Sanjay Kalra, MD, FRCPC

Area of Study / Keywords

ALS MRI Biomarker Neuroscience Neuroimaging Neurodegeneration

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About

Education and Training

• BSc, University of Toronto
• MD, University of Toronto
• FRCPC in Neurology, McGill University
• Research Fellowship, Montreal Neurological Institute

Academic Appointments

• Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Computing Science
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Member

• Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute (NMHI)
• Neuroimaging Society in ALS (NiSALS)

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Research

Research Areas

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Neuroimaging
• Biomarkers

Research Projects

• The Canadian ALS Neuroimaging Consortium (CALSNIC) [Director]
• The Comprehensive Analysis Platform To Understand, Remedy, and Eliminate ALS (CAPTURE) [Director]
• Multimodal Neuroimaging: Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Volumetry, Functional MRI, Texture Analysis

Mejia A.F., Koppelmans V., Jelsone-Swain L., Kalra S., Welsh R.C.

NEUROIMAGE. 2022 July; 255 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119180

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Bharti K., Graham S.J., Benatar M., Briemberg H., Chenji S., Dupré N., Dionne A., Frayne R., Genge A., Korngut L., Luk C., Zinman L., Kalra S.

PLoS One. 2022 June; 17 (6 June) 10.1371/journal.pone.0269154

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Ishaque A., Ta D., Khan M., Zinman L., Korngut L., Genge A., Dionne A., Briemberg H., Luk C., Yang Y.H., Beaulieu C., Emery D., Eurich D.T., Frayne R., Graham S., Wilman A., Dupré N., Kalra S.

HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2022 April; 43 (5):1519-1534 10.1002/hbm.25738

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Kushol R., Masoumzadeh A., Huo D., Kalra S., Yang Y.H.

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging. 2022 March; 2022-March 10.1109/ISBI52829.2022.9761421

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Tanchip C., Guarin D.L., McKinlay S., Barnett C., Kalra S., Genge A., Korngut L., Green J.R., Berry J., Zinman L., Yadollahi A., Abrahao A., Yunusova Y.

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2022 March; 65 (3):940-953 10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00503

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Picher-Martel V., Magnussen C., Blais M., Bubela T., Das S., Dionne A., Evans A.C., Genge A., Greiner R., Iturria-Medina Y., Johnston W., Jones K., Kaneb H., Karamchandani J., Moradipoor S., Robertson J., Rogaeva E., Taylor D.M., Vande Velde C., Yunusova Y., Zinman L., Kalra S., Dupré N.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 2022 January; 10.1080/21678421.2022.2041668

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McMillan C.T., Wuu J., Rascovsky K., Cosentino S., Grossman M., Elman L., Quinn C., Rosario L., Stark J.H., Granit V., Briemberg H., Chenji S., Dionne A., Genge A., Johnston W., Korngut L., Shoesmith C., Zinman L., Kalra S., Benatar M.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 2022 January; 10.1080/21678421.2022.2039713

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Salmon K., Anoja N., Breiner A., Chum M., Dionne A., Dupré N., Fiander A., Fok D., Ghavanini A., Gosselin S., Izenberg A., Johnston W., Kalra S., Matte G., Melanson M., O’Connell C., Ritsma B., Schellenberg K., Shoesmith C., Tremblay S., Williams H., Genge A.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration. 2022 January; 23 (3-4):305-312 10.1080/21678421.2021.1980890

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Krieger C., Kalra S.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2022 January; 10.1017/cjn.2022.67

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Cleary S., Misiaszek J.E., Wheeler S., Kalra S., Genuis S.K., Johnston W.S.

MUSCLE & NERVE. 2021 December; 64 (6):676-682 10.1002/mus.27417

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Ta D., Ishaque A., Srivastava O., Hanstock C., Seres P., Eurich D.T., Luk C., Briemberg H., Frayne R., Genge A.L., Graham S.J., Korngut L., Zinman L., Kalra S.

NEUROLOGY. 2021 August; 97 (8):e803-e813 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012367

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Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 2021 June;

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Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 2021 June;

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Organization for Human Brain Mapping. 2021 June;

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Neurology. 2021 April;

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Neurology. 2021 April;

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Dai Z., Kalra S., Mah D., Seres P., Sun H., Wu R., Wilman A.H.

EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY. 2021 March; 31 (3):1401-1409 10.1007/s00330-020-07243-4

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Danyluk H., Ishaque A., Ta D., Yang Y.H., Wheatley B.M., Kalra S., Sankar T.

Frontiers in Neurology. 2021 February; 12 10.3389/fneur.2021.626504

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Dey A., Assaedi E., Johnston W., Kalra S., Das S.

FOLIA NEUROPATHOLOGICA. 2021 January; 59 (4):403-408 10.5114/fn.2021.111486

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Hodgkinson V., Lounsberry J., M'Dahoma S., Russell A., Jewett G., Benstead T., Brais B., Campbell C., Johnston W., Lochmuller H., McCormick A., Nguyen C.T., O'Ferrall E., Oskoui M., Abrahao A., Briemberg H., Bourque P.R., Botez S., Cashman N., Chapman K., Chrestian N., Crone M., Dobrowolski P., Dojeiji S., Dowling J.J., Dupre N., Genge A., Gonorazky H., Grant I., Hasal S., Izenberg A., Kalra S., Katzberg H., Krieger C., Leung E., Linassi G., Mackenzie A., Mah J.K., Marrero A., Massie R., Matte G., McAdam L., McMillan H., Melanson M., Mezei M.M., O'Connell C., Pfeffer G., Phan C., Plamondon S., Poulin C., Rodrigue X., Schellenberg K., Selby K., Sheriko J., Shoesmith C., Smith R.G., Taillon M., Taylor S., Venance S., Warman-Chardon J., Worley S., Zinman L., Korngut L.

Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases. 2021 January; 8 (1):53-61 10.3233/JND-200538

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Shoesmith C., Abrahao A., Benstead T., Chum M., Dupre N., Izenberg A., Johnston W., Kalra S., Leddin D., O’Connell C., Schellenberg K., Tandon A., Zinman L.

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL. 2020 November; 192 (46):E1453-E1468 10.1503/cmaj.191721

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Chenji S., Ishaque A., Mah D., Fujiwara E., Beaulieu C., Seres P., Graham S.J., Frayne R., Zinman L., Genge A., Korngut L., Johnston W., Kalra S.

Brain Imaging and Behavior. 2020 November; 15 (3):1641-1654 10.1007/s11682-020-00359-7