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Publications

Neurology of social graces in patients with language deficits

Sofia Carozza, Amar Dhand

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

January 2026

Personal social network analysis in cerebellar ataxia: Exploring correlations with quality of life and functional outcomes

James Concepción, Ciara de Brun, George Usmanov, Lauren Powell, Basia Rogula, Amar Dhand, Jeremy D Schmahmann

The Cerebellum

January 2026

The role of personal social networks in social participation for adult burn survivors: A cohort study

Huan Deng, Cailin A Abouzeid, Pengsheng Ni, Zachary Robert Rothfeld‑Wehrwein, Amar Dhand, Mary D Slavin, Juan P Herrera‑Escobar, Lewis E Kazis, Colleen M Ryan, Jeffrey C Schneider

Clinical Rehabilitation

December 2025

Precipitation, EMS use, and time to presentation of acute ischemic stroke in the Get With the Guidelines-Stroke registry

Marisa Berner, Mathew Reeves, George S Usmanov, Kevin N Sheth, Amar Dhand

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

September 2025

Changing genes, cells and networks to reprogram the brain after stroke

Wenlu Li, Paul George, Matine M Azadian, MingMing Ning, Amar Dhand, Steven C Cramer, S Thomas Carmichael, Eng H Lo

Nature Neuroscience

June 2025

Social network intervention to improve blood pressure control after stroke: The TEAMS-BP randomized clinical trial

Amar Dhand, Katherine Crum, Kaitlin E Hanken, Gauri Bhatkhande, Melinda Luo, Ian M Corbin, George Usmanov, Zachary Rothfeld-Wehrwein, Vrushali Dhongade, David Lin, Chloe Slocum, Nancy Haff, Niteesh K Choudhry

Social Science & Medicine

May 2025

Whole-brain white matter variation across childhood environments

Sofia Carozza, Isaiah Kletenik, Duncan Astle, Lee Schwamm, Amar Dhand

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA

April 2025

Assessment of the sensitivity of a smartphone app to assist patients in the identification of stroke and myocardial infarction: Cross-sectional study

Amar Dhand, Rama Mangipudi, Anubodh S Varshney, Jonathan R Crowe, Andria L Ford, Nancy K Sweitzer, Min Shin, Samuel Tate, Haissam Haddad, Michael E Kelly, James Muller, Jay S Shavadia

JMIR Publications

March 2025

A pilot study to quantify and describe personal social networks in patients with glioblastoma 

John Y Rhee, Carissa Mastrangelo, Paul J Miller, Gilbert Youssef, Zachary Tentor, Zachary R Rothfeld-Wehrwein, Vrushali A Dhongade, Vihang Nakhate, Tracy Batchelor, Amar Dhand

Neuro-Oncology Practice

January 2025

Role of hospital connectedness in brain metastasis outcomes

Lilin Tong, Ruchit V Patel, Ayal A Aizer, Amar Dhand, Wenya Linda Bi 

JAMA Network Open

September 2024

Community-engaged randomised controlled trial to disseminate COVID-19 vaccine-related information and increase uptake among black individuals in two US cities with rheumatic conditions

Greta Sirek, Daniel Erickson, Lutfiyya N Muhammad, Elena Losina, Mia T Chandler, Mary Beth Son, Monica Crespo-Bosque, Michael York, Muriel Jean-Jacques, Holly Milaeger, Neil Pillai, Tonya Roberson, Anh Chung, Maxwell Shramuk, Eseosa Osaghae, Jessica Williams, Bisola O Ojikutu, Amar Dhand, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Candace H Feldman

BMJ Open

August 2024

Interhospital transfer dynamics for patients with intracranial hemorrhage in Massachusetts

Ruchit V Patel, Lilin Tong, Bradley J Molyneaux, Nirav J Patel, Mohammed A Aziz-Sultan, Amar Dhand, Wenya Linda Bi

Frontiers in Neurology

July 2024

Unshared minds, decaying worlds: Towards a pathology of chronic loneliness

Ian Marcus Corbin, Amar Dhand

Journal of Medicine & Philosophy

May 2024

Mapping the ecological terrain of stroke prehospital delay: A nationwide registry study

Amar Dhand, Mathew J Reeves, Yi Mu, Bernard A Rosner, Zachary R Rothfeld-Wehrwein, Amber Nieves, Vrushali A Dhongade, Molly Jarman, Regan W Bergmark, Robert S Semco, Jeremy Ader, Brandon D L Marshall, William C Goedel, Gregg C Fonarow, Eric E Smith, Jeffrey L Saver, Lee H Schwamm, Kevin N Sheth

Stroke

May 2024

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the personal networks and neurological outcomes of people with multiple sclerosis: Cross-sectional and longitudinal case-control study

