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Shekar N. Kurpad

Medical College of Wisconsin · US
Area of research
Pathology and Forensic Medicine · Surgery
Research interest
Research interests include Spinal Cord Injury Research, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy, Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications, and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology.
h-index
45
citations
6,198
works
188
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

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
EBioMedicine 2025cited by 8position: middledoi
AO Spine Clinical Practice Recommendations for the Surgical Management of Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: Contemporary Concepts
Global Spine Journal 2025cited by 6position: middledoi
Safety and Efficacy of Riluzole in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (RISCIS): A Multi-Center, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded Trial
Journal of Neurotrauma 2023cited by 75position: middledoi
Trends in the Use of Corticosteroids in the Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury in North American Clinical Trials Network Sites
Journal of Neurotrauma 2023cited by 22position: middledoi
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
Journal of Neurotrauma 2023cited by 12position: middledoi
Variability in Early Surgery for Acute Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Patients: An Opportunity for Enhanced Care Delivery
Journal of Neurotrauma 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Interhospital Transfer Delays Care for Spinal Cord Injury Patients: A Report from the North American Clinical Trials Network for Spinal Cord Injury
Journal of Neurotrauma 2023cited by 8position: middledoi
Lived experience-centred word clouds may improve research uncertainty gathering in priority setting partnerships
BMC Medical Research Methodology 2023cited by 8position: middledoi
Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Development and Natural History [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 2]
Global Spine Journal 2022cited by 76position: middledoi
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
Global Spine Journal 2022cited by 60position: middledoi
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
Global Spine Journal 2022cited by 58position: middledoi
Establishing the Socio-Economic Impact of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Is Fundamental to Improving Outcomes [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 8]
Global Spine Journal 2022cited by 53position: middledoi
Improving Awareness Could Transform Outcomes in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 1]
Global Spine Journal 2022cited by 50position: middledoi
Optimizing the Application of Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 10]
Global Spine Journal 2022cited by 44position: middledoi
Developing Peri-Operative Rehabilitation in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 6]: An Unexplored Opportunity?
Global Spine Journal 2022cited by 26position: middledoi
Developing Novel Therapies for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 7]: Opportunities From Restorative Neurobiology
Global Spine Journal 2022cited by 19position: middledoi
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
Journal of Neurotrauma 2022cited by 13position: middledoi
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
Global Spine Journal 2022cited by 12position: middledoi
Imaging and Electrophysiology for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 9]
Global Spine Journal 2021cited by 60position: lastdoi
Increasing awareness of degenerative cervical myelopathy: a preventative cause of non-traumatic spinal cord injury
Spinal Cord 2021cited by 26position: middledoi
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
Trials 2021cited by 10position: middledoi
Filtered Diffusion-Weighted MRI of the Human Cervical Spinal Cord: Feasibility and Application to Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.
2021cited by 8position: contributordoi
Editorial. COVID-19 and spinal surgery
Journal of Neurosurgery Spine 2020cited by 48position: middledoi
The challenge of recruitment for neurotherapeutic clinical trials in spinal cord injury
Spinal Cord 2019cited by 60position: middledoi
Association of Pneumonia, Wound Infection, and Sepsis with Clinical Outcomes after Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
Journal of Neurotrauma 2019cited by 52position: middledoi
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
Critical Care Medicine 2019cited by 31position: middledoi
Clinical Outcomes from a Multi-Center Study of Human Neural Stem Cell Transplantation in Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury
Journal of Neurotrauma 2018cited by 167position: middledoi
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
Global Spine Journal 2017cited by 242position: middledoi
A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on the Use of Methylprednisolone Sodium Succinate
Global Spine Journal 2017cited by 207position: middledoi
Emerging Safety of Intramedullary Transplantation of Human Neural Stem Cells in Chronic Cervical and Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury
Neurosurgery 2017cited by 149position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Michael G. Fehlings · Regenerative Medicine Institute20 papers (2017–2025)James S. Harrop · Thomas Jefferson University19 papers (2017–2025)James D. Guest · University of Miami16 papers (2019–2025)Bizhan Aarabi · University of Maryland, Baltimore15 papers (2017–2023)Jefferson R. Wilson · St. Michael's Hospital13 papers (2017–2025)Brian K. Kwon · University of British Columbia9 papers (2019–2022)Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar · Neurological Surgery8 papers (2021–2022)Benjamin M. Davies · Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust8 papers (2021–2022)Mark Kotter · Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute7 papers (2021–2022)Elizabeth G. Toups · Houston Methodist7 papers (2019–2025) · 6 papers (2022–2025) · 6 papers (2022–2025)Armin Curt · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine5 papers (2017–2022)Aria Nouri · Neurological Surgery5 papers (2021–2025)Beatrice Ugiliweneza · Neurological Surgery5 papers (2022–2023)Allan R. Martin · University of California System4 papers (2021–2022)Charles H. Tator · University Health Network4 papers (2022–2023)Lindsay Tetreault · New York University4 papers (2017–2022)Ricardo Rodrigues‐Pinto · University of Manchester4 papers (2022–2022) · 4 papers (2022–2025)