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Shekar N. Kurpad MD, PhD

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Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: President

Director of the Wisconsin Institute of NeuroScience (WINS)
Member of the Comprehensive Injury Center
Member of the Neuroscience Research Center

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Genetic and Molecular Biomarkers for Predicting Outcomes in Traumatic and Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury (Wang B, Lim DH, Kurpad SN, Vedantam A) Neurosurgery Clinics of North America October 2026;37(4):623-647 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105045487347 10/01/2026

Toward the Optimal Way to Assess Symptomatic Fatigue in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Mixed Methods Survey Study. (Boerger TF, Yanez Touzet A, Furlan JC, Nouri A, Zipser CM, Kwon BK, Fehlings MG, Guest JD, Martin AR, Treanor C, Anderson DB, Sarewitz E, Tetreault L, Harrop J, Wilson J, Chen R, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Fallah N, Carter J, Widdop S, Kurpad S, Aarabi B, Mowforth O, Kotter M, Davies BM) JMIR Form Res 2026 Sep 10;10:e88794 PMID: 42721451 PMCID: PMC13613046 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105051146658 09/10/2026

Genetic and Molecular Biomarkers for Predicting Outcomes in Traumatic and Nontraumatic Spinal Cord Injury. (Wang B, Lim DH, Kurpad SN, Vedantam A) Neurosurg Clin N Am 2026 Oct;37(4):623-647 PMID: 42686287 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105045487347 09/03/2026

Selective spinal interneuron activation enhances the hypercapnic ventilatory response in chronic spinal cord injury. (Brezinski AN, Konkel KS, Hodges MR, Kurpad S, Satkunendrarajah K) Exp Neurol 2026 Aug;402:115753 PMID: 41933716 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105035108812 04/04/2026

Variations in Managing Acute Spinal Cord Injury in the North American Clinical Trials Network and Partner Institutes. (Gebeyehu TF, Sokol Z, Guest JD, Harrington JD, Kabani AS, Fitchett E, Lopez A, Matsoukas S, Franco D, Jallo J, Vaccaro AR, Abd-El-Barr M, Kurpad SN, Tator CH, Fehlings MG, Harrop J) Global Spine J 2026 Sep;16(7):3026-3039 PMID: 41579385 PMCID: PMC12831661 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105028328498 01/24/2026 2 Citations

Cervical Laminectomy for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Is There A Role in the Modern Day? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (Lozano CS, Malhotra AK, Shakil H, Karthikeyan V, Balasubramaniam N, Agochukwu U, Mehta AI, Vedantam A, Goodwin CR, Evaniew N, Ahmed AI, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Fehlings M, Harrop JS, Kurpad SN, Wilson JR) Global Spine J 2026 Jan;16(1_suppl):28S-42S PMID: 41489666 PMCID: PMC12868580 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105026721126 01/05/2026

Laminoplasty Versus Laminectomy and Fusion in the Treatment of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cost and Patient-Centered Outcomes in the United States. (Karthikeyan V, Shakil H, Lozano CS, Malhotra AK, Agochukwu UF, Mehta AI, Goodwin CR, Evaniew N, Koljonen PA, Martin AR, Guest JD, Kurpad SN, Wilson JR, Vedantam A) Global Spine J 2026 Jan;16(1_suppl):43S-52S PMID: 41489664 PMCID: PMC12775328 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105026718213 01/05/2026 1 Citation

AO Spine Clinical Practice Recommendations for Mild Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Contemporary Concepts (Neal CJ, Grassner L, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Agarwal N, Ahmed AI, Anderson DB, Arnold P, Hejrati N, Ibrahim MF, Margetis K, Tetreault L, Zipser C, Carazzo CA, Evaniew N, Harrop J, Fehlings MG, Fisher CG, Kurpad S) Global Spine Journal 2026 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105051610489 01/01/2026

Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of symptoms and signs of degenerative cervical myelopathy: A prospective study. (Soufi K, Ortuno O, Castillo JA, de Souza NFS, Perez T, Ghabussi G, Chu T, Kim KD, Price R, Javidan Y, Le HV, Roberto RF, Khan S, Klineberg EO, Tetreault L, Davies B, Zipser CM, Nouri A, Kurpad S, Aarabi B, Kwon BK, Kalsi-Ryan S, Fehlings MG, Martin AR) Sci Rep 2025 Oct 23;15(1):37043 PMID: 41131090 PMCID: PMC12550042 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105019822440 10/24/2025 4 Citations

The sodium-glutamate antagonist riluzole improves outcome after acute spinal cord injury: results from the RISCIS randomised controlled trial analysed using a global statistical analytic technique. (Fehlings MG, Pedro KM, Alvi MA, Moghaddamjou A, Harrop JS, Stanford R, Ball J, Aarabi B, Arnold PM, Guest JD, Kurpad SN, Schuster JM, Nassr AN, Schmitt KM, Wilson JR, Brodke DS, Ahmad FU, Yee A, Ray WZ, Brooks NP, Wilson J, Chow DS, Toups EG, Thorpe KE, Huang J, Huang P) EBioMedicine 2025 Aug;118:105863 PMID: 40712181 PMCID: PMC12309938 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105011512607 07/25/2025 22 Citations

AO Spine Knowledge Forums Promote Collaboration and Elevate the Impact of Research: A Bibliometric Analysis. (de Souza DN, Kurland DB, Vialle L, Schnake KJ, Kurpad SN, Lewis SJ, Schroeder GD, Yoon ST, Boriani S, Gokaslan Z, Rhines LD, Sahgal A, Fisher C, Laufer I) Global Spine J 2026 Jan;16(1):746-758 PMID: 40513712 PMCID: PMC12165958 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105008067479 06/14/2025

AO Spine Clinical Practice Recommendations for Diagnosis and Management of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Evidence Based Decision Making - A Review of Cutting Edge Recent Literature Related to Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. (Fehlings MG, Evaniew N, Ter Wengel PV, Vedantam A, Guha D, Margetis K, Nouri A, Ahmed AI, Neal CJ, Davies BM, Ganau M, Wilson JR, Martin AR, Grassner L, Tetreault L, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Marco R, Harrop J, Guest J, Alvi MA, Pedro KM, Kwon BK, Fisher CG, Kurpad SN, AO Spine Knowledge Forum Spinal Cord Injury) Global Spine J 2025 Jun;15(5):2585-2593 PMID: 40257837 PMCID: PMC12012498 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105004277039 04/21/2025 18 Citations

Editorial. The AO Spine/Praxis Spinal Cord Institute clinical practice guidelines for acute spinal cord injury: interpretation and implications for clinical practice. (Fehlings MG, Evaniew N, Kurpad SN, Skelly AC, Tetreault LA, Kwon BK) J Neurosurg Spine 2025 Jan 24;42(4):526-529 PMID: 39854702 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105001864128 01/24/2025 4 Citations

In Reply: AO Spine & Praxis Spinal Cord Institute Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury. (Fehlings MG, Evaniew N, Kurpad SN, Skelly AC, Tetreault LA, Kwon BK) Neurosurgery 2025 Mar 01;96(3):e61-e63 PMID: 39853094 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85216566942 01/24/2025 4 Citations

A minimum data set-Core outcome set, core data elements, and core measurement set-For degenerative cervical myelopathy research (AO Spine RECODE DCM): A consensus study. (Davies BM, Yang X, Khan DZ, Mowforth OD, Touzet AY, Nouri A, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Kurpad SN, Guest JD, Tetreault L, Kwon BK, Boerger TF, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Furlan JC, Chen R, Zipser CM, Curt A, Milligan J, Kalsi-Rayn S, Sarewitz E, Sadler I, Blizzard T, Treanor C, Anderson D, Fallah N, Hazenbiller O, Salzman C, Zimmerman Z, Wandycz AM, Widdop S, Reeves M, Raine R, Ryan SK, Malone A, Gharooni A, Wilson JR, Martin AR, Fehlings MG, McNair AGK, Kotter MRN, AO SPINE RECODE-DCM Steering Committee and AO Spine RECODE DCM Community) PLoS Med 2024 Aug;21(8):e1004447 PMID: 39173109 PMCID: PMC11379399 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85201785269 08/22/2024 16 Citations

An Update of a Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on the Role and Timing of Decompressive Surgery. (Fehlings MG, Tetreault LA, Hachem L, Evaniew N, Ganau M, McKenna SL, Neal CJ, Nagoshi N, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Aarabi B, Hofstetter CP, Wengel VT, Nakashima H, Martin AR, Kirshblum S, Rodrigues Pinto R, Marco RAW, Wilson JR, Kahn DE, Newcombe VFJ, Zipser CM, Douglas S, Kurpad SN, Lu Y, Saigal R, Samadani U, Arnold PM, Hawryluk GWJ, Skelly AC, Kwon BK) Global Spine J 2024 Mar;14(3_suppl):174S-186S PMID: 38526922 PMCID: PMC10964895 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85190294955 03/25/2024 84 Citations

