CURRICULUM VITAE
Kajana Satkunendrarajah PhD
Kajana Satkunendrarajah PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Division of Research
Department of Neurosurgery
Division of Research
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
VA Medical Center |
5000 W National Ave |
Milwaukee, WI 53295 |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
04/15/2019 - 06/30/2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee, WI |
07/01/2020 - Present Assistant Professor (Secondary Appointment), Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
07/01/2023 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
03/01/2021 - 07/01/2023 Co-Director (Fundamentals of Neuroscience), Medical College of Wisconsin, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
02/15/2021 - Present Co-Director (Fundamentals of Neuroscience,16271), NDP, IDP & Physiology, Graduate school, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
07/2019 - 07/2020 Imagine More Award, Neuroscience Research Center, The Medical College of Wisconsin |
- 2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation |
- 2015 1st Place, Best Poster Award, Canadian Spinal Cord meeting |
- 2016 AOSNA Young Investigator Research Grant Award, AOSpine North America |
- 2003 Excellence in Science Award, American Academy for Advancement of Sciences |
- 2017 AOSNA Young Investigator Research Grant Awards, AOSpine North America |
- 2003 Thomas C. Rumble Graduate Fellowship, Wayne State University |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
2009 - Present Society for Neuroscience (Member) |
2015 - 2019 AOSpine North America (Member) |
2019 - 2021 North American Neuromodulation Society (Member) |
EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS: |
Editorship |
2021 - Present Frontiers in Neuroscience |
Journal Review |
2010 - Present The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine |
05/2017 - Present Experimental Neurology |
11/05/2020 - Present eNeuro |
08/05/2021 - Present Journal of Neuroscience Methods |
05/21/2022 - Present BMC Neuroscience |
Ad-Hoc Reviewer |
2016 - Present PlosOne |
03/17/2021 - Present Scientific Reports |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
2020 - Present Reviewer, Review Panel, Oak Ridge Associated Universities and Pennsylvania Department of Health |
2020 - Present Reviewer, Independent Scientific Merit Review Panel, New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research |
INTERNATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
05/21/2021 - Present Reviewer, UK Wellcome Trust |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Sensory control of movement, Milwaukee Neuroscience Research Day, Harley Davidson Museum, Wisconsin, USA, - 10/2019 |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Movement control in health and disease, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (Research Grand Rounds), Virtual, - 10/15/2021 |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Sensory control of movement, Grand Rounds, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA, - 09/2019 |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Sensory cortical control of movement, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI, USA, - 05/2020 |
National |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Spinal circuit restores breathing after spinal cord injury, Spring Brain Conference, Sedona, Arizona, - 04/05/2020 |
Kajana Satkunendra, Sensory cortical locomotor pathway: A new target to restore movement after spinal cord injury, Gail F. Beach Memorial -Remote Lectureship Series, The Miami Project To Cure Paralysis, - 02/02/2022 |
International |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Neuromodulation of sensory cortical-locomotor pathway to restore movement after spinal cord injury, Motor Control: Spinal Circuits and Beyond, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 06/20/2023 - 06/23/2023 |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Brainstem-cervical eIN circuitry for respiratory plasticity, Gorden Research Conference: Central Nervous System Injury and Repair, Renaissance Tuscany IL Ciocco, 07/09/2023 - 07/14/2023 |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Sensation to Movement: A target neuronal circuit for movement recovery, International spinal research trust, London, United Kingdom, 09/08/2023 - 09/10/2023 |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Deciphering Neural Networks in Health and Disease, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Seminar, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA, - 09/2018 |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Sensory Cortical Control of Movement, I-OSCIRS International Online SCI Research Seminars (IOSCIRS), Virtual, - 06/09/2020 |
PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Satkunendrarajah K, Nassiri F, Karadimas SK, Lip A, Fehlings MG., Riluzole promotes motor and respiratory recovery associated with enhanced neuronal protection and synaptic strengthening following high cervical hemisection, University of Toronto, Gallie Day, Toronto, Canada, - 05/09/2014 |
Wu Y, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings M., Evaluation of the sodium-glutamate blocker riluzole in a preclinical model of cervical spinal cord injury, Toronto Western Research Institute: Research Day, Toronto, Canada, - 05/19/2010 |
Moonen G, Satkuenendrarajah K, Wilcox JT, Badner A, Mothe AJ, Foltz WD, Fehlings M, Tator CH., Development of a Lumbar Spinal Cord Injury Model in the Rat., University of Toronto Spine Program, SpineFest, Toronto, Canada, - 06/23/2014 |
National |
Figley S., Karadimas SK., Salewski R., Satkunendrarajah K., Wilcox J., Fehlings MG., From Bench to Bedside: A scientific update from the laboratory
From bench to bedside: A scientific update from the laboratory, 5th National Spinal Cord Injury Conference: Translation Neural Engineering and Novel Therapies, Toronto, Ontario, - 10/18/2012 |
Karadimas S., Satkunendrarajah K., Fehlings M., Chemogenetic Stimulation of the Lumbar Locomotor Network Enhances Motor Function Following
Experimental Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Translational Relevance for a Novel Therapeutic Strategy, Congress of Neurological Surgeons (Annual Meeting), San Diego, California, - 09/27/2016 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Khazaei M, Fehlings MG., Progressive cervical spinal cord compression injury (CSM) maintains adequate ventilation via compensatory modifications of the spinal respiratory circuits, Canadian Spinal Cord injury meeting 2015: from Lab to Life, Banff, Alberta, - 04/26/2015 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Fehlings MG., Altered forelimb neural circuitry associated with impaired manual dexterity in cervical spondylotic myelopathy, Cervical Spine Research Society, 43rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA., - 12/03/2015 |
Karadimas SK, Moon ES, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG., A novel animal model of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: an opportunity to identify new therapeutic targets, Canadian Spine Society, Annual Meeting, Whistler, British Columbia, - 02/29/2012 |
Lee J, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG., Development and characterization of a novel model of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: The impact of cord compression on clinical, neuroanatomical and neurophysiological outcomes, National Neurotrauma Society, Annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, - 06/15/2010 |
Wu Y, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG., Assessment of pharmacokinetics and neuroprotective properties of sodium-glutamate blocker riluzole in preclinical model of cervical spinal cord injury, National Neurotrauma Society, Annual meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, - 06/15/2010 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Huang D, Fehlings MG, Riluzole Promotes Significant Neurobehavioural and Respiratory Recovery in a new Model of C5-Clip Compression Injury, Canadian Spinal cord conference, Banff, Alberta, - 04/17/2010 |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Sensory cortical control of movement in health and disease, 26th Annual Kentucky Spinal Cord & Head Injury Research Trust (KSCHIRT) Symposium, University of Kentucky, - 05/29/2021 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Wu Y, Buttigieg J, Teng Y, Chow D, Fehlings MG., Delayed Postinjury administration of riluzole is neuroprotective in preclinical rodent model of cervical spinal cord injury., American Association of Neurological Suregion (AANS), 81st annual scientific meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, - 04/25/2013 |
Karadimas S, Satkunendrarajah K, Sivakumaran S, Gosgnach S, Fehlings MG., Cervical neurons regulate locomotion., Neuronal Circuits Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA, - 04/06/2016 |
