Dr. Iyer has written and contributed to numerous publications over the years. Below are some of the more recent articles:
The Physician Writers
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 73, Issue 3. August 2025.
A Celestial Treat
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 72, Issue 11. April 2025.
Health Care in the Most Populous Country of the World
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 72, Issue 7. January 2025.
Back to the Future: Parkinson’s Disease
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 72, Issue 6. November 2024.
Lesson’s from Flaco’s Flight
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 72, Issue 2. July 2024.
The Freeze: A Physician’s Perspective
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 71, Issue 12. May 2024.
Telepathy, Brain Electric Activity and Hans Berger
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 71, Issue 9. February 2024.
Can New Insights into Sodium Channels Eventually Curb Prescription Narcotic Addiction?
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 71, Issue 7. Dec 2023.
Telekinesis: Are We There Yet?
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 70, Issue 12. May 2023.
Music & The Brain
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 70, Issue 5. Oct 2022.
Little Joys of Medicine
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 70, Number 4. Sept 2022.
The Vaccine-Seekers: Part 1: The Past
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 70, Number 3. August 2022.
Invasion by the Mob of mAbs
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 69, Number 9. February 2022.
Ready for Prime Time? New Developments in Alzheimer’s Disease
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 69, Number 8. January 2022.
50th Anniversary of a Mammoth Contribution to Medicine
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 69, Number 5. October 2021.
Neurotrauma: Brachial Plexus Injuries
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 69, Number 2. July 2021.
Role of Ultrasound in the EMG Lab
Genetics & Neurology
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 68, Number 11. April 2021.
The Coronavirus and the Aroma of Food
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 68, Number 10. March 2021.
“Social Distancing by the Pinky”: An Ominous Clinical Sign
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 68, Number 8. January 2021.
“Hand of Blessing” Goes from Boon to Bane for the Physician-Trainee
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 68, Number 7. December 2020.
The Laughter Behind the Mask: Fake or Genuine?
Greater Louisville Medical Society. Volume 68, Number 3. August 2020.
- Shields LBE, Iyer VG, Kluthe T, Jawad K, Cai J, Zhang YP, Shields CB. Clinical and Electrodiagnostic Correlations of Ultrasound-Detected Markedly Enlarged Median Nerve at the Wrist. Neurol Int. 2025 Aug 7;17(8):124. doi: 10.3390/neurolint17080124. PMID: 40863993; PMCID: PMC12389687.
- Shields, L. B. E., Iyer, V. G., Zhang, Y. P., & Shields, C. B. (2025). A Retrospective Study of 10 Patients Exhibiting the “Pseudo Wartenberg Sign”. Neurology International, 17(7), 97. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurolint17070097
- Shields, L. B. E., Iyer, V. G., Kluthe, T., Jawad, K., Cai, J., Zhang, Y. P., & Shields, C. B. (2025). Clinical and Electrodiagnostic Correlations of Ultrasound-Detected Markedly Enlarged Median Nerve at the Wrist. Neurology International, 17(8), 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/neurolint17080124
- Shields, Lisa B. E., Iyer, Vasudeva G., Zhang, Yi Ping, Shields, Christopher B., Radial Nerve Palsy as an Iatrogenic Complication of Shoulder Replacement Surgery With Significant Bone Loss of the Humerus Resembling Gorham–Stout Disease: Case Report and Review of the Literature, Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2025, 9969463, 6 pages, 2025.
- Shields LBE, Iyer VG, Zhang YP, Shields CB. Proximal median nerve neuropathy: electrodiagnostic and ultrasound findings in 62 patients. Front Neurol. 2024 Dec 5;15:1468813. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1468813. PMID: 39703354; PMCID: PMC11655337.
- “Useless hand syndrome”: Diagnostic role of electromyography and nerve conduction studies. (2021) Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 49:102792 DOI:10.1016/jmsard.2021.102792
- Missed thoracic myelopathy: Do not throw the hammer away yet
- Fascicular functional anatomy of median nerve revealed by ultrasonography
- Ultrasonography in Distal Ulnar Nerve Neuropathy: Findings in 33 Patients
- Role of Ultrasonography in Severe Distal Median Nerve Neuropathy
- Focal hand dystonia in a patient with ulnar nerve neuropathy at the elbow
- An Evaluation of the Information Gained from the Use of Intraoperative Nerve Recording in the Management of Suspected Brachial Plexus Root Avulsion
- Iatrogenic injury to the sciatic nerve during surgical repair of proximal hamstring avulsion
- Parsonage-Turner Syndrome: Clinical and Epidemiological Features From a Hand Surgeon’s Perspective