We Choose to Call it ‘Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy’: Findings of AO Spine RECODE-DCM, an International and Multi-Stakeholder Partnership to Agree a Standard Unifying Term and Definition for a Disease (Davies BM, Khan DZ, Barzangi K, Ali A, Mowforth OD, Nouri A, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Kurpad SN, Guest JD, Tetreault L, Kwon BK, Boerger TF, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Furlan JC, Chen R, Zipser CM, Curt A, Milligan J, Kalsi-Rayn S, Sarewitz E, Sadler I, Widdop S, Fehlings MG, Kotter MRN) Global Spine Journal March 2024;14(2):503-512 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85133336136 03/01/2024 49 Citations

A Practical Classification System for Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Based on a Three-Phased Modified Delphi Process From the AOSpine Spinal Cord Injury Knowledge Forum (Hachem LD, Zhu M, Aarabi B, Davies B, DiGiorgio A, Evaniew N, Fehlings MG, Ganau M, Graves D, Guest J, Ha Y, Harrop J, Hofstetter C, Koljonen P, Kurpad S, Marco R, Martin AR, Nagoshi N, Nouri A, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Wengel Vt, Tetreault L, Kwon B, Wilson JR) Global Spine Journal March 2024;14(2):535-545 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85138317004 03/01/2024 11 Citations

Cervical spinal cord angiography and vessel-selective perfusion imaging in the rat. (Lee S, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN, Budde MD) NMR Biomed 2024 Jun;37(6):e5115 PMID: 38355219 PMCID: PMC11078600 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85185526294 02/15/2024 1 Citation

Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Spinal Cord Injuries After Instrumented Fusion Stabilization. (Koch KM, Nencka AS, Kurpad S, Budde MD) J Neurotrauma 2024 Sep;41(17-18):2125-2132 PMID: 38251658 PMCID: PMC12056579 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85190264996 01/22/2024 2 Citations

Safety and efficacy of riluzole in acute spinal cord injury (RISCIS): a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial (Fehlings M, Moghaddamjou A, Harrop J, Ball J, Arnold P, Guest J, Kurpad S, Schuster J, Nassr A, Wilson J, Brodke D, Ray W, Kopjar B) Spine Journal September 2023;23(9):S36 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85193486652 09/01/2023

The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography in Spinal Cord Injury. (Hussain O, Kaushal M, Agarwal N, Kurpad S, Shabani S) Life (Basel) 2023 Aug 03;13(8) PMID: 37629537 PMCID: PMC10455833 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85168918079 08/26/2023 17 Citations

Secondary analysis of a James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership to facilitate knowledge translation in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM): insights from AO Spine RECODE-DCM. (Davies B, Brannigan J, Mowforth OD, Khan D, McNair AGK, Tetreault L, Sadler I, Sarewitz E, Aarabi B, Kwon B, Gronlund T, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Zipser CM, Hutchinson PJ, Kurpad S, Harrop JS, Wilson JR, Guest JD, Fehlings MG, Kotter MRN) BMJ Open 2023 Jul 18;13(7):e064296 PMID: 37463815 PMCID: PMC10357680 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85165517288 07/19/2023 2 Citations

Mortality in ASIA Impairment Scale grade A to D Patients With Odontoid Fracture and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence of Spinal Cord Injury. (Aarabi B, Neal CJ, Hersh DS, Harrop JS, Fehlings MG, Toups EG, Guest JD, Ugiliweneza B, Akhtar-Danesh N, Kurpad SN, Grossman RG) Neurotrauma Rep 2023;4(1):375-383 PMID: 37350794 PMCID: PMC10282967 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85166626692 06/23/2023 2 Citations

Safety and Efficacy of Riluzole in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (RISCIS): A Multi-Center, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded Trial. (Fehlings MG, Moghaddamjou A, Harrop JS, Stanford R, Ball J, Aarabi B, Freeman BJC, Arnold PM, Guest JD, Kurpad SN, Schuster JM, Nassr A, Schmitt KM, Wilson JR, Brodke DS, Ahmad FU, Yee A, Ray WZ, Brooks NP, Wilson J, Chow DS, Toups EG, Kopjar B) J Neurotrauma 2023 Sep;40(17-18):1878-1888 PMID: 37279301 PMCID: PMC10460693 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85166327228 06/06/2023 86 Citations

Diffusion-weighted MRI of the spinal cord in cervical spondylotic myelopathy after instrumented fusion. (Koch KM, Nencka AS, Klein A, Wang M, Kurpad S, Vedantam A, Budde M) Front Neurol 2023;14:1172833 PMID: 37273696 PMCID: PMC10236479 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85161052826 06/05/2023 2 Citations

Variability in Early Surgery for Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Patients: An Opportunity for Enhanced Care Delivery. (Neal CJ, Ugiliweneza B, Toups EG, Abd-El-Barr M, Jimsheleishvili G, Kurpad SN, Aarabi B, Harrop JS, Shaffrey CI, Fehlings MG, Tator CH, Grossman RG, Guest JD) J Neurotrauma 2023 Sep;40(17-18):1907-1917 PMID: 37125447 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169848329 05/01/2023 10 Citations

Lived experience-centred word clouds may improve research uncertainty gathering in priority setting partnerships. (Mowforth OD, Burn L, Khan DZ, Yang X, Stacpoole SRL, Gronlund T, Tetreault L, Kalsi-Ryan S, Starkey ML, Sadler I, Sarewitz E, Houlton D, Carter J, Howard P, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Guest JD, Aarabi B, Kwon BK, Kurpad SN, Harrop J, Wilson JR, Grossman R, Smith EK, McNair A, Fehlings MG, Kotter MRN, Davies BM) BMC Med Res Methodol 2023 Apr 22;23(1):100 PMID: 37087419 PMCID: PMC10122197 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85153553685 04/23/2023 7 Citations

Interhospital Transfer Delays Care for Spinal Cord Injury Patients: A Report from the North American Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury. (Kelly-Hedrick M, Ugiliweneza B, Toups EG, Jimsheleishvili G, Kurpad SN, Aarabi B, Harrop JS, Foster N, Goodwin RC, Shaffrey CI, Fehlings MG, Tator CH, Guest JD, Neal CJ, Abd-El-Barr MM, Williamson T) J Neurotrauma 2023 Sep;40(17-18):1928-1937 PMID: 37014079 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169847022 04/05/2023 8 Citations

Bulbocavernosus Reflex Has No Prognostic Features During the Acute Evaluation of Spinal Cord Injuries. (Mansoor Ali D, Sivaganesan A, Neal CJ, Thalheimer S, Ugiliweneza B, Toups EG, Abd-El-Barr M, Jimsheleishvili G, Kurpad SN, Aarabi B, Shaffrey CI, Fehlings MG, Tator CH, Grossman RG, Guest JD, Harrop JS) J Neurotrauma 2023 Sep;40(17-18):1970-1975 PMID: 36884291 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169847577 03/09/2023 2 Citations

Demographics, Mechanism of Injury, and Outcomes for Acute Upper and Lower Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries: An Analysis of 470 Patients in the Prospective, Multi-Center, North American Clinical Trials Network Registry. (Futch BG, Kouam RW, Ugiliweneza B, Harrop J, Kurpad S, Foster N, Than K, Crutcher C, Goodwin CR, Tator C, Shaffrey CI, Aarabi B, Fehlings M, Neal CJ, Guest J, Abd-El-Barr MM) J Neurotrauma 2023 Sep;40(17-18):1918-1927 PMID: 36852492 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169846962 03/01/2023 12 Citations

Comparison and optimization of pCASL and VSASL for rat thoracolumbar spinal cord MRI at 9.4 T. (Lee S, Meyer BP, Hernandez-Garcia L, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD, Budde MD) Magn Reson Med 2023 Jun;89(6):2305-2317 PMID: 36744728 PMCID: PMC10050093 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147533572 02/07/2023 2 Citations

Trends in the Use of Corticosteroids in the Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury in North American Clinical Trials Network Sites. (Hejrati N, Aarabi B, Neal CJ, Ugiliweneza B, Kurpad SN, Shaffrey CI, Guest JD, Toups EG, Harrop JS, Fehlings MG) J Neurotrauma 2023 Sep;40(17-18):1938-1947 PMID: 36597351 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85162830224 01/05/2023 20 Citations

Functional Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle (Wackym PA, Kurpad SN, King WA, Nanda A) Surgery of the Cerebellopontine Angle Second Edition 1 January 2023:87-107 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85160143346 01/01/2023

Evolving Profile of Acute Spinal Cord Injury Demographics, Outcomes, and Surgical Treatment in North America: Analysis of a Prospective Multi-Center Dataset of 989 Patients. (Vedantam A, Ugiliweneza B, Williamson T, Guest JD, Harrop JS, Tator CH, Aarabi BA, Fehlings MG, Kurpad SN, Neal CJ) J Neurotrauma 2023 Sep;40(17-18):1948-1958 PMID: 36448585 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169848149 12/01/2022 15 Citations

