SandeepKathjuMD

Plastic Surgery • Pittsburgh, PA

Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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Office
320 E North Ave
Agh Surgery
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
Phone+1 412-359-6800

Fax+1 412-359-4721
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Education & Training

University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 1999 - 2001
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1995 - 1999
Huntington Memorial HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1994 - 1995
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

WV State Medical License 2021 - 2024
PA State Medical License 2000 - 2024
American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Otolaryngology
American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery

Clinical Trials

Use of Santyl Within an Accountable Care Organization Start of enrollment: 2016 Aug 01
Withdrawn
Phase 4

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

13 citations
Investigating the effects of Pirfenidone on TGF-β1 stimulated non-SMAD signaling pathways in Dupuytren's disease -derived fibroblasts.
Chaoming Zhou, Yael Zeldin, Mark E. Baratz, Sandeep Kathju, Latha Satish> ;BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2019 Mar 30
11 citations
Pericytes reduce inflammation and collagen deposition in acute wounds.
Richard J. Bodnar, Tianbing Yang, Lora H. Rigatti, Fang Liu, Alexander Evdokiou, Sandeep Kathju, Latha Satish> ;Cytotherapy. 2018 Aug 1
47 citations
Local Probiotic Therapy with Lactobacillus plantarum Mitigates Scar Formation in Rabbits after Burn Injury and Infection
Latha Satish, Phillip H. Gallo, Sandra Johnson, Cecelia C. Yates, Sandeep Kathju> ;Surgical Infections. 2017 Feb 1
1 citations
Application of Laser Capture Microdissection to Craniofacial Biology: Characterization of Anatomically Relevant Gene Expression in Normal and Craniosynostotic Rabbit S...
S. Alex Rottgers, Phillip H. Gallo, James R. Gilbert, Zoe M. MacIsaac, James J. Cray, DM Smith, Mark P. Mooney, Joseph E. Losee, Sandeep Kathju, Gregory F. Cooper> ;The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 2017 Jan 9
13 citations
Anti-fibrotic action of pirfenidone in Dupuytren’s disease-derived fibroblasts
Chaoming Zhou, Fang Liu, Phillip H. Gallo, Mark E. Baratz, Sandeep Kathju, Latha Satish> ;BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2016 Nov 11
60 citations
Local Application of Probiotic Bacteria Prophylaxes against Sepsis and Death Resulting from Burn Wound Infection
Anne Argenta, Latha Satish, Phillip H. Gallo, Fang Liu, Sandeep Kathju> ;Plos One. 2016 Oct 25
31 citations
Expression analysis of human adipose-derived stem cells during in vitro differentiation to an adipocyte lineage
Latha Satish, J. Michael Krill-Burger, Phillip H. Gallo, Shelley Des Etages, Fang Liu, Brian J. Philips, Sudheer Ravuri, Kacey G. Marra, William A. LaFramboise, Sandee...> ;BMC Medical Genomics. 2015 Jul 24
7 citations
Developing an animal model of Dupuytren’s disease by orthotopic transplantation of human fibroblasts into athymic rat
Latha Satish, Bradley Palmer, Fang Liu, Loukia K. Papatheodorou, Lora H. Rigatti, Mark E. Baratz, Sandeep Kathju> ;BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2015 Jun 7
33 citations
Direct demonstration of bacterial biofilms on prosthetic mesh after ventral herniorrhaphy.
Sandeep Kathju, Laura Nistico, Rachael Melton-Kreft, Leslie-Ann Lasko, Paul Stoodley> ;Surgical Infections. 2015 Mar 11
26 citations
Bacterial biofilms on implanted suture material are a cause of surgical site infection.
Sandeep Kathju, Laura Nistico, Irene Tower, Leslie-Ann Lasko, Paul Stoodley> ;Surgical Infections. 2014 Oct 14
218 citations
Biofilms in periprosthetic orthopedic infections.
Stephen J. McConoughey, Rob Howlin, Jeff F Granger, M. M. Manring, Jason H. Calhoun, Mark E. Shirtliff, Sandeep Kathju, Paul Stoodley> ;Future Microbiology. 2014 Oct 10
6 citations
Cloning of TgfβR1 and TgfβR2 and Likely Exclusion as Loci of Origin in a Rabbit Craniosynostotic Model.
