ted Novak

General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Vivekanand Palavali, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Integra LifeSciences Corporation	$1,531 Spine-Minimally Invasive $793	Spine - multiple therapeutic areas $566	Spine-Orthobiologics $172
K2M, Inc.	$1,442 EVEREST $158	General K2M Product Discussion $60	CHESAPEAKE $40	VESUVIUS Osteobiologic System $23	MESA Spinal System $22	Other $1,139
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.	$496 Mobi C $319	ROI C $141	Gallery Laminoplasty $20	Mobi-C $16
Stryker Corporation	$462 YUKON OCT Spinal System $142	CAPRI Corpectomy Cage System $92	EVEREST Spinal System $64	ESCALATE $52	CASCADIA Interbody System $37	Other $76
Spine Wave, Inc.	$358 Fixation $358
Other	$1,176 TRINITY $212	Trinity ELITE $121	TITAN NANOLOCK $69	Exparel $64	Osseoflex SN $57	Other $653

**Types of Payments**
Travel and Lodging	$2,815
Food and Beverage	$2,651

Biography

Dr. Vivekanand Palavali is a neurosurgery specialist in Flint, MI. His professional affiliations include McLaren Health Care and Hurley Medical Center. Before performing his residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Dr. Palavali attended Sri Venkateswara Medical College, Tirupati for medical school.