Differential Trajectory of Diffusion and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Rat Spinal Cord Injury. (Meyer BP, Lee SY, Kurpad SN, Budde MD) J Neurotrauma 2023 May;40(9-10):918-930 PMID: 36226406 PMCID: PMC10150724 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159154686 10/14/2022 4 Citations

IL-12p40 promotes secondary damage and functional impairment after spinal cord contusional injury. (Rosas Almanza J, Stehlik KE, Page JJ, Xiong SH, Tabor EG, Aperi B, Patel K, Kodali R, Kurpad S, Budde MD, Tarima S, Swartz K, Kroner A) J Neurosci Res 2022 Dec;100(12):2213-2231 PMID: 36089917 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85137752150 09/13/2022 8 Citations

We Choose to Call it 'Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy': Findings of AO Spine RECODE-DCM, an International and Multi-Stakeholder Partnership to Agree a Standard Unifying Term and Definition for a Disease. (Davies BM, Khan DZ, Barzangi K, Ali A, Mowforth OD, Nouri A, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Kurpad SN, Guest JD, Tetreault L, Kwon BK, Boerger TF, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Furlan JC, Chen R, Zipser CM, Curt A, Milligan J, Kalsi-Rayn S, Sarewitz E, Sadler I, Widdop S, Fehlings MG, Kotter MRN) Global Spine J 2024 Mar;14(2):503-512 PMID: 35769029 PMCID: PMC10802519 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85133336136 07/01/2022 49 Citations

Acute Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predictors of Chronic Motor Function and Tissue Sparing in Rat Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. (Lee SY, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN, Budde MD) J Neurotrauma 2022 Dec;39(23-24):1727-1740 PMID: 35708112 PMCID: PMC9734017 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85144094095 06/17/2022 9 Citations

Developing Peri-Operative Rehabilitation in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 6]: An Unexplored Opportunity? (Boerger TF, Hyngstrom AS, Furlan JC, Kalsi-Ryan S, Curt A, Kwon BK, Kurpad SN, Fehlings MG, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Guest JD, Wilson JR, Davies BM, Kotter MRN, Koljonen PA) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):97S-108S PMID: 35174735 PMCID: PMC8859699 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125812862 02/18/2022 23 Citations

Improving Awareness Could Transform Outcomes in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 1]. (Davies BM, Mowforth O, Wood H, Karimi Z, Sadler I, Tetreault L, Milligan J, Wilson JRF, Kalsi-Ryan S, Furlan JC, Kawaguchi Y, Ito M, Zipser CM, Boerger TF, Vaccaro AR, Murphy RKJ, Hutton M, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Koljonen PA, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Kurpad SN, Guest JD, Wilson JR, Kwon BK, Kotter MRN, Fehlings MG) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):28S-38S PMID: 35174734 PMCID: PMC8859708 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125757668 02/18/2022 49 Citations

Optimizing the Application of Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 10]. (Rodrigues-Pinto R, Montenegro TS, Davies BM, Kato S, Kawaguchi Y, Ito M, Zileli M, Kwon BK, Fehlings MG, Koljonen PA, Kurpad SN, Guest JD, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Wilson JR, Kotter MRN, Harrop JS) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):147S-158S PMID: 35174733 PMCID: PMC8859702 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125767525 02/18/2022 42 Citations

James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM]: An Overview of the Methodology Used to Process and Short-List Research Uncertainties. (Tetreault L, Mowforth O, Khan DZ, Gronlund T, Garwood P, Hazenbiller O, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Kurpad SN, Guest JD, Wilson JR, Kwon BK, Fehlings MG, Davies BM, Kotter MRN, AO Spine RECODE-DCM Steering Committee and AO Spine RECODE-DCM Consortium) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):19S-27S PMID: 35174731 PMCID: PMC8859709 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125943167 02/18/2022 9 Citations

Establishing the Socio-Economic Impact of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Is Fundamental to Improving Outcomes [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 8]. (Davies BM, Phillips R, Clarke D, Furlan JC, Demetriades AK, Milligan J, Witiw CD, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Kurpad SN, Guest JD, Wilson JR, Kwon BK, Vaccaro AR, Fehlings MG, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Kotter MRN) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):122S-129S PMID: 35174730 PMCID: PMC8859704 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125436426 02/18/2022 48 Citations

A New Framework for Investigating the Biological Basis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 5]: Mechanical Stress, Vulnerability and Time. (Davies BM, Mowforth O, Gharooni AA, Tetreault L, Nouri A, Dhillon RS, Bednarik J, Martin AR, Young A, Takahashi H, Boerger TF, Newcombe VF, Zipser CM, Freund P, Koljonen PA, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Wilson JR, Kurpad SN, Fehlings MG, Kwon BK, Harrop JS, Guest JD, Curt A, Kotter MRN) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):78S-96S PMID: 35174728 PMCID: PMC8859710 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125812403 02/18/2022 51 Citations

Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Development and Natural History [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 2]. (Nouri A, Tessitore E, Molliqaj G, Meling T, Schaller K, Nakashima H, Yukawa Y, Bednarik J, Martin AR, Vajkoczy P, Cheng JS, Kwon BK, Kurpad SN, Fehlings MG, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Guest JD, Davies BM, Kotter MRN, Wilson JR) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):39S-54S PMID: 35174726 PMCID: PMC8859703 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125776865 02/18/2022 78 Citations

Developing Novel Therapies for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 7]: Opportunities From Restorative Neurobiology. (Gharooni AA, Kwon BK, Fehlings MG, Boerger TF, Rodrigues-Pinto R, Koljonen PA, Kurpad SN, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Wilson JR, Davies BM, Kotter MRN, Guest JD) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):109S-121S PMID: 35174725 PMCID: PMC8859698 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125806648 02/18/2022 17 Citations

Gathering Global Perspectives to Establish the Research Priorities and Minimum Data Sets for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Sampling Strategy of the First Round Consensus Surveys of AO Spine RECODE-DCM (Mowforth OD, Khan DZ, Wong MY, Pickering GAE, Dean L, Magee J, Mullarkey L, Hirayama Y, Rihova M, Butler M, Stewart M, Goulson B, Ahmed S, Fricke K, Popa-Nimigean V, Millar Z, Venkatesh A, Willison A, Senthil K, Hazenbiller O, Sarewitz E, Sadler I, Gronlund T, Tetreault L, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Kurpad SN, Guest JD, Wilson JR, Kwon BK, Fehlings MG, McNair AGK, Davies BM, Kotter MRN) Global Spine Journal February 2022;12(1_suppl):8-18 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121360907 02/01/2022 15 Citations

Advanced imaging for spinal cord injury (Akbar MA, Martin AR, Pfyffer D, Cadotte DW, Kurpad S, Freund P, Fehlings MG) Neural Repair and Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury and Spine Trauma 1 January 2022:105-124 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85130661160 01/01/2022

Gathering Global Perspectives to Establish the Research Priorities and Minimum Data Sets for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Sampling Strategy of the First Round Consensus Surveys of AO Spine RECODE-DCM. (Mowforth OD, Khan DZ, Wong MY, Pickering GAE, Dean L, Magee J, Mullarkey L, Hirayama Y, Rihova M, Butler M, Stewart M, Goulson B, Ahmed S, Fricke K, Popa-Nimigean V, Millar Z, Venkatesh A, Willison A, Senthil K, Hazenbiller O, Sarewitz E, Sadler I, Gronlund T, Tetreault L, Harrop JS, Aarabi B, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Kurpad SN, Guest JD, Wilson JR, Kwon BK, Fehlings MG, McNair AGK, Davies BM, Kotter MRN, AO Spine RECODE-DCM Steering Committee and AO Spine RECODE-DCM Consortium) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):8S-18S PMID: 34879754 PMCID: PMC8859701 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85121360907 12/10/2021 15 Citations

Imaging and Electrophysiology for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 9]. (Martin AR, Tetreault L, Nouri A, Curt A, Freund P, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Wilson JR, Fehlings MG, Kwon BK, Harrop JS, Davies BM, Kotter MRN, Guest JD, Aarabi B, Kurpad SN) Global Spine J 2022 Feb;12(1_suppl):130S-146S PMID: 34797993 PMCID: PMC8859711 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85119702943 11/20/2021 60 Citations

A biomechanical investigation of lumbar interbody fusion techniques. (Umale S, Yoganandan N, Baisden JL, Choi H, Kurpad SN) J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2022 Jan;125:104961 PMID: 34781226 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118900449 11/16/2021 23 Citations

Filtered Diffusion-Weighted MRI of the Human Cervical Spinal Cord: Feasibility and Application to Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. (Murphy SA, Furger R, Kurpad SN, Arpinar VE, Nencka A, Koch K, Budde MD) AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2021 Nov;42(11):2101-2106 PMID: 34620590 PMCID: PMC8583257 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85119420507 10/09/2021 11 Citations

