{"id":202,"date":"2017-12-06T20:24:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T20:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/samuelcholab\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2021-07-14T13:38:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T13:38:41","slug":"varun-arvind-ms2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/samuelcholab\/varun-arvind-ms2\/","title":{"rendered":"Varun Arvind, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-203\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/samuelcholab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2017\/12\/headshot-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/samuelcholab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2017\/12\/headshot-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/samuelcholab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2017\/12\/headshot.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MD2 (MD\/PhD),\u00a0Orthopaedics<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"mailto:varun.arvind@icahn.mssm.edu\"><u>varun.arvind@icahn.mssm.edu<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/varunarvind\">Linked In<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hometown<\/strong><br \/>\nPiscataway, NJ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><br \/>\nBS, Biomedical Engineering Rutgers University<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research<\/strong><br \/>\nMy clinical research interests involve the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve risk prognostication, surgical outcomes, and diagnostics in orthopedic surgery. My basic science interests include the study of musculoskeletal developmental biology and tissue engineering applications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Future Plans<\/strong><br \/>\nMy future interests include becoming an orthopedic surgeon in an academic institution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hobbies\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In my free time, you\u2019ll find me hiking or cooking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kim, J.S., Merrill, R.K., <strong>Arvind, V.<\/strong>, Kaji, D., Pasik, S.D., Nwachukwu, C.C., Vargas, L., Osman, N.S., Oermann, E.K., Caridi, J.M. and Cho, S.K., 2017. Examining the Ability of Artificial Neural Networks Machine Learning Models to Accurately Predict Complications Following Posterior Lumbar Spine Fusion.\u00a0<em>Spine<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arvind, V.<\/strong>, Costa, A., Badgeley, M., Cho, S. and Oermann, E., 2017. Wide and deep volumetric residual networks for volumetric image classification.\u00a0<em>arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.01217<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Hussain, A.K., Vig, K.S., Cheung, Z.B., Phan, K., Lima, M.C., Kim, J.S., Kaji, D.A., <strong>Arvind, V<\/strong>. and Cho, S.K.W., 2017. The Impact of Metastatic Spinal Tumor Location on 30-Day Perioperative Mortality and Morbidity After Surgical Decompression.\u00a0<em>Spine<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arvind, V<\/strong>. and Huang, A.H., 2017. Mechanobiology of limb musculoskeletal development.\u00a0<em>Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>SL Vega, E Liu, <strong> Arvind<\/strong>, J. Bushman, HK Sung, M. Becker, S Leli\u00e8vre, J. Kohn, PA Vidi, PV Moghe. \u201cHigh-content image informatics of the structural nuclear protein NuMA parses trajectories for stem\/progenitor cell lineages and oncogenic transformation\u201d. <em>Experimental Cell Research<\/em>, 10.1016\/j.yexcr.2016.12.018 (2016).<\/li>\n<li>SL Vega, A. Dhaliwal, <strong> Arvind<\/strong>, P.J. Patel, N Beijer, J. de Boer, N.S. Murthy, J. Kohn, P.V. Moghe. \u201cOrganizational Metrics of Interchromatin Speckle Factor Domains: Integrative Classifier for Stem Cell Adhesion &amp; Lineage Signaling\u201d. <em>Integrative Biology<\/em>, doi: 10.1039\/C4IB00281D (2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Podium Presentations\/Invited Talks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kaji,<strong> V. Arvind<\/strong>, J. Kim, J.M. Caridi, S.K. Cho. \u201cArtificial Intelligence (AI) Can Predict Complications Better Than Traditional Statistical Testing Following Fusion for Anterior Lumbar Fusion (ALF)\u201d. <em>Podium presentation at NASS <\/em>(2017).<\/li>\n<li><strong> Arvind<\/strong>, D. Kaji , J. Kim, J.M. Caridi, S.K. Cho. \u201cArtificial Intelligence (AI) Can Predict Postoperative Complications Better Than Traditional Statistical Testing Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF)\u201d. <em>Podium presentation at NASS <\/em>(2017).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Poster Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kim, <strong>V. Arvind<\/strong>, D. Kaji, J.M. Caridi, S.K. Cho. \u201cIntelligently Predicting Surgical Complications In Adult Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy And Fusion (ACDF) Using Machine Learning\u201d. (2017) E<em>-Poster at CSRS.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>K. Hussain, K.S. Vig, D. Kaji, P. Kothari, W. Ranson, S. Jacobs, C.O. Ukogu, J.S. Kim, <strong>V. Arvind<\/strong>, S.K. Cho. \u201cHypoalbuminemia as an Independent Risk Factor for 30-Day Morbidity and Mortality in Cervicothoracic Spinal Tumor Excision\u201d. <em>Poster at Scoliosis Research Society<\/em> (2017).