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Suzanne Tharin MD, PhD

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InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentNeurological Surgery
AddressUmass Chan Medical School
55 Lake Ave N
Worcester MA 01655-0002
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
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    1. Bédard S, Kaptan M, Indriolo T, Law CSW, Pfyffer D, Lee L, Ratliff J, Hu S, Tharin S, Smith ZA, Glover GH, Mackey S, Cohen-Adad J, Weber Ii KA. Spatial distribution of spinal cord fMRI activity with electrocutaneous stimulation. Imaging Neurosci (Camb). 2026; 4. PMID: 42835601.
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    2. Fundaun J, Falasinnu T, Pfyffer D, Dildine TC, Kolski M, Heinemann AW, Tharin S, Smith AC, Dirlikov B, Mackey S, Crew J, Weber KA. Applying an intersectional framework to characterize chronic pain disparities one year following traumatic spinal cord injury. J Pain. 2026 Oct; 47:106371. PMID: 42409205.
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    3. Kaptan M, Wang Y, de Boer A, Goyal A, Holmes S, Ozkan K, Bédard S, Indriolo T, Law CSW, Pfyffer D, Fundaun J, Berhe E, Gold GE, Chaudhari A, Anoosha PS, Gatti AA, Kogan F, Hargreaves BA, Delp SL, Ratliff J, Hu S, Veeravagu A, Desai A, Tharin S, Alamin T, Smith AC, McKay MJ, Kim B, Walsh R, Schielke A, Dennis D, Decker J, De Leener B, Cohen-Adad J, Smith ZA, Muhammad F, Elliott JM, Marquand AF, Mackey S, Wesselink EO, Weber KA. Patterns of Muscle Health in Single- and Multi-Site Chronic Pain: A UK Biobank Normative Modeling Study. medRxiv. 2026 Jun 22. PMID: 42396320.
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    4. Bédard S, Kaptan M, Indriolo T, Law CS, Pfyffer D, Lee L, Ratliff J, Hu S, Tharin S, Smith ZA, Glover GH, Mackey S, Cohen-Adad J, Weber KA. Spatial distribution of spinal cord fMRI activity with electrocutaneous stimulation. medRxiv. 2026 Mar 02. PMID: 41822689.
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    5. Oliva V, Bédard S, Kaptan M, Pfyffer D, Chy B, Aufrichtig S, Berhe N, Chaudhari AS, Tharin S, Hu SS, Ratliff J, Smith ZA, Smith AC, Glover GH, Mackey S, Law CSW, Weber Ii KA. Mapping hand function with simultaneous brain-spinal cord functional MRI. Imaging Neurosci (Camb). 2025; 3. PMID: 41064375.
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    6. Oliva V, Bédard S, Kaptan M, Pfyffer D, Chy B, Aufrichtig S, Berhe N, Chaudhari AS, Tharin S, Hu SS, Ratliff J, Smith ZA, Smith AC, Glover GH, Mackey S, Law CSW, Weber KA. Mapping Hand Function with Simultaneous Brain-Spinal Cord Functional MRI. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 27. PMID: 40060434.
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    7. Iyer A, Vaasjo LO, Siththanandan VB, K C R, Thurmon A, Akumuo M, Lu V, Nnebe C, Nair R, Galazo MJ, Tharin S. miR-193b-365 microcluster downstream of Fezf2 coordinates neuron-subtype identity and dendritic morphology in cortical projection neurons. iScience. 2024 Dec 20; 27(12):111500. PMID: 39759000.
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    8. Wagner NR, Sinha A, Siththanandan V, Kowalchuk AM, MacDonald JL, Tharin S. miR-409-3p represses Cited2 to refine neocortical layer V projection neuron identity. Front Neurosci. 2022; 16:931333. PMID: 36248641.
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    9. Tigchelaar S, He Z, Tharin S. Spinal cord injury: a study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of microRNA alterations. Syst Rev. 2022 04 05; 11(1):61. PMID: 35382886.
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    10. MacDonald JL, Tharin S, Hall SE. Epigenetic regulation of nervous system development and function. Neurochem Int. 2022 01; 152:105249. PMID: 34826529.
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    11. Diaz JL, Siththanandan VB, Lu V, Gonzalez-Nava N, Pasquina L, MacDonald JL, Woodworth MB, Ozkan A, Nair R, He Z, Sahni V, Sarnow P, Palmer TD, Macklis JD, Tharin S. An evolutionarily acquired microRNA shapes development of mammalian cortical projections. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 11 17; 117(46):29113-29122. PMID: 33139574.
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    12. Fatemi P, Prolo LM, Giori NJ, Tharin S. Resection of hip heterotrophic ossification leads to resolution of autonomic nervous system dysfunction in a patient with spinal Charcot arthropathy: a case report. Spinal Cord Ser Cases. 2020 05 13; 6(1):41. PMID: 32404876.
