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Christopher Markosian

Christopher Markosian (He/him)

Medical School Year 3 MS3

Hometown

Bergen County, NJ

Undergraduate College

Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Research Interests

Phage display, structural biology, target discovery

Publications

  • Ille AM, Markosian C, Burley SK, Mathews MB, Pasqualini R, Arap W. Generative artificial intelligence performs rudimentary structural biology modeling. Sci Rep. 2024 Aug 21;14(1):19372. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-69021-2. PMID: 39169047; PMCID: PMC11339285.
  • Markosian C, Tomycz LD. Steps toward narrowing the surgical epilepsy treatment gap through private practice. Surg Neurol Int. 2024 Jan 19;15:18. doi: 10.25259/SNI_711_2023. PMID: 38344084; PMCID: PMC10858771.
  • Markosian C, Hekimian K, Garber K, Darzi A, Shekherdimian S. Can Armenia's refugee crisis catalyse health-system reforms? Lancet. 2024 Jan 27;403(10424):347. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)02459-5. Epub 2024 Jan 16. PMID: 38242147.
  • Markosian C, Yan RE, Rallo MS. Exploring neurosurgical oncology in medical school. Surg Neurol Int. 2023 Dec 8;14:418. doi: 10.25259/SNI_757_2023. PMID: 38213446; PMCID: PMC10783676.
  • Tomycz LD, Markosian C, Goodman RR. Reoperation for epilepsy. In: Engel J Jr, Moshé SL, eds. Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Textbook. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2023:2489-2497.
  • Markosian C, Sargsyan G, Shariff S, Abovyan Y, Hekimian K, Margaryan K, Hayrapetyan A, Shekherdimian S, Tamamyan G. Medical Education in Armenia: An Overview. J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2023 Oct 19;10:23821205231203831. doi: 10.1177/23821205231203831. PMID: 37868044; PMCID: PMC10588409.
  • Lubin JH, Markosian C, Balamurugan D, Ma MT, Chen CH, Liu D, Pasqualini R, Arap W, Burley SK, Khare SD. Modeling of ACE2 and antibodies bound to SARS-CoV-2 provides insights into infectivity and immune evasion. JCI Insight. 2023 Jul 10;8(13):e168296. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.168296. PMID: 37261904; PMCID: PMC10371346.
  • Dogra P*, Schiavone C*, Wang Z, Ruiz-Ramírez J, Caserta S, Staquicini DI, Markosian C, Wang J, Sostman HD, Pasqualini R, Arap W, Cristini V. A modeling-based approach to optimize COVID-19 vaccine dosing schedules for improved protection. JCI Insight. 2023;8(13):e169860. DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.169860
  • Tomycz LD, Markosian C, Strelko O, Sirko A, Lovha M, Armonda RA; contributors to Razom Health. Urgent need for neurological care in Ukraine. Lancet Neurol. 2023 Mar;22(3):202-203. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00026-1. PMID: 36804088.
  • Markosian C, Baghdassarian A, Best AM, Ghazaryan H, Antonyan L, Libaridian L. Self-efficacy and knowledge in pediatrics among family medicine physicians in Armenia: A survey study. J Family Med Prim Care. 2022 Sep;11(9):5369-5374. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_150_22. Epub 2022 Oct 14. PMID: 36505532; PMCID: PMC9730948.
  • Iqbal MO, Lariccia N, Markosian C, Christie C, Tomycz LD. Gross Total Resection of a Ruptured Micro-arteriovenous Malformation within the Cerebellar Peduncle: A Case Report and Qualitative Review of the Literature. J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg. 2023 Nov;84(6):600-605. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1744299. Epub 2022 May 29. PMID: 35644136.
  • Markosian C, Staquicini DI, Dogra P, Dodero-Rojas E, Lubin JH, Tang FHF, Smith TL, Contessoto VG, Libutti SK, Wang Z, Cristini V, Khare SD, Whitford PC, Burley SK, Onuchic JN, Pasqualini R, Arap W. Genetic and Structural Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein for Universal Epitope Selection. Mol Biol Evol. 2022 May 3;39(5):msac091. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msac091. PMID: 35511693; PMCID: PMC9129195.