<\/li>\n<li>Lee, J. DiCapua, P. Kothari, R. Bronheim, S. Somani, D. Kaji, <strong>V. Arvind<\/strong>, S.K. Cho. \u201cPreoperative Risk Factors for Delays to Surgery in Posterior Lumbar Fusion Procedures after Hospital Admission\u201d. <em>Poster at NSQIP conference<\/em> (2017).<\/li>\n<li>Somani, N. Lee, R. Bronheim, J. DiCapua, <strong>V. Arvind<\/strong>, D. Kaji, D. Leven, S.K. Cho. \u201cAssessing Differences From Surgical Specialty in Anterior Cervical Discectomy with Interbody Fusion\u201d. <em>Poster at NSQIP Conference <\/em>(2017).<\/li>\n<li>Kothari, R. Bronheim, J. DiCapua, N. Lee, S. Somani, D. Kaji, <strong>V. Arvind<\/strong>, S.K. Cho. \u201cDifferences in Patient Characteristics and Operative Outcomes for 22,581 Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgeries Between Neurosurgeons and Orthopedic Surgeons\u201d. <em>Poster at NSQIP conference <\/em>(2017).<\/li>\n<li><strong> Arvind<\/strong>, C. Bigarella, S. Ghaffari. \u201cAcetylation Modulates Foxo3 Activity in Stem and Progenitor Cells\u201d. <em>Poster Presented at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai<\/em>,<em> NY,<\/em> (Aug 8, 2014).<\/li>\n<li>Qadri, S. Vega, <strong>V. Arvind<\/strong>, I. Androulakis, P.V. Moghe. \u201cIntegrating High Content Cellular Profiling with Systems Biology\u201d. <em>Poster presented at RESBIO Symposium<\/em>, NJ, July, (2013).<\/li>\n<li>Aguilar, S. Vega, <strong> Arvind<\/strong>, S. Murthy, P.V. Moghe \u201cImaging-based method to predict topography-induced osteogenic differentiation\u201d. <em>Poster presented at RiSE Symposium<\/em>, NJ, July, (2013).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conference Proceedings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Arvind<\/strong>, D. Kaji , J. Kim, J.M. Caridi, S.K. Cho. \u201cArtificial Intelligence (AI) Can Predict Postoperative Complications Better Than Traditional Statistical Testing Following Posterior Lumbar Fusion (PLF)\u201d. <em>ePoster with time at<\/em> <em>NASS <\/em>(2017).<\/li>\n<li>Kaji,<strong> V. Arvind<\/strong>, J. Kim, J.M. Caridi, S.K. Cho. \u201cArtificial Intelligence (AI) Can Predict Complications Better Than Traditional Statistical Testing Following Posterior Cervical Fusion (PCF)\u201d. <em>ePoster at NASS <\/em>(2017).<\/li>\n<li><strong> Arvind<\/strong>, SL Vega, L. McCabe, N.S. Murthy, PV Moghe, J. Kohn. \u201cModulating stem cell-substrate interactions and differentiation by controlling substrate topography via microphase separation\u201d. <em>Frontiers<\/em>, doi: 10.3389\/conf.FBIOE.2016.01.02444 (2016).<\/li>\n<li>Dhaliwal, S. Vega, <strong> Arvind<\/strong>, M. Brenner, Z. Zhang, Y. Mao, J. Kohn, P.V. Moghe. \u201cParsing Stem Cell Phenotypes Using High Content Imaging of Mechanotransductive Nuclear Reporters\u201d. <em>Biomedical Engineering Society<\/em>, San Antonio, TX, (2014).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Awards\/ Honors<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">2017<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"535\">Invited reviewer, <em>Global Spine Journal<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">2016<\/td>\n<td width=\"479\">4T32GM007280-40: NIH Medical Scientist Training Awardee &#8211; <em>NIH<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"55\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">2016<\/td>\n<td width=\"479\">Inducted into the <strong>Matthew Leydt Society<\/strong> given to student recognized for being in the top 1-2% of Rutgers graduates &#8211; <em>President\u2019s Office of Rutgers University<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"55\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"479\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"55\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">2016<\/td>\n<td width=\"479\"><strong>Samuel Welkowitz Award<\/strong> the highest award given for academic excellence in biomedical engineering \u2013 <em>Rutgers University Department of Biomedical Engineering<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"55\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"479\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"55\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"89\">2015<\/td>\n<td width=\"479\"><strong>Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship<\/strong> given for students pursuing careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering, and is the most prestigious undergraduate award given in the sciences &#8211; <em>United States Congress<\/em><\/td>\n<td width=\"55\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Spoken Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English, Tamil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Written Language<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MD2 (MD\/PhD),\u00a0Orthopaedics Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai varun.arvind@icahn.mssm.edu Linked In Hometown Piscataway, NJ Education BS, Biomedical Engineering Rutgers University Research My clinical research interests involve the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve risk prognostication, surgical outcomes, and diagnostics in orthopedic surgery. 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