Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Advanced Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship, Duke University School of Medicine 2016 - 2017
  • Neuromuscular Medicine Fellowship, Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine 2015 - 2016
  • Neurology Residency, Adult Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine 2012 - 2015
  • Internship, Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine 2011 - 2012
  • M.D., Thomas Jefferson University 2011
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Medical Instructor in the Department of Neurology, Neurology, General & Community Neurology, Neurology 2017 - 2018
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Phase I Single Ascending Dose and Multiple Ascending Dose Study of 2R,6R-Hydroxynorketamine awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2019
  • AANEM Autoimmune Neuromuscular Disorders Fellowship awarded by AANEM Foundation for Research & Education 2017 - 2018
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Gwathmey KG, Sadjadi R, Horton WB, Conaway MR, Barnett-Tapia C, Bril V, Russell JW, Shaibani A, Mauermann ML, Hehir MK, Kolb N, Guptill J, Hobson-Webb L, Gable K, Raja S, Silvestri N, Wolfe GI, Smith AG, Malik R, Traub R, Joshi A, Elliott MP, Jones S, Burns TM. Validation of a simple disease-specific, quality-of-life measure for diabetic polyneuropathy: CAPPRI. Neurology. 2018 Jun;90(23):e2034-e2041. PubMed Central PMCID: 29728528.  Full Text
    • Guptill JT, Raja S, Sanders DB, Narayanaswami P. Comparative effectiveness clinical trials to advance treatment of myasthenia gravis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2018 Feb;1413(1):69-75. PubMed Central PMCID: 29377158. (Review)  Full Text
    • Sanders DB, Guptill JT, Aleš KL, Hobson-Webb LD, Jacobus DP, Mahmood R, Massey JM, Pittman MM, Prather K, Raja SM, Yow E, Juel VC. Reliability of the triple-timed up-and-go test. Muscle & Nerve. 2018 Jan;57(1):136-139. PubMed Central PMCID: 28545168.  Full Text
    • Guptill JT, Raja SM, Boakye-Agyeman F, Noveck R, Ramey S, Tu TM, Laskowitz DT. Phase 1 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Determine the Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of a Single Escalating Dose and Repeated Doses of CN-105 in Healthy Adult Subjects. Journal of clinical pharmacology. 2017 Jun;57(6):770-776. PubMed PMID: 27990643.  Full Text
    • Yi JS, Russo MA, Massey JM, Juel V, Hobson-Webb LD, Gable K, Raja SM, Balderson K, Weinhold KJ, Guptill JT. B10 Cell Frequencies and Suppressive Capacity in Myasthenia Gravis Are Associated with Disease Severity. Frontiers in Neurology. 2017 Jan;8:34-. PubMed PMID: 28239367.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Chen S, Fu L, Raja SM, Yue P, Peterson YK, Khuri FR, Sun S-Y. Differential roles of DR4, DR5 and c-FLIP in regulation of geranylgeranyltransferase I inhibitor-induced augmentation of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-induced apoptosis. CANCER RESEARCH. 2009 May 1;69.  Link to Item
    • Raja SM, Chen S, Yue P, Acker TM, Lefkove B, Arbiser JL, Khuri FR, Sun S-Y. The natural product honokiol preferentially inhibits cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein and augments death receptor-induced apoptosis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 2008 Jul 1;7(7):2212-2223.  Full Text

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