  • Markosian C, Soroka M, Forbes JA, Tomycz LD. Letter: Capacity Building for Surgical Epilepsy Care in Ukraine. Neurosurgery. 2022 Jun 1;90(6):e184-e185. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000001948. Epub 2022 Mar 24. PMID: 35315807.
  • Markosian C, Patel S, Kosach S, Goodman RR, Tomycz LD. Corpus Callosotomy in the Modern Era: Origins, Efficacy, Technical Variations, Complications, and Indications. World Neurosurg. 2022 Mar;159:146-155. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.01.037. Epub 2022 Jan 13. PMID: 35033693.
  • Solli E, Colwell NA, Markosian C, Johal AS, Houston R, Iqbal MO, Say I, Petrsoric JI, Tomycz LD. Underutilization of advanced presurgical studies and high rates of vagus nerve stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy: a single-center experience and recommendations. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2022 Feb;164(2):565-573. doi: 10.1007/s00701-021-05055-z. Epub 2021 Nov 13. PMID: 34773497.
  • Patel S, Markosian C, Dominguez JF, Taha FA, Tomycz LD. Completion Posterior Quadrant Disconnection After Failed Temporal Lobectomy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video. Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown). 2021 Nov 15;21(6):E552-E553. doi: 10.1093/ons/opab307. PMID: 34432880.
  • Staquicini DI, Tang FHF, Markosian C, Yao VJ, Staquicini FI, Dodero-Rojas E, Contessoto VG, Davis D, O'Brien P, Habib N, Smith TL, Bruiners N, Sidman RL, Gennaro ML, Lattime EC, Libutti SK, Whitford PC, Burley SK, Onuchic JN, Arap W, Pasqualini R. Design and proof of concept for targeted phage-based COVID-19 vaccination strategies with a streamlined cold-free supply chain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jul 27;118(30):e2105739118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2105739118. PMID: 34234013; PMCID: PMC8325333.
  • Ward M, Ahmed M, Markosian C, Ezike JZ, Agrawal R, Randhawa K, Liang Z, Abraham M, Paskhover B, Mammis A. Complications associated with deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease: a MAUDE study. Br J Neurosurg. 2021 Oct;35(5):625-628. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2021.1935727. Epub 2021 Jun 20. PMID: 34151665.
  • Markosian C, Kurilets I Jr, Tomycz LD. Surgical Clip Ligation of Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm in a Resource-Limited Setting. Cureus. 2021 May 9;13(5):e14927. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14927. PMID: 34123626; PMCID: PMC8189529.
  • Markosian C, Dodson V, Zhang HJ, Mahalingam RS, Geller EB, Tomycz LD. Total and partial posterior quadrant disconnection for medically refractory epilepsy: A systematic review. Seizure. 2021 Oct;91:66-71. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.05.018. Epub 2021 May 29. PMID: 34102378.
  • Staquicini FI, Hajitou A, Driessen WH, Proneth B, Cardó-Vila M, Staquicini DI, Markosian C, Hoh M, Cortez M, Hooda-Nehra A, Jaloudi M, Silva IT, Buttura J, Nunes DN, Dias-Neto E, Eckhardt B, Ruiz-Ramírez J, Dogra P, Wang Z, Cristini V, Trepel M, Anderson R, Sidman RL, Gelovani JG, Cristofanilli M, Hortobagyi GN, Bhujwalla ZM, Burley SK, Arap W, Pasqualini R. Targeting a cell surface vitamin D receptor on tumor-associated macrophages in triple-negative breast cancer. Elife. 2021 Jun 1;10:e65145. doi: 10.7554/eLife.65145. PMID: 34060472; PMCID: PMC8169110.
  • MMarkosian C, Layne CM, Petrosyan V, Shekherdimian S, Kennedy CA, Khachadourian V. War in the COVID-19 era: Mental health concerns in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2022 May;68(3):481-483. doi: 10.1177/00207640211003940. Epub 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 33736534.