Editorial. Improvements to the manufacturing process for generation of Schwann cells: from laboratory to clinical translation. (Kaushal M, Kurpad SN) J Neurosurg Spine 2022 Jan 01;36(1):133 PMID: 34479197 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123389954 09/04/2021 2 Citations

Are Lumbar Fusion Guidelines Followed? A Survey of North American Spine Surgeons. (Montenegro TS, Elia C, Hines K, Buser Z, Wilson J, Ghogawala Z, Kurpad SN, Sciubba DM, Harrop JS) Neurospine 2021 Jun;18(2):389-396 PMID: 34218620 PMCID: PMC8255757 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85109377667 07/06/2021 16 Citations

The development of lived experience-centered word clouds to support research uncertainty gathering in degenerative cervical myelopathy: results from an engagement process and protocol for their evaluation, via a nested randomized controlled trial. (Davies BM, Mowforth OD, Khan DZ, Yang X, Stacpoole SRL, Hazenbiller O, Gronlund T, Tetreault L, Kalsi-Ryan S, Starkey ML, Sadler I, Sarewitz E, Houlton D, Carter J, Howard E, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Guest JD, Aarabi B, Kwon BK, Kurpad SN, Harrop J, Wilson JR, Grossman R, Smith EK, McNair AGK, Fehlings MG, Kotter MRN) Trials 2021 Jun 25;22(1):415 PMID: 34172080 PMCID: PMC8235822 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85108832391 06/27/2021 10 Citations

Trajectory-Based Classification of Recovery in Sensorimotor Complete Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. (Jaja BNR, Badhiwala J, Guest J, Harrop J, Shaffrey C, Boakye M, Kurpad S, Grossman R, Toups E, Geisler F, Kwon B, Aarabi B, Kotter M, Fehlings MG, Wilson JR) Neurology 2021 May 31;96(22):e2736-e2748 PMID: 33849991 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125171417 04/15/2021 27 Citations

Diffusion-prepared fast spin echo for artifact-free spinal cord imaging. (Lee SY, Meyer BP, Kurpad SN, Budde MD) Magn Reson Med 2021 Aug;86(2):984-994 PMID: 33720450 PMCID: PMC8369385 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85102478269 03/16/2021 9 Citations

Utility of prediction model score: a proposed tool to standardize the performance and generalizability of clinical predictive models based on systematic review. (Ehresman J, Lubelski D, Pennington Z, Hung B, Ahmed AK, Azad TD, Lehner K, Feghali J, Buser Z, Harrop J, Wilson J, Kurpad S, Ghogawala Z, Sciubba DM) J Neurosurg Spine 2021 May 01;34(5):779-787 PMID: 33636704 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85105282370 02/27/2021 7 Citations

Relationships between spinal cord blood flow measured with flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery (FAIR) and neurobehavioral outcomes in rat spinal cord injury. (Lee S, Wilkins N, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN, Budde MD) Magn Reson Imaging 2021 May;78:42-51 PMID: 33556483 PMCID: PMC8501290 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100974870 02/09/2021 7 Citations

Optimized cervical spinal cord perfusion MRI after traumatic injury in the rat. (Meyer BP, Hirschler L, Lee S, Kurpad SN, Warnking JM, Barbier EL, Budde MD) J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2021 Aug;41(8):2010-2025 PMID: 33509036 PMCID: PMC8327111 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85100579355 01/30/2021 8 Citations

A Comparison Study of Four Cervical Disk Arthroplasty Devices Using Finite Element Models (Purushothaman Y, Choi H, Yoganandan N, Jebaseelan D, Baisden J, Kurpad S) Asian Spine Journal 2021;15(3):283-293 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85109164520 01/01/2021 21 Citations

Overview of Imaging Procedures Available for Spinal Diagnosis (Kaushal M, Shabani S, Kurpad SN) Benzel S Spine Surgery 2 Volume Set Techniques Complication Avoidance and Management 1 January 2021;1-2:600-604.e1 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105040308137 01/01/2021

Development and validation of osteoligamentous lumbar spine under complex loading conditions: A step towards patient-specific modeling (Umale S, Yoganandan N, Kurpad SN) Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials October 2020;110 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087592453 10/01/2020 19 Citations

Effects of different severities of disc degeneration on the range of motion of cervical spine (Yoganandan N, Choi H, Purushothaman Y, Jebaseelan D, Baisden J, Kurpad S) Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine October-December 2020;11(4):269-275 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85097282821 10/01/2020 10 Citations

Development and validation of osteoligamentous lumbar spine under complex loading conditions: A step towards patient-specific modeling. (Umale S, Yoganandan N, Kurpad SN) J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2020 Oct;110:103898 PMID: 32957203 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087592453 09/23/2020 19 Citations

Editorial. COVID-19 and spinal surgery. (Ghogawala Z, Kurpad S, Falavigna A, Groff MW, Sciubba DM, Wu JC, Park P, Berven S, Hoh DJ, Bisson EF, Steinmetz MP, Wang MC, Chou D, Sansur CA, Smith JS, Tumialán LM) J Neurosurg Spine 2020 Jul 01;33(1):1-3 PMID: 32302989 PMCID: PMC7164398 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083865914 04/18/2020 42 Citations

Diffusion tensor imaging in cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a review. (Shabani S, Kaushal M, Budde MD, Wang MC, Kurpad SN) J Neurosurg Spine 2020 Jul 01;33(1):65-72 PMID: 32109862 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090702776 02/29/2020 47 Citations

The Use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Spine Surgeons in Management of Spinal Trauma Across AO Regions-Results of AO Spine Survey. (Kaushal M, Shabani S, Soliman HM, Nguyen HS, Aarabi B, Fehlings MG, Kotter MR, Kwon BK, Harrop JS, Kurpad SN) World Neurosurg 2020 May;137:e389-e394 PMID: 32032784 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85081201121 02/08/2020 3 Citations

Evolution of Magnetic Resonance Imaging as Predictors and Correlates of Functional Outcome after Spinal Cord Contusion Injury in the Rat. (Wilkins N, Skinner NP, Motovylyak A, Schmit BD, Kurpad S, Budde MD) J Neurotrauma 2020 Mar 15;37(6):889-898 PMID: 31830856 PMCID: PMC7071026 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85082509051 12/14/2019 17 Citations

For the further training of individuals in neurosurgery II: the academic legacy of the William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship. (Ormond DR, Abozeid M, Kurpad S, Haines SJ) J Neurosurg 2021 Jan 01;134(1):304-313 PMID: 31783361 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098861788 11/30/2019 3 Citations

Recovery priorities in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a cross-sectional survey of an international, online community of patients. (Davies B, Mowforth O, Sadler I, Aarabi B, Kwon B, Kurpad S, Harrop JS, Wilson JR, Grossman R, Fehlings MG, Kotter M) BMJ Open 2019 Oct 10;9(10):e031486 PMID: 31601597 PMCID: PMC6797315 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85073107134 10/12/2019 64 Citations

Acute Adverse Events After Spinal Cord Injury and Their Relationship to Long-term Neurologic and Functional Outcomes: Analysis From the North American Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury. (Jiang F, Jaja BNR, Kurpad SN, Badhiwala JH, Aarabi B, Grossman RG, Harrop JS, Guest JD, Schär RT, Shaffrey CI, Boakye M, Toups EG, Wilson JR, Fehlings MG, North American Clinical Trials Network Collaborators) Crit Care Med 2019 Nov;47(11):e854-e862 PMID: 31389834 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85073184828 08/08/2019 30 Citations

Comparison between quantitative measurements of diffusion tensor imaging and T2 signal intensity in a large series of cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients for assessment of disease severity and prognostication of recovery. (Shabani S, Kaushal M, Budde M, Schmit B, Wang MC, Kurpad S) J Neurosurg Spine 2019 Oct 01;31(4):473-479 PMID: 31174184 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85072775711 06/08/2019 17 Citations

RE-CODE DCM (REsearch Objectives and Common Data Elements for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy): A Consensus Process to Improve Research Efficiency in DCM, Through Establishment of a Standardized Dataset for Clinical Research and the Definition of the Research Priorities. (Davies BM, Khan DZ, Mowforth OD, McNair AGK, Gronlund T, Kolias AG, Tetreault L, Starkey ML, Sadler I, Sarewitz E, Houlton D, Carter J, Kalsi-Ryan S, Aarabi B, Kwon BK, Kurpad SN, Harrop J, Wilson JR, Grossman R, Curt A, Fehlings MG, Kotter MRN) Global Spine J 2019 May;9(1 Suppl):65S-76S PMID: 31157148 PMCID: PMC6512197 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065786852 06/04/2019 96 Citations

