Assistant Professor
Physical Therapy

Contact Information
Office: Ricketts 326
Phone: 518-244-3127
Email: pathan@sage.edu

Degree Information

Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Science (Physical Therapy), University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Title of Dissertation: Metabolic Adaptations With Limb Disuse And Their Impact On Skeletal Muscle function

Clinical Practice

Acute, subacute and outpatient

Courses Taught

PTY 615: Clinical Research Methods for Physical Therapists
PTY 724: Pharmacology for Physical Therapists
PTY 627: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Impairments

Research

Determinants of being overweight/ obese in children 5-8 years of age in an urban underserved population (funded by Sage Research Institute grant)

Translating Research into Practice to Improve Stroke Outcomes (funded by Sage Research Institute grant)

Recent Publications

Shah PK, Gregory CM, Stevens JE, Pathare N, Jayaraman A, Behrman AL, Walter GA, Vandenborne K. Non-invasive assessment of lower extremity muscle composition after incomplete spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 2008

Pathare N, Vandenborne K, Liu M, Stevens JE, Li Y, Frimel TN, Walter GA. Alterations in inorganic phosphate in mouse hindlimb muscles during limb disuse. NMR Biomed. 2007 May 21

Liu M, Walter GA, Pathare N, Forster RE, Vandenborne K. A quantitative study of bioenergetics in skeletal muscle lacking carbonic anhydrase III using 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy.  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jan 2;104(1):371-6. Epub 2006 Dec 20.

Accomplishments

Invited as a panelist for the topic Childhood Obesity on WHMT’s Healthlink (April 2010) and on WNYT’s Weekend Today (Aug 2010)

Professional Organizations

American Physical Therapy Association

Service

College
The Sage Research Institute
Faculty Affairs Committee
Institutional Review Board

Department
Policies and Procedures Committee
Recruitment and Retention Committee
Research and Development Committee
Academic and Program Standards Committee (co-chair)
Admissions Committee

Personal

Reading, travelling and cooking