Claire Riley, Shruthi Venkatesh, Amar Dhand, Nandini Doshi, Katelyn Kavak, Elle Levit, Christopher Perrone, Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, Erin Longbrake, Philip De Jager, Zongqi Xia

JMIR Public Health Surveill

February 2024

Personal social networks and care-seeking for head and neck cancer: A qualitative study

Sana Batool, Elisabeth E Hansen, Rosh K V Sethi, Eleni M Rettig, Laura A Goguen, Donald Annino, Ravindra Uppaluri, Heather A Edwards, Daniel L Faden, Daniel Dohan, Amar Dhand, Amanda J Reich, Regan W Bergmark

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

December 2023

The adaptive stochasticity hypothesis: Modeling equifinality, multifinality, and adaptation to adversity

Sofia Carozza, Danyal Akarca, and Duncan Astle

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

October 2023

Hearing and sociality: The implications of hearing loss on social life

Archana Podury, Nicole T Jiam, Minsu Kim, Jonah I. Donnenfield, Amar Dhand

Frontiers in Neuroscience

October 2023

Sustainability of personal social networks of people with Down syndrome

Ayesha Harisinghani, Amar Dhand, Ellen Hollands Steffensen, Brian G Skotko

American Journal of Medical Genetics

September 2023

SocialBit: Protocol for a prospective observational study to validate a wearable social sensor for stroke survivors with diverse neurological abilities

Kelly White, Samuel Tate, Ross Zafonte, Shrikanth Narayanan, Matthias R Mehl, Min Shin, Amar Dhand

BMJ Open

August 2023

Dissecting patterns and predictors of interhospital transfers for patients with brain metastasis

Lilin Tong, Lila Medeiros, Erika L Moen, Amar Dhand, Wenya Linda Bi

Journal of Neurosurgery

July 2023

Understanding stakeholders’ perspectives to increase COVID-19 vaccine and booster uptake among black individuals with rheumatic conditions

Nenna Ezeh, Greta Sirek, Sciaska N. Ulysse, Jessica N. Williams, Mia T. Chandler, Bisola O. Ojikutu, Michael York, Monica Crespo-Bosque, Muriel Jean-Jacques, Tonya Roberson, Karen Mancera-Cuevas, Holly Milaeger, Elena Losina, Amar Dhand, Mary Beth Son, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Candace H. Feldman

Arthritis Care & Research

June 2023

Association of hospital centrality in inter-hospital patient-sharing networks with patient mortality and length of stay

Regan W Bergmark, Ginger Jin, Robert S Semco, Marc Santolini, Margaret A Olsen, Amar Dhand

PLOS ONE

March 2023

Mild neurocognitive disorder, social engagement and falls among older primary care patients

Lien T Quach, Mette M Pedersen, Elisa Ogawa, Rachel E Ward, David R Gagnon, Avron Spiro, Jeffrey A Burr, Jane A Driver, Michael Gaziano, Amar Dhand, Jonathan F Bean

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

December 2022

Personal social networks of people with Down syndrome

Brian G Skotko, Kavita Krell, Kelsey Haugen, Amy Torres, Amber Nieves, Amar Dhand

American Journal of Medical Genetics

November 2022

Leveraging social networks for the assessment and management of neurological patients

Amar Dhand, Archana Podury, Niteesh Choudhry, Shrikanth Narayanan, Min Shin, Matthias R Mehl

Seminars in Neurology

June 2022

Understanding online and offline social networks in illness management of older patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Mixed methods study using quantitative social network assessment and qualitative analysis

Andreas Andreou, Amar Dhand, Ivaylo Vassilev, Chris Griffiths, Pietro Panzarasa, Anna De Simoni

JMIR Formative Research

May 2022

Association of traumatic brain injury with the risk of developing chronic cardiovascular, endocrine, neurological, and psychiatric disorders

Saef Izzy, Patrick M Chen, Zabreen Tahir, Rachel Grashow, Farid Radmanesh, David J Cote, Taha Yahya, Amar Dhand, Hermon Taylor, Shirley L Shih, Omar Albastaki, Craig Rovito, Samuel B Snider, Michael Whalen, David M Nathan, Karen K Miller, Frank E Speizer, Aaron Baggish, Marc G Weisskopf, Ross Zafonte

JAMA Network Open

April 2022

Disparities in the geographic distribution of neurosurgeons in the United States: A geospatial analysis

Sarah Rahman, Justin C McCarty, Shekhar Gadkaree, Robert S Semco, Wenya Linda Bi, Amar Dhand, Molly P Jarman, Gezzer Ortega, Tarsicio Uribe-Leitz, Regan W Bergmark 