AOSpine Global Survey: International Trends in Utilization of Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Computed Tomography for Spinal Trauma and Spinal Cord Injury across AO Regions. (Shabani S, Kaushal M, Soliman HM, Nguyen HS, Aarabi B, Fehlings MG, Kotter M, Kwon BK, Harrop J, Kurpad SN) J Neurotrauma 2019 Dec 15;36(24):3323-3331 PMID: 31140387 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85075961658 05/30/2019 8 Citations

Association of Pneumonia, Wound Infection, and Sepsis with Clinical Outcomes after Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. (Jaja BNR, Jiang F, Badhiwala JH, Schär R, Kurpad S, Grossman RG, Harrop JS, Guest JD, Toups EG, Shaffrey CI, Aarabi B, Boakye M, Fehlings MG, Wilson JR) J Neurotrauma 2019 Nov 01;36(21):3044-3050 PMID: 31007137 PMCID: PMC6791472 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85071928107 04/23/2019 53 Citations

The challenge of recruitment for neurotherapeutic clinical trials in spinal cord injury. (Blight AR, Hsieh J, Curt A, Fawcett JW, Guest JD, Kleitman N, Kurpad SN, Kwon BK, Lammertse DP, Weidner N, Steeves JD) Spinal Cord 2019 May;57(5):348-359 PMID: 30962518 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85064001976 04/10/2019 56 Citations

Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Acute Spinal Cord Injury: A Review of Animal and Human Studies. (Kaushal M, Shabani S, Budde M, Kurpad S) J Neurotrauma 2019 Aug 01;36(15):2279-2286 PMID: 30950317 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85071059121 04/06/2019 28 Citations

Correlation of magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging parameters with American Spinal Injury Association score for prognostication and long-term outcomes. (Shabani S, Kaushal M, Budde M, Kurpad SN) Neurosurg Focus 2019 Mar 01;46(3):E2 PMID: 30835673 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062643112 03/06/2019 18 Citations

Introduction. Acute spinal cord injury. (Dhall SS, Kurpad SN, Hurlbert RJ, Mummaneni PV) Neurosurg Focus 2019 Mar 01;46(3):E1 PMID: 30835672 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062627517 03/06/2019 2 Citations

Great Hospitals in North America: The Medical College of Wisconsin Neurological Surgery. (Montoure A, Janich K, Cusick JF, Kurpad SN, Wang MC) World Neurosurg 2019 May;125:55-66 PMID: 30660875 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85061991664 01/21/2019 2 Citations

Radiographic modalities (Nguyen HS, Kurpad SN) Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy and Radiculopathy Treatment Approaches and Options 22 December 2018:97-107 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85077939465 12/22/2018

Longitudinal In Vivo Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging Remote from the Lesion Site in Rat Spinal Cord Injury. (Motovylyak A, Skinner NP, Schmit BD, Wilkins N, Kurpad SN, Budde MD) J Neurotrauma 2019 May 01;36(9):1389-1398 PMID: 30259800 PMCID: PMC6482909 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85065073949 09/28/2018 8 Citations

Clinical Outcomes from a Multi-Center Study of Human Neural Stem Cell Transplantation in Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury. (Levi AD, Anderson KD, Okonkwo DO, Park P, Bryce TN, Kurpad SN, Aarabi B, Hsieh J, Gant K) J Neurotrauma 2019 Mar 19;36(6):891-902 PMID: 30180779 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85062424708 09/06/2018 154 Citations

Filter-probe diffusion imaging improves spinal cord injury outcome prediction. (Skinner NP, Lee SY, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD, Muftuler LT, Budde MD) Ann Neurol 2018 Jul;84(1):37-50 PMID: 29752739 PMCID: PMC6119508 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85050866980 05/13/2018 20 Citations

Diffusion Tensor Imaging in a Large Longitudinal Series of Patients With Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Correlated With Long-Term Functional Outcome. (Rao A, Soliman H, Kaushal M, Motovylyak O, Vedantam A, Budde MD, Schmit B, Wang M, Kurpad SN) Neurosurgery 2018 Oct 01;83(4):753-760 PMID: 29529304 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85068819376 03/13/2018 32 Citations

Optimizing Filter-Probe Diffusion Weighting in the Rat Spinal Cord for Human Translation. (Budde MD, Skinner NP, Muftuler LT, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN) Front Neurosci 2017;11:706 PMID: 29311786 PMCID: PMC5742102 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85038440037 01/10/2018 11 Citations

Imaging Evaluation of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Current State of the Art and Future Directions. (Martin AR, Tadokoro N, Tetreault L, Arocho-Quinones EV, Budde MD, Kurpad SN, Fehlings MG) Neurosurg Clin N Am 2018 Jan;29(1):33-45 PMID: 29173434 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85034997034 11/28/2017 47 Citations

Change in Functional Impairment, Disability, and Quality of Life Following Operative Treatment for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. (Fehlings MG, Tetreault LA, Kurpad S, Brodke DS, Wilson JR, Smith JS, Arnold PM, Brodt ED, Dettori JR) Global Spine J 2017 Sep;7(3 Suppl):53S-69S PMID: 29164033 PMCID: PMC5684851 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029096768 11/23/2017 72 Citations

The Natural History of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy and the Rate of Hospitalization Following Spinal Cord Injury: An Updated Systematic Review. (Tetreault LA, Karadimas S, Wilson JR, Arnold PM, Kurpad S, Dettori JR, Fehlings MG) Global Spine J 2017 Sep;7(3 Suppl):28S-34S PMID: 29164030 PMCID: PMC5684834 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029064027 11/23/2017 72 Citations

A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on the Type and Timing of Rehabilitation. (Fehlings MG, Tetreault LA, Aarabi B, Anderson P, Arnold PM, Brodke DS, Chiba K, Dettori JR, Furlan JC, Harrop JS, Hawryluk G, Holly LT, Howley S, Jeji T, Kalsi-Ryan S, Kotter M, Kurpad S, Kwon BK, Marino RJ, Martin AR, Massicotte E, Merli G, Middleton JW, Nakashima H, Nagoshi N, Palmieri K, Singh A, Skelly AC, Tsai EC, Vaccaro A, Wilson JR, Yee A, Burns AS) Global Spine J 2017 Sep;7(3 Suppl):231S-238S PMID: 29164029 PMCID: PMC5684839 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029120901 11/23/2017 81 Citations

A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on the Role of Baseline Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Clinical Decision Making and Outcome Prediction. (Fehlings MG, Martin AR, Tetreault LA, Aarabi B, Anderson P, Arnold PM, Brodke D, Burns AS, Chiba K, Dettori JR, Furlan JC, Hawryluk G, Holly LT, Howley S, Jeji T, Kalsi-Ryan S, Kotter M, Kurpad S, Kwon BK, Marino RJ, Massicotte E, Merli G, Middleton JW, Nakashima H, Nagoshi N, Palmieri K, Singh A, Skelly AC, Tsai EC, Vaccaro A, Wilson JR, Yee A, Harrop JS) Global Spine J 2017 Sep;7(3 Suppl):221S-230S PMID: 29164028 PMCID: PMC5684845 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029105002 11/23/2017 91 Citations

A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on the Type and Timing of Anticoagulant Thromboprophylaxis. (Fehlings MG, Tetreault LA, Aarabi B, Anderson P, Arnold PM, Brodke DS, Burns AS, Chiba K, Dettori JR, Furlan JC, Hawryluk G, Holly LT, Howley S, Jeji T, Kalsi-Ryan S, Kotter M, Kurpad S, Kwon BK, Marino RJ, Martin AR, Massicotte E, Merli G, Middleton JW, Nakashima H, Nagoshi N, Palmieri K, Singh A, Skelly AC, Tsai EC, Vaccaro A, Wilson JR, Yee A, Harrop JS) Global Spine J 2017 Sep;7(3 Suppl):212S-220S PMID: 29164026 PMCID: PMC5684841 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029049305 11/23/2017 56 Citations

A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on the Use of Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate. (Fehlings MG, Wilson JR, Tetreault LA, Aarabi B, Anderson P, Arnold PM, Brodke DS, Burns AS, Chiba K, Dettori JR, Furlan JC, Hawryluk G, Holly LT, Howley S, Jeji T, Kalsi-Ryan S, Kotter M, Kurpad S, Kwon BK, Marino RJ, Martin AR, Massicotte E, Merli G, Middleton JW, Nakashima H, Nagoshi N, Palmieri K, Skelly AC, Singh A, Tsai EC, Vaccaro A, Yee A, Harrop JS) Global Spine J 2017 Sep;7(3 Suppl):203S-211S PMID: 29164025 PMCID: PMC5686915 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029030268 11/23/2017 204 Citations