International |
Carmelo Bellardita, Monica Perez, Frederic Broccard, Emerging Strategies to Treat Spasticity and Understand Its Role In Motor Control and Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury, Americal Spinal Injury Association, 2023 annual scientific meeting, Buckhead, Atlanta, 04/19/2023 - Present |
Karadimas SK, Moon ES, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG., Novel experimental model of the cervical spondylotic myelopathy., American Association of Neurological Surgeons-Spine Section, Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, - 03/17/2012 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Khazaei M, Fehlings MG., Rewiring of spinal respiratory neural network via cervical glutamatergic interneurons preserves respiratory function following chronic cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI), Modulation of neural circuits and behavior, Gordon seminar series, Hong Hong, China, - 06/21/2015 |
Ahuja C., Suzuki H., Salewski R., Li L., Satkunendrarajah K., Nagoshi N., Fehlings M., Chondroitinase ABC pretreatment enhances functional repair of the chronically injured cerical spinal cord by induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural stems cells, The Spine Summit (The annual meeting of the the AANS/CNS section on disorders of the spine and peripheral nerves), Las Vegas, Nevada, - 03/11/2017 |
Satkunendrarajah K., Karadimas SK., LALIBERTE AM., Montandon G., Fehlings MG., Cervical excitatory interneurons sustain breathing after spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience, Annual meeting, San Diego, - 11/05/2018 |
Liu Y, Ye H, Satkunendrarajah K, Yao GS, Bayon Y, Fehlings MG., A self-assembling peptide reduces glial scarring, attenuates post-traumatic inflammation and promotes neurological recovery following spinal cord injury, TERMIS-Americas 2013 Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, - 11/12/2013 |
Karadimas SK; Satkunendrarajah K, Khazaei M, Gosgnach S, Fehlings MG., Cervical spinal cord injury Modifies Distal Lumbar Locomotor Central Pattern Generator (CPG), Cervical Spine Research Society, 43rd Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, - 12/03/2015 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG, Nissiri F, Karadimas S., Riluzole associated plasiticty of spared axonal connections following high cervical hemilesion., North American Spine Society, Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, USA, - 10/26/2012 |
Satkunendrarajah K., Wilcox J., Ruff C., Fehlings M.G., Evaluating stem cell-based plasticity in a model of cervical spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC., - 11/15/2011 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Khazaei M, Fehlings MG., Rewiring of spinal respiratory neural network via cervical glutamatergic interneurons preserves respiratory function in progressive cervical spinal cord compression injury (CSM)., 10th Federation of European Neurosciences Societies (FENS) Forum of Neuroscience., Copenhagen, Denmark, - 07/05/2016 |
Satkunendrarajah K., Sweetman H., Graham D., Kroner A., Gosgnach S., Olsen C., Sensory cortical-locomotor pathway restores walking after spinal cord injury, American Spinal Injury Association’s 50th Annual Scientific Meeting, Buckhead, Atlanta, - 04/19/2023 |
Karadimas S., Satkunendrarajah K., Gosgnach S., Fehlings M.G., Excitatory cervico-lumbar connectivity controls locomotor
speed, Gordon Research Conference (Excitatory Synapses & Brain Function), Les Diablerets, Switzerland, - 05/30/2017 |
Karadimas SK, Yu WR, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG., A Novel Mouse Model of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: An Opportunity to Exploit Genetics for the First Time in CSM, Cervical Spine Research Society, Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, California, - 12/04/2013 |
Satkunendrarajah K., Nguyen D.H., Fehlings M.G., Riluzole promotes significant neurobehavioural and respiratory recovery in a new model of C5-clip compression injury, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, - 11/17/2010 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Khazaei M, Fehlings MG., Progressive cervical spinal cord compression injury (CSM) maintains adequate ventilation via compensatory modifications of the spinal respiratory circuits, 4th ISCoS ASIA joint Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, - 05/16/2015 |
