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Stavros Thomopoulos

Stavros Thomopoulos

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Medicine

D-Index
74
Citations
17676
World Ranking
19472
National Ranking
9693

Overview

Stavros Thomopoulos is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions across surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, epidemiology, rehabilitation, and biomedical engineering. The work centers on understanding tendon structure and treatment, shoulder injury and treatment, orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation, shoulder and clavicle injuries, knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, sports injuries and prevention, and bone tissue engineering materials.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • "Augmenting Tendon-to-Bone Repair with Functionally Graded Scaffolds," 2021, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • "Toughening mechanisms for the attachment of architectured materials: The mechanics of the tendon enthesis," 2021, Science Advances
  • "Rethinking Patellar Tendinopathy and Partial Patellar Tendon Tears: A Novel Classification System," 2020, The American Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "A mineralizing pool of Gli1-expressing progenitors builds the tendon enthesis and demonstrates therapeutic potential," 2022, Cell Stem Cell
  • "Primary cilia as the nexus of biophysical and hedgehog signaling at the tendon enthesis," 2020, Science Advances

Frequent coauthors identified in their body of work include:

  • Guy M. Genin
  • Fei Fang
  • Mikhail Golman
  • Iden Kurtaliaj
  • Adam C. Abraham

Their research has appeared repeatedly in specific publication venues, such as:

  • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Science Advances
  • The American Journal of Sports Medicine

The main fields of study are heavily centered on medicine, with a specialization in surgical and orthopedic disciplines. Subfields are dominated by surgery and orthopedics and sports medicine, but also encompass epidemiology, rehabilitation, and biomedical engineering.

Their work contributes to fundamental knowledge and clinical advances related to tendon repair, shoulder and knee injury management, and tissue engineering strategies.

Best Publications

  • Neer Award 1999: Overuse activity injures the supraspinatus tendon in an animal model: A histologic and biomechanical study

    L.J. Soslowsky;S. Thomopoulos;S. Tun;C.L. Flanagan

  • Mechanisms of tendon injury and repair.

    Stavros Thomopoulos;William C. Parks;Daniel B. Rifkin;Kathleen A. Derwin

  • Variation of biomechanical, structural, and compositional properties along the tendon to bone insertion site.

    Stavros Thomopoulos;Gerald R. Williams;Jonathan A. Gimbel;Michele Favata

  • Tendon to bone healing: differences in biomechanical, structural, and compositional properties due to a range of activity levels.

    S. Thomopoulos;G. R. Williams;L. J. Soslowsky

  • Functional attachment of soft tissues to bone: development, healing, and tissue engineering.

    Helen H. Lu;Stavros Thomopoulos

  • Characteristics of the rat supraspinatus tendon during tendon‐to‐bone healing after acute injury

    Leesa M. Galatz;Linda J. Sandell;Stefan Y. Rothermich;Rosalina Das

  • Rotator cuff defect healing: A biomechanical and histologic analysis in an animal model

    J.E. Carpenter;S. Thomopoulos;C.L. Flanagan;C.M. DeBano

  • The development and morphogenesis of the tendon-to-bone insertion - what development can teach us about healing -.

    Stavros Thomopoulos;Guy M. Genin;Leesa M. Galatz

  • THE ROLE OF MECHANOBIOLOGY IN TENDON HEALING

    Megan L. Killian;Leonardo Cavinatto;Leesa M. Galatz;Stavros Thomopoulos

  • The localized expression of extracellular matrix components in healing tendon insertion sites: an in situ hybridization study

    S. Thomopoulos;G. Hattersley;V. Rosen;M. Mertens

  • Rotator cuff tendinosis in an animal model: role of extrinsic and overuse factors

    Louis J. Soslowsky;Stavros Thomopoulos;Adil Esmail;Colleen L. Flanagan

  • Contribution of extracellular matrix to the mechanical properties of the heart

    Gregory M. Fomovsky;Stavros Thomopoulos;Jeffrey W. Holmes

  • Mineral Distributions at the Developing Tendon Enthesis

    Andrea G. Schwartz;Jill D. Pasteris;Guy M. Genin;Tyrone L. Daulton

  • Effect of Several Growth Factors on Canine Flexor Tendon Fibroblast Proliferation and Collagen Synthesis In Vitro

    Stavros Thomopoulos;Fred L. Harwood;Matthew J. Silva;David Amiel

  • Nicotine delays tendon-to-bone healing in a rat shoulder model.

    L M Galatz;M J Silva;S Y Rothermich;M A Zaegel

  • The Effects of Overuse Combined With Intrinsic or Extrinsic Alterations in an Animal Model of Rotator Cuff Tendinosis

    James E. Carpenter;Colleen L. Flanagan;Stavros Thomopoulos;Edward H. Yian

  • Sustained delivery of transforming growth factor beta three enhances tendon-to-bone healing in a rat model.

    Cionne N. Manning;H. Mike. Kim;Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert;Leesa M. Galatz

  • Long Durations of Immobilization in the Rat Result in Enhanced Mechanical Properties of the Healing Supraspinatus Tendon Insertion Site

    J. A. Gimbel;J. P. Van Kleunen;G. R. Williams;S. Thomopoulos

  • Complete removal of load is detrimental to rotator cuff healing.

    Leesa M. Galatz;Nichole Charlton;Rosalina Das;H. Mike Kim

  • Delayed repair of tendon to bone injuries leads to decreased biomechanical properties and bone loss

    L. M. Galatz;S. Y. Rothermich;M. Zaegel;M. J. Silva

Frequent Co-Authors

Younan Xia
Younan Xia Johns Hopkins University
Victor Birman
Victor Birman Missouri University of Science and Technology
Richard H. Gelberman
Richard H. Gelberman Washington University in St. Louis
Matthew J. Silva
Matthew J. Silva Washington University in St. Louis
Louis J. Soslowsky
Louis J. Soslowsky University of Pennsylvania
Jill D. Pasteris
Jill D. Pasteris Washington University in St. Louis
Jingwei Xie
Jingwei Xie University of Nebraska Medical Center
David Amiel
David Amiel University of California, San Diego
Robert Pless
Robert Pless George Washington University
Byeongdu Lee
Byeongdu Lee Argonne National Laboratory

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