Phillip H. Gallo, James J. Cray, Emily L. Durham, Joseph E. Losee, Mark P. Mooney, Gregory M. Cooper, Sandeep Kathju> ;The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 2014 Jan 9
7 citations
Increased CCT-eta expression is a marker of latent and active disease and a modulator of fibroblast contractility in Dupuytren's contracture.
Latha Satish, David B. O’Gorman, Sandra Johnson, Christina Raykha, Bing Siang Gan, James H.-C. Wang, Sandeep Kathju> ;Cell Stress & Chaperones. 2013 Jan 6
28 citations
Scarless integumentary wound healing in the mammalian fetus: Molecular basis and therapeutic implications
Sandeep Kathju, Phillip H. Gallo, Latha Satish> ;Birth Defects Research. Part C, Embryo Today. 2012 Sep 1
60 citations
Considering hidradenitis suppurativa as a bacterial biofilm disease.
Sandeep Kathju, Leslie-Ann Lasko, Paul Stoodley> ;FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology. 2012 Jul 1
21 citations
Fibroblasts from phenotypically normal palmar fascia exhibit molecular profiles highly similar to fibroblasts from active disease in Dupuytren's Contracture.
Latha Satish, William A. LaFramboise, Sandra Johnson, Linda Vi, Anna Njarlangattil, Christina Raykha, John M. Krill-Burger, Phillip H. Gallo, David B. O’Gorman, Bing S...> ;BMC Medical Genomics. 2012 May 4
12 citations
Mechanical effects, antimicrobial efficacy and cytotoxicity of usnic acid as a biofilm prophylaxis in PMMA
Sunghwan Kim, Robert Greenleaf, Mark Carl Miller, Latha Satish, Sandeep Kathju, Garth D. Ehrlich, J. Christopher Post, Nicholas G. Sotereanos, Paul Stoodley> ;Journal of Materials Science. Materials in Medicine. 2011 Sep 22
13 citations
Demonstration of Bacillus cereus in orthopaedic-implant-related infection with use of a multi-primer polymerase chain reaction-mass spectrometric assay: report of two ...
Phillip H. Gallo, Rachael Melton-Kreft, Laura Nistico, Nicholas G. Sotereanos, Jeffrey J. Sewecke, Paul Stoodley, Garth D. Ehrlich, J. William Costerton, Sandeep Kathju> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2011 Aug 3
10 citations
Molecular analysis of coronal perisutural tissues in a craniosynostotic rabbit model using polymerase chain reaction suppression subtractive hybridization
James J. Cray, Phillip H. Gallo, Emily L. Durham, Joseph E. Losee, Mark P. Mooney, Sandeep Kathju, Gregory M. Cooper> ;Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2011 Jul 1
5 citations
Chaperonin containing T-complex polypeptide (CCT) subunit expression in oral mucosal wounds and fibroblasts.
Latha Satish, Nancy Lo, Phillip H. Gallo, Sandra Johnson, Stephanie Haberman, Sandeep Kathju> ;Cell Stress & Chaperones. 2011 Jun 28
1 citations
Increased expression of Ero1L-alpha in healing fetal wounds
Phillip H. Gallo, Latha Satish, Sandra Johnson, Sandeep Kathju> ;BMC Research Notes. 2011 Jun 6
77 citations
Characterization of a mixed MRSA/MRSE biofilm in an explanted total ankle arthroplasty.
Paul Stoodley, Stephen F. Conti, Patrick J. DeMeo, Laura Nistico, Rachael Melton-Kreft, Sandra Johnson, Ali Darabi, Garth D. Ehrlich, J. William Costerton, Sandeep Kathju> ;FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology. 2011 Jun 1
56 citations
Reversal of TGF-β1 stimulation of α-smooth muscle actin and extracellular matrix components by cyclic AMP in Dupuytren's - derived fibroblasts
Latha Satish, Phillip H. Gallo, Mark E. Baratz, Sandra Johnson, Sandeep Kathju> ;BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2011 May 25
37 citations
Comparative supragenomic analyses among the pathogens Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae using a modification of the finite su...
Robert Boissy, Azad Ahmed, Benjamin Janto, Josh Earl, Barry G. Hall, Justin Hogg, Gordon D. Pusch, N. Luisa Hiller, Evan Powell, Jay Hayes, Susan Yu, Sandeep Kathju, P...> ;BMC Genomics. 2011 Apr 13
103 citations
New methods for the detection of orthopedic and other biofilm infections.
J. W. Costerton, James Christopher Post, Garth D. Ehrlich, Fen Z. Hu, Rachael Kreft, Laura Nistico, Sandeep Kathju, Paul Stoodley, Luanne Hall-Stoodley, Gerhard Maale,...> ;FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology. 2011 Mar 1
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