Sidhartha Tan
University of Chicago, USA
Biography
Sidhartha Tan completed his MBBS from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India and is neonatologist and clinician scientist. He is Clinical Professor at Department of Pediatrics, NorthShore University HealthSystem and University of Chicago, IL. He investigates mechanisms of injury that result in cerebral palsy and mental retardation. He has developed an animal model that mimics cerebral palsy, one of the few models of its kind. His research has been continuously funded by NIH since 1992, and is now focused on bringing cures developed in the laboratory to the clinical realm to be used in human mothers and babies.
Abstract
Abstract : Human umbilical cord blood cells improve neurobehavioral outcome in a rabbit model of cerebral palsy