Yusuf Khan

Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery

Associate Program Director, Skeletal Biology and Regeneration Graduate Program

Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Department of Orthopedic Surgery

UConn Health

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Education

• Ph.D. Drexel University
• M.S. Drexel University
• B.A. Boston University

Research Focus

• Treatment of musculoskeletal defects, particularly bone defects, due to trauma, congenital defects, or other anomalies
• Development of biocompatible and biodegradable scaffolds capable of sustaining cellular migration, proliferation, and differentiation
• Investigating strategies to synthesize scaffolds that are also capable of delivering proteins and growth factors essential for complete and adequate healing of bone defects.

Awards

• Whitaker Travel and Professional Development Award
• Tissue Engineering Special Interest Group Graduate Student Award, Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting, Reno, NV
• Orthopaedic Special Interest Group Graduate Student Award, Annual Meeting, Tampa Bay, FL
• Calhoun Fellow, 2000-2005
• Certificate of Recognition

Publications

The Treatment of Muscle Atrophy after Rotator Cuff Tears Using Electroconductive Nanofibrous Matrices.
Tang, Xiaoyan; Shemshaki, Nikoo Saveh; Vernekar, Varadraj N; Prabhath, Anupama; Kuyinu, Emmanuel; Kan, Ho-Man; Barajaa, Mohammed; Khan, Yusuf; Laurencin, Cato T Regenerative engineering and translational medicine 2021 Mar;

Bone Flap Resorption in Pediatric Patients Following Autologous Cranioplasty.
Hersh, David S; Anderson, Hanna J; Woodworth, Graeme F; Martin, Jonathan E; Khan, Yusuf M Operative neurosurgery (Hagerstown, Md.) 2021 Jan;

Biomimetic Electroconductive Nanofibrous Matrices for Skeletal Muscle
Tang X, Saveh-Shemshaki N, Kan HM, Khan Y, Laurencin CT Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine 2019 Dec;6(2):228-237

Large scale segmental bone defect healing through the combined delivery of VEGF and BMP-2 from biofunctionalized cortical allografts.
Sharmin, Farzana; O’Sullivan, Michael; Malinowski, Seth; Lieberman, Jay R; Khan, Yusuf Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials 2018 Oct;

Nanofiber/Microsphere Hybrid Matrices In Vivo for Bone Regenerative Engineering: A Preliminary Report.
Nelson, Clarke; Khan, Yusuf; Laurencin, Cato T Regenerative engineering and translational medicine 2018 Sep;4(3):133-141

Cell responses to physical forces, and how they inform the design of tissue-engineered constructs for bone repair: a review
Assanah F, Khan Y Journal of Materials Science 2018 Apr;531-21

Microsphere-Based Scaffolds in Regenerative Engineering.
Gupta, Vineet; Khan, Yusuf; Berkland, Cory J; Laurencin, Cato T; Detamore, Michael S Annual review of biomedical engineering 2017 Jun;19135-161

Mechanically Loading Cell/Hydrogel Constructs with Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound for Bone Repair.
Veronick, James A; Assanah, Fayekah; Piscopo, Nicole J; Kutes, Yasemin; Vyas, Varun; Huey, Bryan D; Khan, Yusuf Tissue engineering. Part A 2017 Jun;24254-263

Dual growth factor delivery from biofunctionalized allografts: Sequential VEGF and BMP-2 release to stimulate allograft remodeling.
Sharmin, Farzana; McDermott, Casey; Lieberman, Jay; Sanjay, Archana; Khan, Yusuf Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society 2016 May;351086-1095

Simple signaling molecules for inductive bone regenerative engineering.
Cushnie, Emily K; Ulery, Bret D; Nelson, Stephen J; Deng, Meng; Sethuraman, Swaminathan; Doty, Stephen B; Lo, Kevin W H; Khan, Yusuf M; Laurencin, Cato T PloS one 2014 Jul;9(7):e101627