  • Markosian C, Khachadourian V, Kennedy CA. Frozen conflict in the midst of a global pandemic: potential impact on mental health in Armenian border communities. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2021 Mar;56(3):513-517. doi: 10.1007/s00127-020-01996-5. Epub 2021 Jan 3. PMID: 33388798; PMCID: PMC7778713.
  • Tomycz LD, Markosian C, Kurilets I Sr, Lovha M, Kashyrina O, Netliukh A, Kostiuk K, Cheburakhin V, Polishchuk A, Forbes J, Cohen M, Miley J, Geck M, Siryk H, Mykytyn T, Diakiv V, Salo V, Yushchak I, Soroka M, Kurilets I Jr. The Co-Pilot Project: An International Neurosurgical Collaboration in Ukraine. World Neurosurg. 2021 Mar;147:e491-e515. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.12.100. Epub 2020 Dec 29. PMID: 33385604.
  • Markosian C, Mazzola CA, Tomycz LD. Sodium fluorescein-guided gross total resection of pediatric exophytic brainstem glioma: 2-dimensional operative video. Operative Neurosurgery. 2021;20(2):E146-E147. DOI: 10.1093/ons/opaa357
  • Markosian C, Mazzola CA, Tomycz LD. Gross total resection of pediatric cervical intramedullary ependymoma with D-wave monitoring: a case report. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine. 2020;2:2973-2975. DOI: 10.1007/s42399-020-00618-0
  • Behmer Hansen RT, Behmer Hansen RA, Markosian C, Mazzola CA, Mammis A. Neurosurgery Community Engagement: Lessons Learned. World Neurosurg. 2020 Nov;143:579-580. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.08.197. PMID: 33167119.
  • Markosian C, Taruvai VS, Mammis A. Neuromodulatory hacking: a review of the technology and security risks of spinal cord stimulation. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Dec;162(12):3213-3219. doi: 10.1007/s00701-020-04592-3. Epub 2020 Oct 3. PMID: 33009931.
  • Markosian C, Shekherdimian S, Badalian SS, Libaridian L, Jilozian A, Baghdassarian A. Medical Education in the Former Soviet Union: Opportunities in Armenia. Ann Glob Health. 2020 Aug 13;86(1):99. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2960. PMID: 32864351; PMCID: PMC7427658.
  • Sarkisian S, Markosian C, Ali Z, Rizvi M. Palbociclib-Induced Pneumonitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Cureus. 2020 Jun 30;12(6):e8929. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8929. PMID: 32760629; PMCID: PMC7392360.
  • Patel SK, Markosian C, Choudhry OJ, Keller JT, Liu JK. The historical evolution of microvascular decompression for trigeminal neuralgia: from Dandy's discovery to Jannetta's legacy. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2020 Nov;162(11):2773-2782. doi: 10.1007/s00701-020-04405-7. Epub 2020 Jun 9. PMID: 32519161.
  • Markosian C, Mirzoyan N. Wastewater-based epidemiology as a novel assessment approach for population-level metal exposure. Sci Total Environ. 2019 Nov 1;689:1125-1132. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.419. Epub 2019 Jun 27. PMID: 31466152.
  • Alégot H, Markosian C, Rauskolb C, Yang J, Kirichenko E, Wang YC, Irvine KD. Recruitment of Jub by α-catenin promotes Yki activity and Drosophila wing growth. J Cell Sci. 2019 Feb 25;132(5):jcs222018. doi: 10.1242/jcs.222018. PMID: 30659113; PMCID: PMC6432719.
  • Markosian C, Di Costanzo L, Sekharan M, Shao C, Burley SK, Zardecki C. Analysis of impact metrics for the Protein Data Bank. Sci Data. 2018 Oct 16;5:180212. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.212. PMID: 30325351; PMCID: PMC6190746.

Awards/Grants

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Weiss-Lambert Research Contribution Recognition Award, 2024
  • Stanley S. Bergen Medal of Excellence, 2024
  • Outstanding MD/PhD Student Award for Research, 2024
  • Fulbright US Student Program, 2018-2019
  • Summa Cum Laude, 2018
  • Departmental Highest Honors, 2018
  • Henry Rutgers Scholar Award, 2018
  • Research Excellence Award, 2017
  • Amgen Scholars Program, 2016
  • Academic Excellence Award, 2016
  • Rufus E. Kleinhans Memorial Award, 2015

Hobbies

Reading, weightlifting

Email: cm1033@njms.rutgers.edu