A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Central Cord Syndrome: Recommendations on the Timing (≤24 Hours Versus >24 Hours) of Decompressive Surgery. (Fehlings MG, Tetreault LA, Wilson JR, Aarabi B, Anderson P, Arnold PM, Brodke DS, Burns AS, Chiba K, Dettori JR, Furlan JC, Hawryluk G, Holly LT, Howley S, Jeji T, Kalsi-Ryan S, Kotter M, Kurpad S, Marino RJ, Martin AR, Massicotte E, Merli G, Middleton JW, Nakashima H, Nagoshi N, Palmieri K, Singh A, Skelly AC, Tsai EC, Vaccaro A, Yee A, Harrop JS) Global Spine J 2017 Sep;7(3 Suppl):195S-202S PMID: 29164024 PMCID: PMC5684850 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029130070 11/23/2017 237 Citations

Impact of Baseline Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Neurologic, Functional, and Safety Outcomes in Patients With Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury (Kurpad S, Martin AR, Tetreault LA, Fischer DJ, Skelly AC, Mikulis D, Flanders A, Aarabi B, Mroz TE, Tsai EC, Fehlings MG) Global Spine Journal 1 September 2017;7(3_supplement):151-174 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85029056745 09/01/2017 47 Citations

Large-Scale Network Analysis of Whole-Brain Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Spinal Cord Injury: A Comparative Study. (Kaushal M, Oni-Orisan A, Chen G, Li W, Leschke J, Ward D, Kalinosky B, Budde M, Schmit B, Li SJ, Muqeet V, Kurpad S) Brain Connect 2017 Sep;7(7):413-423 PMID: 28657334 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85043318892 06/29/2017 19 Citations

Delayed Retroclival and Cervical Spinal Subdural Hematoma Complicated by Preexisting Chiari Malformation in Adult Trauma Patient. (Nguyen HS, Choi H, Kurpad S, Soliman H) World Neurosurg 2017 Sep;105:1039.e1-1039.e5 PMID: 28647656 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85025134828 06/26/2017 5 Citations

Emerging Safety of Intramedullary Transplantation of Human Neural Stem Cells in Chronic Cervical and Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury. (Levi AD, Okonkwo DO, Park P, Jenkins AL 3rd, Kurpad SN, Parr AM, Ganju A, Aarabi B, Kim D, Casha S, Fehlings MG, Harrop JS, Anderson KD, Gage A, Hsieh J, Huhn S, Curt A, Guzman R) Neurosurgery 2018 Apr 01;82(4):562-575 PMID: 28541431 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85042101089 05/26/2017 150 Citations

Radiodensity of intraventricular hemorrhage associated with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage may be a negative predictor of outcome. (Nguyen HS, Li L, Patel M, Kurpad S, Mueller W) J Neurosurg 2018 Apr;128(4):1032-1036 PMID: 28474990 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85042841458 05/06/2017 9 Citations

Acid ceramidase is a novel drug target for pediatric brain tumors. (Doan NB, Nguyen HS, Montoure A, Al-Gizawiy MM, Mueller WM, Kurpad S, Rand SD, Connelly JM, Chitambar CR, Schmainda KM, Mirza SP) Oncotarget 2017 Apr 11;8(15):24753-24761 PMID: 28445970 PMCID: PMC5421885 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85017541087 04/28/2017 33 Citations

Acute death of astrocytes in blast-exposed rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. (Miller AP, Shah AS, Aperi BV, Kurpad SN, Stemper BD, Glavaski-Joksimovic A) PLoS One 2017;12(3):e0173167 PMID: 28264063 PMCID: PMC5338800 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85014582567 03/07/2017 27 Citations

Traumatic high-grade spondylolisthesis at C7-T1 with no neurological deficits: Case series, literature review, and biomechanical implications. (Nguyen HS, Soliman H, Kurpad S) J Craniovertebr Junction Spine 2017;8(1):74-78 PMID: 28250641 PMCID: PMC5324365 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85013018493 03/03/2017 4 Citations

177 Largest Series of Mild-Moderate Motor Vehicle Accident-Associated Thoracolumbar Compression Fractures: Prognosis and Outcome. (Soliman HM, Nguyen H, Pintar FA, Yoganandan N, Kurpad SN, Maiman DJ) Neurosurgery 2016 Aug 01;63(CN_suppl_1):170-171 PMID: 28175437 02/09/2017

Mapping block-based morphing for subject-specific spine finite element models (John JD, Arun MWJ, Yoganandan N, Saravanakumar G, Kurpad SN) 54th Annual Rocky Mountain Bioengineering Symposium Rmbs 2017 and 54th International ISA Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation Symposium 2017 2017;2017-March SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85044649717 01/01/2017 17 Citations

Spinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Evaluation of Preoperative and Postoperative Severity of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: Systematic Review of Literature. (Rindler RS, Chokshi FH, Malcolm JG, Eshraghi SR, Mossa-Basha M, Chu JK, Kurpad SN, Ahmad FU) World Neurosurg 2017 Mar;99:150-158 PMID: 27939797 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85007045019 12/13/2016 47 Citations

Evaluation of Whole-Brain Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Spinal Cord Injury: A Large-Scale Network Analysis Using Network-Based Statistic. (Kaushal M, Oni-Orisan A, Chen G, Li W, Leschke J, Ward BD, Kalinosky B, Budde MD, Schmit BD, Li SJ, Muqeet V, Kurpad SN) J Neurotrauma 2017 Mar 15;34(6):1278-1282 PMID: 27937140 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85015212841 12/13/2016 62 Citations

Quantitative estimation of a ratio of intracranial cerebrospinal fluid volume to brain volume based on segmentation of CT images in patients with extra-axial hematoma. (Nguyen HS, Patel M, Li L, Kurpad S, Mueller W) Neuroradiol J 2017 Feb;30(1):10-14 PMID: 27837185 PMCID: PMC5564336 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85011629114 11/12/2016 10 Citations

Prediction of Post-Concussive Behavioral Changes in a Rodent Model Based on Head Rotational Acceleration Characteristics. (Stemper BD, Shah AS, Chiariello R, Olsen CM, Budde MD, Glavaski-Joksimovic A, McCrea M, Kurpad SN, Pintar FA) Ann Biomed Eng 2016 Nov;44(11):3252-3265 PMID: 27188340 PMCID: PMC5093216 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84969253175 11/04/2016 13 Citations

Diffusion tensor imaging as a biomarker for assessing neuronal stem cell treatments affecting areas distal to the site of spinal cord injury. (Jirjis MB, Valdez C, Vedantam A, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN) J Neurosurg Spine 2017 Feb;26(2):243-251 PMID: 27689421 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85013715236 10/01/2016 18 Citations

Spinal osteoblastic meningioma with hematopoiesis: radiologic-pathologic correlation and review of the literature. (Cochran EJ, Schlauderaff A, Rand SD, Eckardt GW, Kurpad S) Ann Diagn Pathol 2016 Oct;24:30-4 PMID: 27649951 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84984658972 09/22/2016 10 Citations

Intracranial subdural empyema mimicking a recurrent chronic subdural hematoma. (Doan N, Patel M, Nguyen HS, Mountoure A, Shabani S, Gelsomino M, Janich K, Kurpad S) J Surg Case Rep 2016 Sep 20;2016(9) PMID: 27651110 PMCID: PMC5029463 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85044119701 09/22/2016 4 Citations

Changing threshold for AIS scores of thoracolumbar compression fractures. (Soliman HM, Nguyen HS, Banerjee A, Pintar F, Yoganandan N, Kurpad S, Maiman D) Traffic Inj Prev 2016 Sep;17 Suppl 1:11-5 PMID: 27586096 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84985972780 09/03/2016 3 Citations

181 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: The Optimal Timing of Decompression. (Wilson JR, BSc LT, Aarabi B, Anderson PA, Arnold PM, Brodke DS, Burns A, Chen R, Chiba K, Dettori J, Furlan JC, Harrop JS, Holly LT, Jeji T, Kalsi-Ryan S, Kotter M, Kurpad SN, Kwon BK, Marino R, Martin AR, Massicotte EM, Merli G, Middleton J, Nakashima H, Nagoshi N, Palmieri K, Shamji MF, Singh A, Skelly A, Yee A, Fehlings M) Neurosurgery 2016 Aug;63 Suppl 1:172 PMID: 27399460 07/12/2016

Traumatic spondyloptosis at the cervico-thoracic junction without neurological deficits. (Nguyen HS, Doan N, Lozen A, Gelsomino M, Shabani S, Kurpad S) Surg Neurol Int 2016;7(Suppl 13):S366-9 PMID: 27274411 PMCID: PMC4879840 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84986243962 06/09/2016 7 Citations

CT Hounsfield Units as a Predictor for the Worsening of Traumatic Vertebral Compression Fractures. (Nguyen HS, Soliman HM, Patel M, Li L, Kurpad S, Maiman D) World Neurosurg 2016 Sep;93:50-4 PMID: 27262645 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84975883485 06/06/2016 16 Citations

