Vivek V. Kanumuri, M.D.

Dr. Kanumuri is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Otolaryngology and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Miami. He is also a Surgeon/Otolaryngologist at the Bruce W. Carter Miami VA Medical Center. He currently serves as the co-principal investigator of the Ganzer/Kanumuri Neurotechnology lab at The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and focuses on non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation to enhance in neuroplasticity in spinal cord injury and tinnitus.

He graduated from Rutgers University – New Jersey Medical School in 2014 with a medical degree and was elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. During his time in medical school, he also completed a prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellowship where he worked on optogenetic manipulation of hyperactive circuits in the temporal lobe under the mentorship of Dr.Rafael Yuste (Columbia University).

He then graduated from residency in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Harvard Medical School. During this time he completed a NIH T32 research fellowship at Mass Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School with Dr. Daniel Lee, Dr. Chris Brown, and Dr. Anne Takesian. His project (still ongoing) involved developing a conformable auditory brainstem implant and novel strategies for stimulation peripheral nerves.

He most recently completed a neurotology fellowship at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital. His research efforts during this time focused on the targeting of the peripheral nerves for modulation of tinnitus and spinal cord recovery with Dr. Ganzer and Dr. Rajguru.