Karadimas SK, Satkunendrarajah K, Laliberte A. M., Sivakumar S, Fehlings M.G., Stimulation of lumbar excitatory cells preserves function after cervical spinal cord injury, 17th International Symposium on Neural Regeneration, Asilomar, CA, USA, - 11/30/2017 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Sivakumar S, Samson P, Fehlings M.G., Respiratory plasticity via cervical glutamatergic interneurons preserves breathing after cervical spinal cord injury., The Brain Conferences: Learning, Memory and Synaptic Plasticity registration., Rungstedgaard, Denmark, - 04/23/2017 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Sivakumar S, Fehlings M.G., Respiratory plasticity via cervical glutamatergic interneurons preserves breathing after cervical spinal cord injury., International Winter Neuroscience Conference, Solden, Austria, - 03/26/2017 |
Kajana Satkunendrarajah, Spyridon Karadimas, Michael Wehlings, Cell replacement therapy improves breathing after cervical spinal cord injury, Cervical Spine Research Society, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, - 12/01/2016 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Khazaei M, Mercado P, Yao G, Jacques-Smith K, Fehlings MG., Rewiring of spinal respiratory neural network via cervical glutamatergic interneurons preserves respiratory function following chronic cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI)., Pre meeting on rhythmic motor systems, Chicago, Illinois, USA, - 10/26/2015 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Khazaei M, Mercado P., Yao G., Jacques-Smith K., Fehlings MG., Rewiring of spinal respiratory neural network via cervical glutamatergic interneurons preserves respiratory function following chronic cervical spinal cord injury (cSCI)., Society for Neuroscience, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, USA, - 10/17/2015 |
Nascimento Dos Santos G., Levay K., Ayupe A. C., Lee J.K., Satkunendrarajah K., Park K., In vivo identification of long intergenic non-coding RNAs involved in regulatingneuronal survival after axonal injury, Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, California, - 11/16/2022 |
A. Brezinski, C. Dolick, S. Kurpad, K. Satkunendrarajah, Cervical excitatory interneuron mediated response to respiratory stress and spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, - 11/15/2022 |
Satkunendrarajah K., Spinal interneurons contributing to plasticity and recovery after spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Virtual, - 11/11/2021 |
Reinhardt D., Dolick C., Graham D., Stehlik K., Kroner A, Satkunendrarajah K., Nimodipine prevents spasticity and promotes motor recovery after spinal cord injury, Proceedings of Technological Advances in Science, Medicine and Engineering Conference 2021 (Tasme), Virtual, - 07/03/2021 |
Suzuki H., Christopher A.G., Salewski R.P., Li L., Satkunendrarajah K., Nagoshi N., Taguchi T., Fehlings M.G., Neural stem cell mediated recovery is enhanced by chondroitinase ABC pretreatment in chronic cervical spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, - 11/17/2017 |
Karadimas SK, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG, Cervical spinal cord injury model for studying locomotor dysfunction, Neural Networks in Arctic, Svalvard, Norway, - 06/06/2014 |
Satkunendrarajah K., Karadimas S., Fehlings M., Progressive Cervical Spinal Cord Compression Induces Compensatory Neuroplasticity Of The Spinal
Respiratory Circuitry, Cervical Spine Research Society Annual meeting, Orlando, Florida, - 12/04/2014 |
Laliberte A., Karadimas K,, Vidal P., Satkunendrarajah K., Fehlings M., miR-21 deletion reduces inflammation and promotes locomotor recovery in spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, - 11/13/2017 |
Karadimas S., Satkunendrarajah K., Laliberte A., Sivakumaran S., Gosghnach S., Fehlings M.G., Stimulation of lumbar excitatory cells preserves function after cervical spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience, Washington DC, - 11/13/2017 |
Laliberte A.M., Karadimas S., Satkunendrarajah K., Vidal P., Fehlings M.G., miR-21 correlates with progression of degenerative cervical myelopathy and is a marker of hypoxia-induced inflammation, Society for Neuroscience Annual meeting, Chicago, Illinois, - 11/14/2016 |
Karadimas SK, Satkunendrarajah K, Goshgnach S, Samson P, Fehlings M.G., Stimulation of lumbar excitatory cells preserves function after cervical spinal cord injury, The Brain Conferences: Learning, Memory and Synaptic Plasticity, Rungstedgaard, Denmark, - 04/24/2017 |
