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Karen Cyndari, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Current Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
  • Assistant Professor, Graduate Program in Interdisciplinary Immunology
  • Assistant Professor of Epidemiology

Education

  • BS in Biology, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, New York
  • MS in Natural Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute/University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
  • MD/PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
  • Emergency Medicine Residency, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Selected Publications

  • Zacharias, Z. Petersen, CA, and Cyndari, K. " Novel Monocyte/Macrophage Panel for Characterization of Synovial Fluid Myeloid Compartment. " To be submitted to Optimized Multicolor lmmunofluorescence Panel.
  • Cyndari , K. and White, L., Mudd, P., Vakkalanka J.P., Krispin, S., Wa lace, K., Schagrin , M., and Mohr, N. "Emergency Medicine Residency Support for MD/PhD Trainees: A National Cross-Sectional Study of Physician­ Scientist Programs." Academic Emergency Medicine Education & Training
  • Cyndari, K., Scorza, B., Zachari as, Z., Strand L., Mahachi, K., Oviedo J.M., Gibbs, L., Ausdal, G., Hendricks, D., Yahashiri, R., Pessoa-Pereira, D., Elkins, J.M., Gulbrandsen, T., Peterson, A.R., Wille y, M.C., Fairfax, K., and Petersen, C.A. " Resident Synovial Macrophages in Synovial Fluid: Implications for lmmunoregulation in Infectious and Inflammatory. Submitting Revisions to Clinical Immunology.
  • Oest, M .E., Miller M.A., Howard K.I., and Mann K.A., A Novel in Vitro Loading System to Produce Supra­ physiologic Oscillatory Fluid Shear Stress. Journal of Biomechanics 2014. 42(2): p. 518-525.
  • Howard K.I., Miller M.A., Damron T.A., and Mann, K.A., The Distribution of Implant Fixation for Femoral Components of TKA: A Postmortem Retrieval Study. The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2014. 29(9): p. 1863-1870.
  • Cyndari K.I., Goodheart J.R., Miller M.A., Oest M.E., Damron T.A., and Mann K.A., Peri-Implant Distribution of Polyethylene Debris in Postmortem-Retrieved Knee Arthroplasties: Can Polyethylene Debris Explain Loss of Cement-Bone Interlock in Successful Total Knee Arthroplasties? The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2017. 32(7): p. 2289- 2300.
  • Cyndari, K.I., Spice: Fake weed Can Pose a Real Danger. Next-Level Emergency Medicine. 12 October 2018. https:// www.nextIevelemergencymedicine.com/single-post/ 2018/10/ 12/ Spice-Fake-Weed -Can-Pose-a-Rea1- Danger
  • Mann, K.A., Miller, M .A., Amendola, R.L., Cyndari, K.I., Horton , J. A., Damron , T.A., Oest, M .E., Early Changes in Cement -Bone Fixation Using a Novel Rat Knee Replacement Model. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2019.
  • Coff ey, S.; Cyndari, K; Fitzgerald, B., Lancaster, G., Kotob , M ., Mowery, M., Zet s, R. The Benefit of EMS Experience During Residency. SAEM Pulse, November 2019. P30-32.
  • Pessoa-Pereira, D; Scorza B, Cyndari K, Beasley E, Petersen, CA. Modulation of macrophage redox and apoptotic processes to Leishmania infantum during coinfection with the tick-borne bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. Pathogens, July 2023.