1. Publications
Manuscript:
Amgad S. Hanna, Daniel L. Thompson, Daniel J. Hellenbrand, Jae­Sung Lee, Casey J. Madura,
Meredith G. Wesley, Natalie J. Dillon, Tapan Sharma, Connor J. Enright, and William L. Murphy.
Sustained Release of Neurotrophin­3 via Calcium Phosphate Coated Sutures Promotes
Axonal Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury. Submitted November 2015, Journal of
Neuroscience Research.
Research Editorial:
Tapan Sharma, BS. Gusthavo Cândido Pereira Alves, BS. John S. Kuo, MD PhD. ‘Inhibiting the
Inhibitors’ to support axonal regeneration. February 2016, Science Times­Neurosurgery.
University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Poster Presentation:
Sharma T, Enright CJ, St. Peter TJ, Dillon NJ, Wesley MG, Hellenbrand DJ, Hanna A. Treating
Spinal Cord Injuries with Nerve Grafts and Sutures Releasing Neurotrophin­3. October 2014,
Department of Neurological Surgery Research Day. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Sharma T, Pulito DJ, Reichl KA, Hellenbrand DJ, Hanna A. Recording Compound Action
Potentials in Rats after Spinal Cord Injury. November 2015, Department of Neurological Surgery
Research Day. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Hanna, A., Hellenbrand, D.J., Wesley, M.G., Sharma, T., Dillon, N.J., Enright, C.J., Fischer,
K.J., Bjerregaard, R., Madura, C.J., Thompson, D.L. and Lee, J., Treating Spinal Cord Injury
with Peripheral Nerve Grafts and Neurotrophin­3 Releasing Sutures. Congress of Neurological
Surgeons, October 21­23, 2013, San Francisco, CA.
Dillon NJ, Sharma T, Hellenbrand DJ, Springer RA, Buchholz MM, Hwang E., Peripheral Nerve
Grafts as Scaffolds for Axonal Growth in the Spinal Cord. University of Wisconsin
Undergraduate Symposium. December, 2012. April 2013, Madison, WI.
Reichl KA, Sharma T, Pulito DJ, Hellenbrand DJ, Hanna A. Comparison of Rat Spinal Cord
Injury Models. November 2015, Department of Neurological Surgery Research Day. University
of Wisconsin, Madison.