World Neurosurgery

April 2021

A feasibility study of expanded home-based telerehabilitation after stroke

Steven C Cramer, Lucy Dodakian, Vu Le, Alison McKenzie, Jill See, Renee Augsburger, Robert J Zhou, Sophia M Raefsky, Thalia Nguyen, Benjamin Vanderschelden, Gene Wong, Daniel Bandak, Laila Nazarzai, Amar Dhand, Walt Scacchi, Jutta Heckhausen

Frontiers in Neurology

February 2021

Social network structure is related to functional improvement from home-based telerehabilitation after stroke

Archana Podury, Sophia M Raefsky, Lucy Dodakian, Liam McCafferty, Vu Le, Alison McKenzie, Jill See, Robert J Zhou, Thalia Nguyen, Benjamin Vanderschelden, Gene Wong, Laila Nazarzai, Jutta Heckhausen, Steven C Cramer, Amar Dhand

Frontiers in Neurology

February 2021

Social network structure and composition in former NFL football players

Amar Dhand, Liam McCafferty, Rachel Grashow, Ian M. Corbin, Sarah Cohan, Alicia J. Whittington, Ann Connor, Aaron Baggish, Mark Weisskopf, Ross Zafonte, Alvaro Pascual-Leone & Albert-László Barabási 

Scientific Reports

February 2021

Concussion and risk of chronic medical and behavioral health comorbidities

Saef Izzy, Zabreen Tahir, Rachel Grashow, David J Cote, Ali Al Jarrah, Amar Dhand, Herman Taylor, Michael Whalen, David M Nathan, Karen Miller, Frank Speizer, Aaron Baggish, Marc Weisskopf, Ross D Zafonte

Journal of Neurotrauma

January 2021

Excess cerebrovascular mortality in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic

Richa Sharma, Lindsey R Kuohn, Daniel M Weinberger, Joshua L Warren, Lauren H Sansing, Adam Jasne, Guido Falcone, Amar Dhand, Kevin N Sheth

Stroke

January 2021

Head-to-head comparison of social network assessments in stroke survivors

Morgan Prust, Abby Halm, Simona Nedelcu, Amber Nieves, Amar Dhand 

The Neurohospitalist

August 2020

Association of social network structure and physical function in patients with multiple sclerosis

Seth N Levin, Claire S Riley, Amar Dhand, Charles C White, Shruthi Venkatesh, Blake Boehm, Caren Nassif, Lauren Socia, Kaho Onomichi, Victoria M Leavitt, Libby Levine, Rock Heyman, Rebecca S Farber, Wendy S Vargas, Zongqi Xia, Philip L De Jager

Neurology

August 2020

Affordability, accessibility, and awareness in the adoption of liquefied petroleum gas: A case-control study in rural India

Praveen Kumar, Robert Ethan Dover, Antonia Díaz-Valdés Iriarte, Smitha Rao, Romina Garakani, Sophia Hadingham, Amar Dhand, Rachel G. Tabak, Ross C. Brownson, Gautam N. Yadama

Sustainability

June 2020

Social network mapping and functional recovery within 6 months of ischemic stroke

Amar Dhand, Catherine E Lang, Douglas A Luke, Angela Kim, Karen Li, Liam McCafferty, Yi Mu, Bernard Rosner, Steven K Feske, Jin-Moo Lee

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

September 2019

A network approach to stroke systems of care

Kori S Zachrison, Amar Dhand, Lee H Schwamm, Jukka-Pekka Onnela

Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, 12(8)

August 2019

Individual differences in social network size linked to nucleus accumbens and hippocampal volume in functional neurological disorder: A pilot study

Juan Pablo Ospina, Anna G Larson, Rozita Jalilianhasanpour, Benjamin Williams, Ibai Diez, Amar Dhand, Bradford C Dickerson, David L Perez

Journal of Affective Disorders 258, pp. 50.

July 2019

Social networks and risk of delayed hospital arrival after acute stroke

Amar Dhand, Douglas Luke, Catherine Lang, Michael Tsiaklides, Steven Feske, Jin-Moo Lee

Nature Communications 10, pp. 1206

March 2019

A scalable online tool for quantitative social network assessment reveals potentially modifiable social environmental risks 

Amar Dhand, Charles C White, Catherine Johnson, Zongqi Xia, Philip L De Jag 

Nature Communications 9, pp. 3930

September 2018

Networks of hospital discharge planning teams and readmissions

Beth Prusaczyk, Sunil Kripalani, Amar Dhan

Journal of Interprofessional Care, pp. 1-8

August 2018

Social network trajectories in myocardial infarction versus ischemic stroke

Amar Dhand, W T Longstreth Jr, Paulo H M Chaves, Mandip S Dhamoon

Journal of the American Heart Association, 7(8)

April 2018

Sex venue-based network analysis to identify HIV prevention dissemination targets for men who have sex with men

Rupa R Patel, Douglas A Luke, Enola K Proctor, William G Powderly, Philip A Chan, Kenneth H Mayer, Laura C Harrison, Amar Dhand