Rapid in vivo detection of rat spinal cord injury with double-diffusion-encoded magnetic resonance spectroscopy. (Skinner NP, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD, Tugan Muftuler L, Budde MD) Magn Reson Med 2017 Apr;77(4):1639-1649 PMID: 27080726 PMCID: PMC5285487 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84963629087 04/16/2016 40 Citations

Diffusion Tensor Imaging Correlates with Short-Term Myelopathy Outcome in Patients with Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. (Vedantam A, Rao A, Kurpad SN, Jirjis MB, Eckardt G, Schmit BD, Wang MC) World Neurosurg 2017 Jan;97:489-494 PMID: 27046013 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84995873439 04/06/2016 46 Citations

Behavioral Outcomes Differ between Rotational Acceleration and Blast Mechanisms of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. (Stemper BD, Shah AS, Budde MD, Olsen CM, Glavaski-Joksimovic A, Kurpad SN, McCrea M, Pintar FA) Front Neurol 2016;7:31 PMID: 27014184 PMCID: PMC4789366 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84964507701 03/26/2016 32 Citations

Alterations in Cortical Sensorimotor Connectivity following Complete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Prospective Resting-State fMRI Study. (Oni-Orisan A, Kaushal M, Li W, Leschke J, Ward BD, Vedantam A, Kalinosky B, Budde MD, Schmit BD, Li SJ, Muqeet V, Kurpad SN) PLoS One 2016;11(3):e0150351 PMID: 26954693 PMCID: PMC4783046 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84962600492 03/10/2016 63 Citations

Syringosubarachnoid shunting using a myringotomy tube. (Leschke JM, Mumert ML, Kurpad SN) Surg Neurol Int 2016;7(Suppl 1):S8-S11 PMID: 26862456 PMCID: PMC4722522 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84960842186 02/11/2016 7 Citations

Delayed hydrocephalus associated with traumatic atlanto-occipital dislocation: Case report and literature review (Sharma A, Nguyen HS, Sharma A, Lozen A, Kurpad S) Surgical Neurology International 2016;7(26):S679-S681 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85009110078 01/01/2016

Imaging the Spine after Trauma (Vedantam A, Kaushal M, Kurpad SN) Benzel S Spine Surgery Techniques Complication Avoidance and Management Volume 1 2 Fourth Edition 1 January 2016;1-2:1090-1099 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147642276 01/01/2016

Detection of acute nervous system injury with advanced diffusion-weighted MRI: a simulation and sensitivity analysis. (Skinner NP, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD, Budde MD) NMR Biomed 2015 Nov;28(11):1489-506 PMID: 26411743 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84945471406 09/29/2015 31 Citations

Severity of spinal cord injury influences diffusion tensor imaging of the brain. (Jirjis MB, Vedantam A, Budde MD, Kalinosky B, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD) J Magn Reson Imaging 2016 Jan;43(1):63-74 PMID: 26094789 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84955640260 06/23/2015 13 Citations

Diffusion imaging in the rat cervical spinal cord. (Zakszewski E, Schmit B, Kurpad S, Budde MD) J Vis Exp 2015 Apr 07(98) PMID: 25938297 PMCID: PMC4541495 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84941243009 05/06/2015 8 Citations

Effects of blast overpressure on neurons and glial cells in rat organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. (Miller AP, Shah AS, Aperi BV, Budde MD, Pintar FA, Tarima S, Kurpad SN, Stemper BD, Glavaski-Joksimovic A) Front Neurol 2015;6:20 PMID: 25729377 PMCID: PMC4325926 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84926297607 03/03/2015 29 Citations

Characterization of differing time-course of cognitive deficits and emotional changes following rotational traumatic brain injury in the rat (Stemper BD, Shah AS, Budde MD, Chiariello R, Wilkins N, Olsen C, Mehta P, Kurpad SN, McCrea M, Pintar FA) 2015 Ircobi Conference Proceedings International Research Council on the Biomechanics of Injury 2015:198-207 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84996866475 01/01/2015 2 Citations

The cognitive and technical skills impact of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons simulation curriculum on neurosurgical trainees at the 2013 Neurological Society of India meeting. (Zammar SG, Hamade YJ, Aoun RJ, El Tecle NE, El Ahmadieh TY, Adelson PD, Kurpad SN, Harrop JS, Hodge H, Mishra RC, Rajshekhar V, Rezai AR, Sahkla SK, Sattur MG, Selden NR, Sharan AD, Resnick DK, Bendok BR) World Neurosurg 2015 Apr;83(4):419-23 PMID: 25524066 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84931023060 12/20/2014 15 Citations

Head rotational acceleration characteristics influence behavioral and diffusion tensor imaging outcomes following concussion. (Stemper BD, Shah AS, Pintar FA, McCrea M, Kurpad SN, Glavaski-Joksimovic A, Olsen C, Budde MD) Ann Biomed Eng 2015 May;43(5):1071-88 PMID: 25344352 PMCID: PMC4654450 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84940004699 10/26/2014 59 Citations

High cervical fractional anisotropy as an imaging marker for spinal cord injury. (Vedantam A, Eckardt G, Wang MC, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN) Neurosurgery 2014 Aug;61 Suppl 1:167-70 PMID: 25032546 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84964284069 07/18/2014 8 Citations

Diffusion tensor imaging of the spinal cord: insights from animal and human studies. (Vedantam A, Jirjis MB, Schmit BD, Wang MC, Ulmer JL, Kurpad SN) Neurosurgery 2014 Jan;74(1):1-8; discussion 8; quiz 8 PMID: 24064483 PMCID: PMC4986512 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84891824848 09/26/2013 99 Citations

Clinical correlates of high cervical fractional anisotropy in acute cervical spinal cord injury. (Vedantam A, Eckardt G, Wang MC, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN) World Neurosurg 2015 May;83(5):824-8 PMID: 24055569 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84929513579 09/24/2013 52 Citations

Ex vivo diffusion tensor imaging of spinal cord injury in rats of varying degrees of severity. (Jirjis MB, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD) J Neurotrauma 2013 Sep 15;30(18):1577-86 PMID: 23782233 PMCID: PMC3761423 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84883641677 06/21/2013 44 Citations

Diffusion tensor imaging of the spinal cord: A review (Vedantam A, Jirjis M, Eckhardt G, Sharma A, Schmit BD, Wang MC, Ulmer JL, Kurpad S) Coluna Columna 2013;12(1):64-69 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84878570993 06/10/2013 8 Citations

Characterization and limitations of diffusion tensor imaging metrics in the cervical spinal cord in neurologically intact subjects. (Vedantam A, Jirjis MB, Schmit BD, Wang MC, Ulmer JL, Kurpad SN) J Magn Reson Imaging 2013 Oct;38(4):861-7 PMID: 23389869 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84886929022 02/08/2013 46 Citations

Diffusion tensor imaging and tractography in Brown-Sequard syndrome. (Vedantam A, Jirjis MB, Schmit BD, Budde MD, Ulmer JL, Wang MC, Kurpad SN) Spinal Cord 2012 Dec;50(12):928-30 PMID: 23045298 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84870952535 10/10/2012 14 Citations

Evaluation of combined bevacizumab plus irinotecan therapy in brain tumors using magnetic resonance imaging measures of relative cerebral blood volume. (Pechman KR, Donohoe DL, Bedekar DP, Kurpad SN, Schmainda KM) Magn Reson Med 2012 Oct;68(4):1266-72 PMID: 22213469 PMCID: PMC3323703 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-84866734674 01/04/2012 6 Citations

Feline bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells express several pluripotent and neural markers and easily turn into neural-like cells by manipulation with chromatin modifying agents and neural inducing factors. (Zhang Z, Maiman DJ, Kurpad SN, Crowe MJ, Alexanian AR) Cell Reprogram 2011 Oct;13(5):385-90 PMID: 21718099 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-80053554317 07/02/2011 14 Citations

Atlantooccipital dislocation in motor vehicle side impact, derivation of the mechanism of injury, and implications for early diagnosis. (Smith KM, Yoganandan N, Pintar FA, Kurpad SN, Maiman DJ) J Craniovertebr Junction Spine 2010 Jul;1(2):113-7 PMID: 21572632 PMCID: PMC3075827 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-79953182711 05/17/2011 7 Citations

Characterization of bevacizumab dose response relationship in U87 brain tumors using magnetic resonance imaging measures of enhancing tumor volume and relative cerebral blood volume. (Pechman KR, Donohoe DL, Bedekar DP, Kurpad SN, Hoffmann RG, Schmainda KM) J Neurooncol 2011 Nov;105(2):233-9 PMID: 21533524 PMCID: PMC4323180 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-82955233738 05/03/2011 19 Citations

High-resolution in vivo diffusion tensor imaging of the injured cat spinal cord using self-navigated, interleaved, variable-density spiral acquisition (SNAILS-DTI). (Ellingson BM, Sulaiman O, Kurpad SN) Magn Reson Imaging 2010 Nov;28(9):1353-60 PMID: 20797830 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77958159554 08/28/2010 16 Citations