Forgione N., Karadimas S.K., Foltz W., Satkunendrarajah K., Lip A., Fehlings M.G., Bilateral contusion-compression model of incomplete traumatic cervical spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC, - 11/14/2014 |
Wilcox J.T, Satkunendrarajah K., Nasirzadeh Y., Zuccato J., Nassiri F., Fehlings M.G., Neural stem cell transplantation Improves forelimb function and tissue integrity of the injured spinal cord in a novel model of cervical injury, Society for Neuroscience, Annual meeting, Washington, DC, - 11/12/2013 |
Karadimas SK, Satkunendrajah K, Fehlings MG., Pharmacological modulation of distal spinal locomotor circuitry improves motor function after cervical spinal cord injury., Cervical Spine Research Society, Annual meeting, Toronto, Canada, - 12/01/2016 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Sivakumar S, Samson P, Fehlings M.G., Spinal excitatory interneurons
restore breathing after cervical
Spinal cord injury preserves breathing after cervical spinal cord injury., Gordon Research Conference (Excitatory Synapses & Brain Function), Les Diablerets Switzerland., - 06/01/2017 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Sivakumar S, Samson P, Fehlings M.G., Respiratory plasticity via cervical glutamatergic interneurons preserves breathing after cervical spinal cord injury., The Brain Conference: New Approaches to Imaging Neurons and Neural Circuits, Rungstedgaard, Denmark, - 04/24/2016 |
Satkunendrarajah K., Karadimas S., Laliberte A., Sivakumaran S., Fehlings M.G., Stimulation of cervical excitatory cells restores breathing after cervical SCI, Society for Neuroscience, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, - 11/13/2017 |
Karadimas SK, Moon ES, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG., Novel Experimental Model of the Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy, Cervical Spine Research Society, Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona, - 12/09/2011 |
Karadimas SK., Satkunendrarajah K., Laliberte A., Gosgnach S., Fehlings MG., Sensory cortical control of movement, Society for Neuroscience, Annual meeting, San Diego California, - 11/03/2018 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Laliberte A, Montandon G, Fehlings MG., Cervical excitatory neurons maintain breathing after spinal cord injury, Neurotrauma2018, symposium of the International and National Neurotrauma Societies and AANS/CNS section on Neurotraua and Critial Care. 3rd Joint Meeting, Toronto, Canada, - 08/16/2018 |
Satkunendrarajah K.(Chair), Bellardita C.(Co-Chair), Perez M., Brocard F., Emerging strategies to treat spasticity and understand its role in motor control and recovery after spinal cord injury, 50th ASIA Scientific Meeting, Pre-course April 16, Buckhead, Atlanta, - 04/16/2022 |
Konkel K., Dolik C., Kroner-Milsch A., Kiehn O., Bellardita C.,, Satkunendrarajah K.,, Nimodipine prevents spasticity and enables spontaneous motor recovery after cervical spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, - 11/16/2022 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Fehlings MG., Progressive cervical spinal cord compression leads to compensatory neuroplasticity of the spinal respiratory circuitry., Society for Neuroscience, Annual meeting, Washington. DC, USA, - 11/16/2014 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Sivakumar S, Samson P, Fehlings M.G., Cervical glutamatergic interneurons preserves breathing after cervical spinal cord injury, 17th International Symposium on Neural Regeneration, Asilomar, CA, USA, - 11/30/2017 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Sivakumar S, Samson P, Fehlings M.G., Cervical glutamatergic interneurons preserves breathing after cervical spinal cord injury., The Oxford Conferences: The modeling and breathing conference, Oxford, UK, - 09/19/2017 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Nassiri F, Karadimas SK, Fehlings MG, Riluzole associated plasticity of spared axonal connections following high cervical hemilesion, Society for Neuroscience, Annual meeting, San Diego, California, USA, - 11/09/2013 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Sivakumar S, Fehlings M.G., Cervical glutamatergic interneurons sustain breathing after cervical spinal cord injury., 20th International Winter Neuroscience Conference, Solden, Austria, - 04/11/2018 |
Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Gosgnach S, Fehlings MG, Cervical spinal cord injury degenerates distal locomotor central pattern generator (CPG), Society of Neuroscience, Annual meeting, San Diego, California, USA, - 11/15/2016 |
