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Ara Nazarian, Dr.Sc.

TitleAssistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
InstitutionBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
DepartmentOrthopedic Surgery
AddressBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Research North 115
330 Brookline Ave
Boston MA 02215
Phone617/667-2940
Fax617/667-7175

 Mentoring 
 completed student projects
A Biomechanical Evaluation of the Sequent Meniscal Repair Device
Summer, 06/06/12 - 08/17/12

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 selected publications
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  1. Gordon LB, Kleinman ME, Miller DT, Neuberg DS, Giobbie-Hurder A, Gerhard-Herman M, Smoot LB, Gordon CM, Cleveland R, Snyder BD, Fligor B, Bishop WR, Statkevich P, Regen A, Sonis A, Riley S, Ploski C, Correia A, Quinn N, Ullrich NJ, Nazarian A, Liang MG, Huh SY, Schwartzman A, Kieran MW. Clinical trial of a farnesyltransferase inhibitor in children with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 9; 109(41):16666-71.
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  2. Cleveland RH, Gordon LB, Kleinman ME, Miller DT, Gordon CM, Snyder BD, Nazarian A, Giobbie-Hurder A, Neuberg D, Kieran MW. A prospective study of radiographic manifestations in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome. Pediatr Radiol. 2012 Sep; 42(9):1089-98.
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  3. Entezari V, Vartanians V, Zurakowski D, Patel N, Fajardo RJ, Müller R, Snyder BD, Nazarian A. Further improvements on the factors affecting bone mineral density measured by quantitative micro-computed tomography. Bone. 2012 Mar; 50(3):611-8.
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  4. Rosso C, Kovtun K, Dow W, McKenzie B, Nazarian A, DeAngelis JP, Ramappa AJ. Comparison of all-inside meniscal repair devices with matched inside-out suture repair. Am J Sports Med. 2011 Dec; 39(12):2634-9.
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  5. Nazarian A, Araiza Arroyo FJ, Rosso C, Aran S, Snyder BD. Tensile properties of rat femoral bone as functions of bone volume fraction, apparent density and volumetric bone mineral density. J Biomech. 2011 Sep 2; 44(13):2482-8.
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  6. Gordon CM, Gordon LB, Snyder BD, Nazarian A, Quinn N, Huh S, Giobbie-Hurder A, Neuberg D, Cleveland R, Kleinman M, Miller DT, Kieran MW. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria is a skeletal dysplasia. J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Jul; 26(7):1670-9.
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  7. Entezari V, Basto PA, Vartanians V, Zurakowski D, Snyder BD, Nazarian A. Non-invasive assessment of failure torque in rat bones with simulated lytic lesions using computed tomography based structural rigidity analysis. J Biomech. 2011 Feb 3; 44(3):552-6.
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  8. McGlaston TJ, Entezari V, Nazarian A, Ramappa AJ. The safe zone for TransFix fixation in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using the anteromedial portal technique. Arthroscopy. 2011 Jan; 27(1):77-82.
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  9. Pierre MA, Zurakowski D, Nazarian A, Hauser-Kara DA, Snyder BD. Assessment of the bilateral asymmetry of human femurs based on physical, densitometric, and structural rigidity characteristics. J Biomech. 2010 Aug 10; 43(11):2228-36.
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  10. Nazarian A, Pezzella L, Tseng A, Baldassarri S, Zurakowski D, Evans CH, Snyder BD. Application of structural rigidity analysis to assess fidelity of healed fractures in rat femurs with critical defects. Calcif Tissue Int. 2010 May; 86(5):397-403.
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  11. Cao H, Nazarian A, Ackerman JL, Snyder BD, Rosenberg AE, Nazarian RM, Hrovat MI, Dai G, Mintzopoulos D, Wu Y. Quantitative (31)P NMR spectroscopy and (1)H MRI measurements of bone mineral and matrix density differentiate metabolic bone diseases in rat models. Bone. 2010 Jun; 46(6):1582-90.
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  12. Cory E, Nazarian A, Entezari V, Vartanians V, Müller R, Snyder BD. Compressive axial mechanical properties of rat bone as functions of bone volume fraction, apparent density and micro-ct based mineral density. J Biomech. 2010 Mar 22; 43(5):953-60.