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    13. Joo SS, Hunter OO, Tamboli M, Leng JC, Harrison TK, Kassab K, Keeton JD, Skirboll S, Tharin S, Saleh E, Mudumbai SC, Wang RR, Kou A, Mariano ER. Implementation of a patient-specific tapering protocol at discharge decreases total opioid dose prescribed for 6 weeks after elective primary spine surgery. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2020 06; 45(6):474-478. PMID: 32238478.
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    14. Chen YR, Johnson E, Montalvo C, Stratford S, Veeravagu A, Tharin S, Desai A, Ratliff J, Shuer L, Park J. Patient Satisfaction and Press Ganey Scores for Spine Versus Nonspine Neurosurgery Clinics. Clin Spine Surg. 2019 05; 32(4):E188-E192. PMID: 30969193.
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    15. Sussman ES, Ho A, Pendharkar AV, Tharin S. Image-guided Percutaneous Polymethylmethacrylate-augmented Spondylodesis for Painful Metastasis in the Veteran Population. Cureus. 2019 Apr 20; 11(4):e4509. PMID: 31259118.
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    16. Benzel E, Tharin S. Twitter - @WorldNeurosurg. World Neurosurg. 2018 03; 111:xxii-xxiii. PMID: 29499607.
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    17. Pollom EL, Fujimoto DK, Han SS, Harris JP, Tharin SA, Soltys SG. Newly diagnosed glioblastoma: adverse socioeconomic factors correlate with delay in radiotherapy initiation and worse overall survival. J Radiat Res. 2018 Mar 01; 59(suppl_1):i11-i18. PMID: 29432548.
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    18. Lubelski D, Tharin S, Como JJ, Steinmetz MP, Vallier H, Moore T. Surgical timing for cervical and upper thoracic injuries in patients with polytrauma. J Neurosurg Spine. 2017 Dec; 27(6):633-637. PMID: 28984515.
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    19. Chaudhary N, Lee JS, Wu JY, Tharin S. Evidence for Use of Teriparatide in Spinal Fusion Surgery in Osteoporotic Patients. World Neurosurg. 2017 Apr; 100:551-556. PMID: 27923758.
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    20. Iyer A, Azad TD, Tharin S. Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy. Clin Spine Surg. 2016 12; 29(10):408-414. PMID: 27352369.
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    21. Chen YR, Sung K, Tharin S. Symptomatic Anterior Cervical Osteophyte Causing Dysphagia: Case Report, Imaging, and Review of the Literature. Cureus. 2016 Feb 02; 8(2):e473. PMID: 27004150.
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    22. Song Y, Tharin S, Divi V, Prolo LM, Sirjani DB. Anterolateral approach to the upper cervical spine: Case report and operative technique. Head Neck. 2015 Sep; 37(9):E115-9. PMID: 25522016.
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    23. Tharin S, Mayer E, Krishnaney A. Lumbar microdiscectomy and lumbar decompression improve functional outcomes and depression scores. Evid Based Spine Care J. 2012 Nov; 3(4):65-6. PMID: 23526915.
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    24. Tharin S, Kothapalli CR, Ozdinler PH, Pasquina L, Chung S, Varner J, DeValence S, Kamm R, Macklis JD. A microfluidic device to investigate axon targeting by limited numbers of purified cortical projection neuron subtypes. Integr Biol (Camb). 2012 Nov; 4(11):1398-405. PMID: 23034677.
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    25. Tharin S, Benzel EC. Cervical spine arthroplasty: fact or fiction: the absence of need for arthroplasty. Clin Neurosurg. 2012; 59:82-90. PMID: 22960518.
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    26. Slotkin JR, Cahill KS, Tharin SA, Shapiro EM. Cellular magnetic resonance imaging: nanometer and micrometer size particles for noninvasive cell localization. Neurotherapeutics. 2007 Jul; 4(3):428-33. PMID: 17599708.
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    27. Tharin S, Golby A. Functional brain mapping and its applications to neurosurgery. Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr; 60(4 Suppl 2):185-201; discussion 201-2. PMID: 17415154.
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    28. Su CW, Tharin S, Jin Y, Wightman B, Spector M, Meili D, Tsung N, Rhiner C, Bourikas D, Stoeckli E, Garriga G, Horvitz HR, Hengartner MO. The short coiled-coil domain-containing protein UNC-69 cooperates with UNC-76 to regulate axonal outgrowth and normal presynaptic organization in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Biol. 2006; 5(4):9. PMID: 16725058.
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    29. Tharin S, Hamel PA, Conway EM, Michalak M, Opas M. Regulation of calcium binding proteins calreticulin and calsequestrin during differentiation in the myogenic cell line L6. J Cell Physiol. 1996 Mar; 166(3):547-60. PMID: 8600158.
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    30. Tharin S, Dziak E, Michalak M, Opas M. Widespread tissue distribution of rabbit calreticulin, a non-muscle functional analogue of calsequestrin. Cell Tissue Res. 1992 Jul; 269(1):29-37. PMID: 1423482.
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