Satkunendrarajah K., Brezinski A., Schrank S., Dolick C., Raphe-cervical excitatory interneuron circuitry in the dynamic regulation of breathing in health and spinal cord injury, The 15th Oxford Conference on Modeling and Control of Breathing, Odawara, Japan, - 10/18/2022 |
Dolick C., Graham D., Kroner-Milsch A.,Olsen C., Gosgnach S, Satkunendrarajah K., Sensory cortical-locomotor pathway restores walking after spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, - 11/13/2022 |
Karadimas SK, Satkunedrarajah K, Gosgnach S, Fehlings MG, Loss of cervical propriospinal interneurons alters distal lumbar locomotor CPG leading to specific locomotor deficits, International Symposium of Neural Regeneration, Asilomar, California, - 12/03/2015 |
Khazae M., Nagoshi N., Nakashima K., Satkunendrarajah K., Badner A., Mann A., Sayeg M., Fehlings M.G., Assessment of therapeutic efficacy and fate of GDNF expressing human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neural precursor cells in cervical spinal cord injury, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Illinois, - 10/17/2015 |
COMMITTEE SERVICE: |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
2019 - Present Scientific Member, IACUC, VA Medical Center |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Graduate Student Education |
01/06/2021 - 05/05/2021 Professional Development (Lecture on Resiliency in Science) |
02/15/2021 - Present Fundamentals of Neuroscience |
08/31/2021 - Present Professional Development (Lecture on Figures and Graphs) |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Graduate Student Education |
08/31/2011 - 12/31/2011 Brock University, St. Catherines Canada, Ion Channel Physiology of excitable cells (Lecturer of the entire course) |
Nursing Student Education |
01/2013 - 09/2013 Sheridan College, Davis Campus, Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology (Lecture full semester course) |
01/2013 - 09/2013 Sheridan College, Davis Campus, Nutrition for Wellness (Lecture full semester course) |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Kajana S, Goshgarian HG. Administration of phosphodiesterase inhibitors and an adenosine A1 receptor antagonist induces phrenic nerve recovery in high cervical spinal cord injured rats. Exp Neurol. 2008 Apr;210(2):671-80. PMCID: PMC2377457 |
2. Kajana S, Goshgarian HG. Spinal activation of the cAMP-PKA pathway induces respiratory motor recovery following high cervical spinal cord injury. Brain Res. 2008 Sep 26;1232:206-13. PMCID: PMC2573999 |
3. Kajana S, Goshgarian HG. Systemic administration of rolipram increases medullary and spinal cAMP and activates a latent respiratory motor pathway after high cervical spinal cord injury. J Spinal Cord Med. 2009;32(2):175-82. PMCID: PMC2678289 |
4. Lee J, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG. Development and characterization of a novel rat model of cervical spondylotic myelopathy: the impact of chronic cord compression on clinical, neuroanatomical, and neurophysiological outcomes. J Neurotrauma. 2012 Mar 20;29(5):1012-27. |
5. Austin JW, Kang CE, Baumann MD, DiDiodato L, Satkunendrarajah K, Wilson JR, Stanisz GJ, Shoichet MS, Fehlings MG. The effects of intrathecal injection of a hyaluronan-based hydrogel on inflammation, scarring and neurobehavioural outcomes in a rat model of severe spinal cord injury associated with arachnoiditis. Biomaterials. 2012 Jun;33(18):4555-64. |
6. Cho N, Nguyen DH, Satkunendrarajah K, Branch DR, Fehlings MG. Evaluating the role of IL-11, a novel cytokine in the IL-6 family, in a mouse model of spinal cord injury. J Neuroinflammation. 2012 Jun 20;9:134. PMCID: PMC3410772 |
7. Nguyen DH, Cho N, Satkunendrarajah K, Austin JW, Wang J, Fehlings MG. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) attenuates neuroinflammation and improves neurobehavioral recovery after cervical spinal cord injury. J Neuroinflammation. 2012 Sep 21;9:224. PMCID: PMC3503837 |
8. Karadimas SK, Moon ES, Yu WR, Satkunendrarajah K, Kallitsis JK, Gatzounis G, Fehlings MG. A novel experimental model of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) to facilitate translational research. Neurobiol Dis. 2013 Jun;54:43-58. |
9. Wu Y, Satkunendrarajah K, Teng Y, Chow DS, Buttigieg J, Fehlings MG. Delayed post-injury administration of riluzole is neuroprotective in a preclinical rodent model of cervical spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma. 2013 Mar 15;30(6):441-52. PMCID: PMC3696918 |