Transplantation of human glial-restricted neural precursors into injured spinal cord promotes functional and sensory recovery without causing allodynia. (Alexanian AR, Svendsen CN, Crowe MJ, Kurpad SN) Cytotherapy 2011 Jan;13(1):61-8 PMID: 20735167 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-78650324250 08/26/2010 29 Citations

Lesion growth and degeneration patterns measured using diffusion tensor 9.4-T magnetic resonance imaging in rat spinal cord injury. (Ellingson BM, Schmit BD, Kurpad SN) J Neurosurg Spine 2010 Aug;13(2):181-92 PMID: 20672953 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-77955121701 08/03/2010 41 Citations

Functional correlates of diffusion tensor imaging in spinal cord injury. (Ellingson BM, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD) Biomed Sci Instrum 2008;44:28-33 PMID: 19141888 01/15/2009

Functional correlates of diffusion tensor imaging in spinal cord injury (Ellingson BM, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD) Technical Papers of ISA 2008;472:7-12 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-55749113898 11/14/2008

Characteristics of mid- to long-latency spinal somatosensory evoked potentials following spinal trauma in the rat. (Ellingson BM, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD) J Neurotrauma 2008 Nov;25(11):1323-34 PMID: 18976168 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-57349100851 11/04/2008 7 Citations

Ex vivo diffusion tensor imaging and quantitative tractography of the rat spinal cord during long-term recovery from moderate spinal contusion. (Ellingson BM, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD) J Magn Reson Imaging 2008 Nov;28(5):1068-79 PMID: 18972347 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-55749096716 10/31/2008 51 Citations

Diffusion tensor MR imaging in chronic spinal cord injury. (Ellingson BM, Ulmer JL, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD) AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2008 Nov;29(10):1976-82 PMID: 18719029 PMCID: PMC8118946 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-56849101245 08/23/2008 121 Citations

In vitro and in vivo characterization of neurally modified mesenchymal stem cells induced by epigenetic modifiers and neural stem cell environment. (Alexanian AR, Maiman DJ, Kurpad SN, Gennarelli TA) Stem Cells Dev 2008 Dec;17(6):1123-30 PMID: 18484898 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-57449101862 05/20/2008 75 Citations

Functional correlates of diffusion tensor imaging in spinal cord injury (Ellingson BM, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD) Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation 2008;44:28-33 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-42949113923 05/08/2008 35 Citations

Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging in spinal cord injury (Ellingson BM, Schmit BD, Ulmer JL, Kurpad SN) Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A Bridging Education and Research May 2008;32(3):219-237 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-54949129370 05/01/2008 11 Citations

Diffusion tensor MR imaging of the neurologically intact human spinal cord. (Ellingson BM, Ulmer JL, Kurpad SN, Schmit BD) AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2008 Aug;29(7):1279-84 PMID: 18417607 PMCID: PMC8119131 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-49749137015 04/18/2008 71 Citations

In vivo diffusion tensor imaging of the rat spinal cord at 9.4T. (Ellingson BM, Kurpad SN, Li SJ, Schmit BD) J Magn Reson Imaging 2008 Mar;27(3):634-42 PMID: 18224673 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-40449121552 01/29/2008 26 Citations

Pain with no gain: allodynia following neural stem cell transplantation in spinal cord injury. (Macias MY, Syring MB, Pizzi MA, Crowe MJ, Alexanian AR, Kurpad SN) Exp Neurol 2006 Oct;201(2):335-48 PMID: 16839548 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33748426473 07/15/2006 134 Citations

Minimally invasive, extracavitary approach for thoracic disc herniation: technical report and preliminary results. (Lidar Z, Lifshutz J, Bhattacharjee S, Kurpad SN, Maiman DJ) Spine J 2006;6(2):157-63 PMID: 16517387 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33644628614 03/07/2006 38 Citations

Efficient differentiation and integration of lineage-restricted neural precursors in the traumatically injured adult cat spinal cord. (Alexanian AR, Crowe MJ, Kurpad SN) J Neurosci Methods 2006 Jan 15;150(1):41-6 PMID: 16087243 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-28844494926 08/10/2005 20 Citations

Allodynia limits the usefulness of intraspinal neural stem cell grafts; directed differentiation improves outcome. (Hofstetter CP, Holmström NA, Lilja JA, Schweinhardt P, Hao J, Spenger C, Wiesenfeld-Hallin Z, Kurpad SN, Frisén J, Olson L) Nat Neurosci 2005 Mar;8(3):346-53 PMID: 15711542 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-20044370811 02/16/2005 564 Citations

Quiescent neural cells regain multipotent stem cell characteristics influenced by adult neural stem cells in co-culture. (Alexanian AR, Kurpad SN) Exp Neurol 2005 Jan;191(1):193-7 PMID: 15589526 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-10044251181 12/14/2004 21 Citations

Anterior lumbar interbody fusion for treatment of failed back surgery syndrome: an outcome analysis. (Duggal N, Mendiondo I, Pares HR, Jhawar BS, Das K, Kenny KJ, Dickman CA) Neurosurgery 2004 Mar;54(3):636-43; discussion 643-4 PMID: 15028138 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-10744230096 03/19/2004 64 Citations

Bioresorbable fixation for congenital pediatric craniofacial surgery: a 2-year follow-up. (Kurpad SN, Goldstein JA, Cohen AR) Pediatr Neurosurg 2000 Dec;33(6):306-10 PMID: 11182641 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0034488693 02/22/2001 41 Citations

Meningiomas of the orbit and optic nerve: surgical results for fifteen patients (Kurpad SN, Vrionis FD, Fleming C, Robertson JH) Skull Base Surgery 1999;9(SUPPL. 1):19-20 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33747786677 12/01/1999

Management of multiple glomus tumors: experience from the treatment of a series of ten patients (Kurpad SN, Vrionis FD, Heilman CB, Robertson JH) Skull Base Surgery 1999;9(SUPPL. 1):20 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33747778671 12/01/1999

Allergic fungal sinusitis: report of a series of four patients (Kurpad SN, Brewington KC, Vrionis FD, Robertxon JH) Skull Base Surgery 1999;9(SUPPL. 1):19 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-33747748110 12/01/1999

Posterior fossa craniotomy: an alternative to craniectomy. (Kurpad SN, Cohen AR) Pediatr Neurosurg 1999 Jul;31(1):54-7 PMID: 10545825 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032692816 11/05/1999 19 Citations

Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (Kurpad SN, Cohen AR) Pediatric Endosurgery and Innovative Techniques 1999;3(3):117-121 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0032715287 01/01/1999 1 Citation

Intraarterial O6-benzylguanine enables the specific therapy of nitrosourea-resistant intracranial human glioma xenografts in athymic rats with 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea. (Kurpad SN, Dolan ME, McLendon RE, Archer GE, Moschel RC, Pegg AE, Bigner DD, Friedman HS) Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1997;39(4):307-16 PMID: 9025771 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0030614374 01/01/1997 30 Citations

Tumor antigens in astrocytic gliomas. (Kurpad SN, Zhao XG, Wikstrand CJ, Batra SK, McLendon RE, Bigner DD) Glia 1995 Nov;15(3):244-56 PMID: 8586461 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0029401912 11/01/1995 107 Citations

Tumor-specific anti-epidermal growth factor receptor variant III monoclonal antibodies: use of the tyramine-cellobiose radioiodination method enhances cellular retention and uptake in tumor xenografts. (Reist CJ, Archer GE, Kurpad SN, Wikstrand CJ, Vaidyanathan G, Willingham MC, Moscatello DK, Wong AJ, Bigner DD, Zalutsky MR) Cancer Res 1995 Oct 01;55(19):4375-82 PMID: 7671250 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0029026107 10/01/1995 111 Citations

Intraarterial administration of melphalan for treatment of intracranial human glioma xenografts in athymic rats. (Kurpad SN, Friedman HS, Archer GE, McLendon RE, Petros WM, Fuchs HE, Guaspari A, Bigner DD) Cancer Res 1995 Sep 01;55(17):3803-9 PMID: 7641197 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0029098531 09/01/1995 15 Citations

Monoclonal antibodies against EGFRvIII are tumor specific and react with breast and lung carcinomas and malignant gliomas. (Wikstrand CJ, Hale LP, Batra SK, Hill ML, Humphrey PA, Kurpad SN, McLendon RE, Moscatello D, Pegram CN, Reist CJ) Cancer Res 1995 Jul 15;55(14):3140-8 PMID: 7606735 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0029025332 07/15/1995 485 Citations

Immunobiology of malignant astrocytomas. (Kurpad SN, Wikstrand CJ, Bigner DD) Semin Oncol 1994 Apr;21(2):149-61 PMID: 8153661 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-0028205944 04/01/1994 22 Citations

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