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  13. Nazarian A, Meier D, Müller R, Snyder BD. Functional dependence of cancellous bone shear properties on trabecular microstructure evaluated using time-lapsed micro-computed tomographic imaging and torsion testing. J Orthop Res. 2009 Dec; 27(12):1667-74.
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  14. Nazarian A, Entezari V, Vartanians V, Müller R, Snyder BD. An improved method to assess torsional properties of rodent long bones. J Biomech. 2009 Aug 7; 42(11):1720-5.
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  15. Nazarian A, Hermannsson BJ, Muller J, Zurakowski D, Snyder BD. Effects of tissue preservation on murine bone mechanical properties. J Biomech. 2009 Jan 5; 42(1):82-6.
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  16. Nazarian A, Bauernschmitt M, Eberle C, Meier D, Müller R, Snyder BD. Design and validation of a testing system to assess torsional cancellous bone failure in conjunction with time-lapsed micro-computed tomographic imaging. J Biomech. 2008 Dec 5; 41(16):3496-501.
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  17. Nazarian A, von Stechow D, Zurakowski D, Müller R, Snyder BD. Bone volume fraction explains the variation in strength and stiffness of cancellous bone affected by metastatic cancer and osteoporosis. Calcif Tissue Int. 2008 Dec; 83(6):368-79.
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  18. Fajardo RJ, Cory E, Patel ND, Nazarian A, Laib A, Manoharan RK, Schmitz JE, DeSilva JM, MacLatchy LM, Snyder BD, Bouxsein ML. Specimen size and porosity can introduce error into microCT-based tissue mineral density measurements. Bone. 2009 Jan; 44(1):176-84.
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  19. Nazarian A, Cory E, Müller R, Snyder BD. Shortcomings of DXA to assess changes in bone tissue density and microstructure induced by metabolic bone diseases in rat models. Osteoporos Int. 2009 Jan; 20(1):123-32.
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  20. Nazarian A, Snyder BD, Zurakowski D, Müller R. Quantitative micro-computed tomography: a non-invasive method to assess equivalent bone mineral density. Bone. 2008 Aug; 43(2):302-11.
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  21. Betz OB, Betz VM, Nazarian A, Egermann M, Gerstenfeld LC, Einhorn TA, Vrahas MS, Bouxsein ML, Evans CH. Delayed administration of adenoviral BMP-2 vector improves the formation of bone in osseous defects. Gene Ther. 2007 Jul; 14(13):1039-44.
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  22. Wu Y, Dai G, Ackerman JL, Hrovat MI, Glimcher MJ, Snyder BD, Nazarian A, Chesler DA. Water- and fat-suppressed proton projection MRI (WASPI) of rat femur bone. Magn Reson Med. 2007 Mar; 57(3):554-67.
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  23. Nazarian A, Muller J, Zurakowski D, Müller R, Snyder BD. Densitometric, morphometric and mechanical distributions in the human proximal femur. J Biomech. 2007; 40(11):2573-9.
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  24. Nazarian A, Stauber M, Zurakowski D, Snyder BD, Müller R. The interaction of microstructure and volume fraction in predicting failure in cancellous bone. Bone. 2006 Dec; 39(6):1196-202.
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  25. Betz OB, Betz VM, Nazarian A, Pilapil CG, Vrahas MS, Bouxsein ML, Gerstenfeld LC, Einhorn TA, Evans CH. Direct percutaneous gene delivery to enhance healing of segmental bone defects. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Feb; 88(2):355-65.
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  26. Nazarian A, Stauber M, Müller R. Design and implementation of a novel mechanical testing system for cellular solids. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2005 May; 73(2):400-11.
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  27. Nazarian A, Müller R. Time-lapsed microstructural imaging of bone failure behavior. J Biomech. 2004 Jan; 37(1):55-65.
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  28. Kacena MA, Shivdasani RA, Wilson K, Xi Y, Troiano N, Nazarian A, Gundberg CM, Bouxsein ML, Lorenzo JA, Horowitz MC. Megakaryocyte-osteoblast interaction revealed in mice deficient in transcription factors GATA-1 and NF-E2. J Bone Miner Res. 2004 Apr; 19(4):652-60.
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