10. Liu Y, Ye H, Satkunendrarajah K, Yao GS, Bayon Y, Fehlings MG. A self-assembling peptide reduces glial scarring, attenuates post-traumatic inflammation and promotes neurological recovery following spinal cord injury. Acta Biomater. 2013 Sep;9(9):8075-88. |
11. Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG. Do omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ameliorate spinal cord injury?: Commentary on: Lim et al., Improved outcome after spinal cord compression injury in mice treated with docosahexaeonic acid. Exp. Neurol. Jan; 239:13-27. Exp Neurol. 2013 Nov;249:104-10. |
12. Zhao X, Yao GS, Liu Y, Wang J, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings M. The role of neural precursor cells and self assembling peptides in nerve regeneration. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2013 Dec 19;42(1):60. PMCID: PMC3878249 |
13. Wu Y, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG. Riluzole improves outcome following ischemia-reperfusion injury to the spinal cord by preventing delayed paraplegia. Neuroscience. 2014 Apr 18;265:302-12. |
14. Figley SA, Liu Y, Karadimas SK, Satkunendrarajah K, Fettes P, Spratt SK, Lee G, Ando D, Surosky R, Giedlin M, Fehlings MG. Delayed administration of a bio-engineered zinc-finger VEGF-A gene therapy is neuroprotective and attenuates allodynia following traumatic spinal cord injury. PLoS One. 2014;9(5):e96137. PMCID: PMC4028194 |
15. Forgione N, Karadimas SK, Foltz WD, Satkunendrarajah K, Lip A, Fehlings MG. Bilateral contusion-compression model of incomplete traumatic cervical spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma. 2014 Nov 01;31(21):1776-88. PMCID: PMC4186801 |
16. Wilcox JT, Satkunendrarajah K, Zuccato JA, Nassiri F, Fehlings MG. Neural precursor cell transplantation enhances functional recovery and reduces astrogliosis in bilateral compressive/contusive cervical spinal cord injury. Stem Cells Transl Med. 2014 Oct;3(10):1148-59. PMCID: PMC4181397 |
17. Satkunendrarajah K, Nassiri F, Karadimas SK, Lip A, Yao G, Fehlings MG. Riluzole promotes motor and respiratory recovery associated with enhanced neuronal survival and function following high cervical spinal hemisection. Exp Neurol. 2016 Feb;276:59-71. |
18. Moonen G, Satkunendrarajah K, Wilcox JT, Badner A, Mothe A, Foltz W, Fehlings MG, Tator CH. A New Acute Impact-Compression Lumbar Spinal Cord Injury Model in the Rodent. J Neurotrauma. 2016 Feb 01;33(3):278-89. PMCID: PMC4744888 |
19. Wilcox JT, Satkunendrarajah K, Nasirzadeh Y, Laliberte AM, Lip A, Cadotte DW, Foltz WD, Fehlings MG. Generating level-dependent models of cervical and thoracic spinal cord injury: Exploring the interplay of neuroanatomy, physiology, and function. Neurobiol Dis. 2017 Sep;105:194-212. |
20. Suzuki H, Ahuja CS, Salewski RP, Li L, Satkunendrarajah K, Nagoshi N, Shibata S, Fehlings MG. Neural stem cell mediated recovery is enhanced by Chondroitinase ABC pretreatment in chronic cervical spinal cord injury. PLoS One. 2017;12(8):e0182339. PMCID: PMC5542671 |
21. Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Laliberte AM, Montandon G, Fehlings MG. Cervical excitatory neurons sustain breathing after spinal cord injury. Nature. 2018 Oct;562(7727):419-422. |
22. Karadimas SK, Satkunendrarajah K, Laliberte AM, Ringuette D, Weisspapir I, Li L, Gosgnach S, Fehlings MG. Sensory cortical control of movement. Nat Neurosci. 2020 Jan;23(1):75-84. |
23. Reinhardt DR, Stehlik KE, Satkunendrarajah K, Kroner A. Bilateral cervical contusion spinal cord injury: A mouse model to evaluate sensorimotor function. Exp Neurol. 2020 Sep;331:113381. |
24. Zholudeva LV, Abraira VE, Satkunendrarajah K, McDevitt TC, Goulding MD, Magnuson DSK, Lane MA. Spinal Interneurons as Gatekeepers to Neuroplasticity after Injury or Disease. J Neurosci. 2021 Feb 03;41(5):845-854. PMCID: PMC7880285 |
25. Laliberte AM, Karadimas SK, Vidal PM, Satkunendrarajah K, Fehlings MG. <i>Mir21</i> modulates inflammation and sensorimotor deficits in cervical myelopathy: data from humans and animal models. Brain Commun. 2021;3(1):fcaa234. PMCID: PMC7878254 |
26. Schrank S, Satkunendrarajah K. Viral tools for mapping and modulating neural networks after spinal cord injury. Exp Neurol. 2022 May;351:113995. |
27. Satkunendrarajah K, Karadimas SK, Fehlings MG. Spinal cord injury and degenerative cervical myelopathy. Handb Clin Neurol. 2022;189:241-257. |