LGBT Health 5(1), pp. 78-85

January 2018

Adoption and sustained use of cleaner cooking fuels in rural India: A case-control study protocol to understand household, network, and organizational drivers

Praveen Kumar, Amar Dhand, Rachel G Tabak, Ross C Brownson, Gautam N Yadama

Archives of Public Health, 75(1)

December 2017

Converse well-being of locked-in patients and caregivers

Simone Renault, Amar Dhand

Annals of Neurology 82(3) pp. 490-491

August 2017

Accuracy of wearable cameras to track social interactions in stroke survivors

Amar Dhand, Alexandra E Dalton, Douglas A Luke, Brian F Gage, Jin-Moo Lee

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 25(12), pp. 2907-2910

December 2016

Monitoring the diagnostic process on an inpatient neurology service

Amar Dhand, Robert Bucelli, Arun Varadhachary, Michael Tsiaklides, Gabriela de Bruin, Gurpreet Dhaliwal

The Neurohospitalist, 7(3), pp. 132-136

November 2016

Caregivers and families of critically ill patients

Amar Dhand, Steven K Feske

New England Journal of Medicine, 375(10), pp. 1000-1002

September 2016

Social networks and neurological illness

Amar Dhand, Douglas A Luke, Catherine E Lang, Jin-Moo Lee

Nature Reviews Neurology, 12(10), pp. 605-612

September 2016

Academic cross-pollination: The role of disciplinary affiliation in research collaboration

Amar Dhand, Douglas A Luke, Bobbi J Carothers, Bradley A Evanoff

PLOS ONE, 11(1)

January 2016

Early withdrawal decision-making in patients with coma after cardiac arrest: A qualitative study of intensive care clinicians

Charlene J Ong, Amar Dhand, Michael N Diringer

Neurocritical Care, 25(2), pp.258-265

October 2016

Quality metrics in inpatient neurology

Amar Dhand

Seminars in Neurology, 35(6)

December 2015

Breaking down silos: Mapping growth of cross-disciplinary collaboration in a translational science initiative

Douglas A Luke, Bobbi J Carothers, Amar Dhand, Ryan A Bell, Sarah Moreland-Russell, Cathy C Sarli, Bradley A Evanoff

Clinical and Translational Science, 8(2), pp. 143-149

April 2015

Teaching video neuroimages: Movement of a paralyzed arm with yawning

Peter Kang, Amar Dhand

Neurology, 84(16), pp. 708-715

April 2015

Hemicraniectomy for middle cerebral artery stroke

Amar Dhand, William M Landau

New England Journal of Medicine, 370(24), pp. 2346

June 2014

Author response

Amar Dhand, John Engstrom, Gurpreet Dhaliwal

Neurology, 82(17), pp. 1568

April 2014

Introducing the neurology milestones

Steven L Lewis, Ralph F Józefowicz, Shannon Kilgore, Amar Dhand, Laura Edgar

The Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 6(1 Suppl 1), pp. 102-4

March 2014

Leadership in neurology: A social network analysis

Amar Dhand, Jordan Harp, Stephen P Borgatti

Annals of Neurology, 75(3), pp.342-50

March 2014

The neurology of itch

Amar Dhand, Michael J Aminoff

Brain, 137(Pt 2) pp. 313-22

February 2014

How experienced community neurologists make diagnoses during clinical encounters

Amar Dhand, John Engstrom, Gurpreet Dhaliwal

Neurology, 81(16), pp. 1460-1466

October 2013

Defining scholarly activity in graduate medical education

Erin C Grady, Adam Roise, Daniel Barr, Douglas Lynch, Katherine Bao-Shian Lee, Timothy Daskivich, Amar Dhand, Paris D Butler

The Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 4(4), pp. 558-561

December 2012

Right brain: The case library as a tool to enhance clinical observation

Amar Dhand

Neurology, 8(7), pp. 512-513

February 2012

Examining patient conceptions: A case of metastatic breast cancer in an African American male-to-female transgender patient

Amar Dhand, Gurpreet Dhaliwal

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 25(2), pp. 158-161

February 2010

Increasing aerobic exercise in the community: The adult playground in Beijing, China

Amar Dhand, Xiaojun Zhang, S Andrew Josephson

Archives of Neurology, 67(10), pp. 1283-1284

October 2010

Cardiac rupture after intravenous tPA administration in acute ischemic stroke

Amar Dhand, Kazuma Nakagawa, Seema Nagpal, Jeffrey M Gelfand, Anthony S Kim, Wade S Smith, Tarik Tihan

Neurocritical Care, 13(2), pp. 261-262

October 2010

The roles performed by peer educators during outreach among heroin addicts in India: Ethnographic insights

Amar Dhand

Social Science & Medicine, 63(10), pp. 2674-2685

November 2006

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