PhD, Freelance medical writer

Shekhar Patil, PhD

347-***-****(Cell) **************@*****.*** http://www.linkedin.com/in/patilshekhar

Experience

Grants Coordinator, IACUC, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Sept 2013-present

• Reviewed IACUC protocols and extramural grant applications to ensure that the studies

meet federal and accreditation agency guidelines

• Inspected animal facilities and research laboratories to ensure care and use of experimental

animals meet regulations and guidelines of federal and accreditation agencies

• Managed submissions of hundreds of research protocols through their scientific review

process until approval for research animal use

Website Coordinator, AMWA- New York Chapter 2014-present

• Wrote and updated content for the AMWA-New York Chapter website

Freelance Medical Writer and Editor 2013-present

• Edited several research and clinical manuscripts including original research articles,

reviews, case reports, case studies, etc.

Editor, The Mount Sinai Postdoc Periodical 2012-2013

• Started an e-Newsletter to highlight the research accomplishments of 500+ post-doctoral

fellows at Mount Sinai Medical Center

• Interviewed scientists about their research and summarized it in the newsletter for wider

audience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2005-2013

• Received the competitive research fellowship from New York State Department of Health

• Authored 2 and co-authored 5 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals

• Presented research at various international meetings including Society for Neuroscience

• Trained and supervised several graduate students and associates

• Mentored several high school students, 2 were winners of the 2012 Siemens Competition and

Intel Science and Engineering Fair

• Regularly wrote science related guest blogs

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine 2002-2005

• Presented research at Society for Neuroscience, 2003

• Oversaw the work of 2 technicians and trained several associates

• Volunteered to teach molecular biology to local middle school students

Selected Publications:

1) Patil S, Totey SM. Developmental failure of hybrid embryos generated by in vitro

fertilization of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) oocyte with bovine spermatozoa. Mol Reprod

Dev. 2003, Mar;64(3):360-8.

2) Bingham SM, Sittaramane V, Mapp O, Patil S, Prince VE, Chandrasekhar A. Multiple

mechanisms mediate motor neuron migration in the zebrafish hindbrain. Dev Neurobiol.

2010 Feb;70(2):87-99.

3) Patil SB, Brock JH, Colman DR, Huntley GW. Neuropathic pain- and glial derived

neurotrophic factor-associated regulation of cadherins in spinal circuits of the dorsal horn.

Pain. 2011 Apr;152(4):924-35

4) Huntley GW, Elste A, Patil SB, Bozdagi O, Benson DL, and Steward O. Synaptic loss and

retention of different classic cadherins with LTP-associated synaptic structural remodeling

in vivo. Hippocampus. 2012 Jan;22(1):17-28

5) Parikh P, Hao Y, Hosseinkhani M, Patil SB, Huntley GW, Tessier-Lavigne M, Zou H.

Regeneration of Axons in Injured Spinal Cord by Activation of BMP/Smad1 Signaling

Pathway in Adult Neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci 2011, May10;108(19):99-107

6) Mortillo S, Elste A, Ge Y, Patil SB, Hsiao K, Huntley GW, Davis RL, Benson DL.

Compensatory redistribution of neuroligins and N-cadherin following deletion of synaptic

β1-integrin. J Comp Neurol. 2012 Jun 15;520(9):2041-52.

7) Nikitczuk JS, Patil SB, Matikainen-Ankney BA, Scarpa J, Shapiro ML, Benson DL, Huntley

GW. N-cadherin regulates molecular organization of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic

circuits in adult hippocampus in vivo. Hippocampus. 2014 Aug;24(8):943-62

8) Carcea I, Patil SB, Robison AJ, Mesias R, Huntsman MM, Froemke RC, Buxbaum JD,

Huntley GW, Benson D. Maturation of cortical circuits requires Sema7A. PNAS. 2014 Sept

23;111(38):13978-83

Selected Presentations

1) Neuropathic pain-induced regulation of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in higher centers of

the CNS. SB Patil, and GW. Huntley. Society for Neuroscience 2009

2) Synaptic loss and retention of different classic cadherins with LTP-associated synaptic

structural remodeling in vivo. SB Patil, AM Elste, O Bozdagi, DL Benson, O Steward and

GW Huntley. Society for Neuroscience 2010

3) Sema7A modulates structural and functional development of cortical sensory maps. SB

Patil, I Carcea, A. J. Robison, O. Bozdagi, S. Mortillo, J. D. Buxbaum, D. L. Benson, and

G. W. Huntley. Society for Neuroscience 2011

Honors and Awards

1) CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (Indian Government) 1996

2) CSIR Senior Research Fellowship 1998

3) New York State Spinal Cord Injury Research Board Postdoctoral Fellowship 2009

Professional Memberships

American Medical Writer's Association 2013 to present

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Science Writers in New York 2012 to present

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Education

Doctor of Philosophy, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India 1996-2002

• Completed 200-page dissertation entitled “Developmental failure of hybrid embryos

generated by in vitro fertilization of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) oocyte with bovine

spermatozoa”

• Received the competitive "Council for Science and Industrial Research" junior and senior

fellowships from the Indian government

• Authored 1 and co-authored 1 manuscript in peer-reviewed journals

• Presented research at 3 national and international meetings (2 posters, 1 invited talk)

• W as an organizing member of 2 international scientific events

• Trained several undergraduate and graduate students

• Oversaw work of 4 technicians and 2 research associates

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