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Charles Tator

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ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Charles Tator

Professor

Department of Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

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Latest papers

Interventions to help adults with concussion return to work: A systematic review.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025
Unprecedented Combination of Rare Degenerative Pathologies in an Octogenarian Ex-Football Player.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology · 2025
18F-Flortaucipir (AV1451) imaging identifies grey matter atrophy in retired athletes.
Journal of neurology · 2024

All 21 publications

Latest funding

Harnessing the endogenous regenerative potential of the injured spinal cord
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$975,375
Modulating glutamate signaling in neural stem cells to enhance regeneration after spinal cord injury
CIHR · 2020 · Supervisor
$105,000
Canadian concussion research network and agenda planning meeting
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$17,247

All 21 grants and awards

21 publications.

Interventions to help adults with concussion return to work: A systematic review.

Ethier-Gagnon M, Lithopoulos A, Pattison M, Curran D, Cancelliere C, Fischer L, Silverberg N, Tartaglia C, Tator C, Thompson A, Welch-West P, Marshall S

PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation20252 citations

DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13359 PMID: 40152151

Unprecedented Combination of Rare Degenerative Pathologies in an Octogenarian Ex-Football Player.

Forrest SL, Sadia N, Khodadadi M, Tator C, Green R, Tartaglia MC, Kovacs GG

Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/neup.70004 PMID: 40079251

18F-Flortaucipir (AV1451) imaging identifies grey matter atrophy in retired athletes.

Vasilevskaya A, Anastassiadis C, Thapa S, Taghdiri F, Khodadadi M, Multani N, Rusjan P, Ozzoude M, Tarazi A, Mushtaque A, Wennberg R, Houle S, Green R, Colella B, Vasdev N, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Karikari T, Sato C, Moreno D, Rogaeva E, Mikulis D, Davis KD, Tator C, Tartaglia MC

Journal of neurology20244 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00415-024-12573-0 PMID: 39037476

Demographics, Mechanism of Injury, and Outcomes for Acute Upper and Lower Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries: An Analysis of 470 Patients in the Prospective, Multi-Center, North American Clinical Trials Network Registry.

Futch BG, Kouam RW, Ugiliweneza B, Harrop J, Kurpad S, Foster N, Than K, Crutcher C, Goodwin CR, Tator C, Shaffrey CI, Aarabi B, Fehlings M, Neal CJ, Guest J, Abd-El-Barr MM

Journal of neurotrauma202312 citations

DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0407 PMID: 36852492

Misfolded α-Synuclein in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Contact Sport Athletes.

Vasilevskaya A, Martinez-Valbuena I, Anastassiadis C, Taghdiri F, Khodadadi M, Tarazi A, Green R, Colella B, Wennberg R, Mikulis D, Davis KD, Kovacs GG, Tator C, Tartaglia MC

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society20237 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1002/mds.29621 PMID: 37792643

Importance of Prospective Registries and Clinical Research Networks in the Evolution of Spinal Cord Injury Care

Margot Kelly-Hedrick, Muhammad M. Abd‐El‐Barr, Bizhan Aarabi, Armin E. P. Curt, Susan P. Howley, James Shields Harrop, Steven Kirshblum, Christopher J. Neal, Vanessa K. Noonan, Christine Park, Beatrice Ugiliweneza, Charles H. Tator, Elizabeth G. Toups, Michael George Fehlings, Theresa L. Williamson, James David Guest

Journal of Neurotrauma202224 citations

DOI: 10.1089/neu.2022.0450 PMID: 36576020

Investigating the use of plasma pTau181 in retired contact sports athletes.

Vasilevskaya A, Taghdiri F, Multani N, Ozzoude M, Tarazi A, Khodadadi M, Wennberg R, Rusjan P, Houle S, Green R, Colella B, Blennow K, Zetterberg H, Karikari T, Mikulis D, Hazrati LN, Kovacs GG, Davis KD, Tator C, Tartaglia MC

Journal of neurology202215 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s00415-022-11223-7 PMID: 35751688

Development of a concussion public policy on prevention, management and education for schools using expert consensus.

Mylabathula S, Macarthur C, Guttmann A, Colantonio A, Tator C

Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention202213 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044395 PMID: 35508363

Association of Position Played and Career Duration and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy at Autopsy in Elite Football and Hockey Players.

Schwab N, Wennberg R, Grenier K, Tartaglia C, Tator C, Hazrati LN

Neurology202142 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000011668 PMID: 33627496

Cerebrovascular reactivity changes in acute concussion: a controlled cohort study

Runrun Wang, Julien Poublanc, Adrian Philip Crawley, Olivia Sobczyk, Sander C. M. Kneepkens, Larissa McKetton, Charles H. Tator, Renhua Wu, David John Mikulis

Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery20215 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.21037/qims-20-1296 PMID: 34737921

Harnessing the endogenous regenerative potential of the injured spinal cord

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fehlings, Michael G

Keywords: Ampa Receptors; Ependymal Cells; Glutamate; Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells; Spinal Cord Injury

$975,375

Modulating glutamate signaling in neural stem cells to enhance regeneration after spinal cord injury

SupervisorCIHR2020Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Hachem, Laureen D

Keywords: Ampa Receptor; Glutamate; Neural Regeneration; Neural Stem Cells; Plasticity; Spinal Cord Injury

$105,000

Canadian concussion research network and agenda planning meeting

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Yeates, Keith O

Keywords: Concussion; Diagnosis; Mechanism; Policy; Prevention; Prognosis; Public Health; Treatment

$17,247

Concussion & You: A peer-led approach to raising concussion awareness in Canadian high schools

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Reed, Nicholas; Fuselli, Pamela A

Keywords: Adolescents; Awareness; Concussion; Education; High School; Innovation; Knowledge Translation; Peer Education; Service Learning; Theory Of Planned Behaviour

$600,524

The Canadian Concussion Centre's Inaugural Symposium on Concussion in Women

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Mylabathula, Swapna

Keywords: Brain Injury; Concussion

$8,000

A National biobank and database for patients with traumatic brain injury

Co-investigatorBRAIN20152014 Platform Grants

Principal investigators: Hutchison, Jamie

Keywords: Injury; Brain Injury

$2,775,000

Polymeric Biomaterials for Applications in Medicine

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Foundation Grant

Principal investigators: Shoichet, Molly S

Keywords: 3d Cell Culture; Biomaterials; Blindness; Breast Cancer; Hydrogels; Local Delivery; Nanomicelles; Polymers; Spinal Cord Injury; Targeted Delivery

$2,518,516

Modifying membrane structure to promote neuronal survival and regeneration

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Monnier, Philippe P

Keywords: Axonal Regeneration; Cns Injuries; Eye; Lipid Rafts; Membrane Biology; Neuronal Survival; Optic Nerve; Protein Receptors; Regeneration Inhibitors; Restoration

$744,032

Generating innovation through the use of common data: Improving the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric and adolescent mild traumatic brain injury in Canada.

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Team Grant: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Children & Youth -Fonds de rech QC

Principal investigators: Gagnon, Isabelle

Keywords: Concussion; Data Management; Emergency Medicine; Health Services; Imaging; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Outcome; Pediatrics; Rehabilitation

$766,895

Local Delivery of Therapeutic Biomolecules to the Injured Spinal Cord

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Shoichet, Molly S

Keywords: Biodegradable; Drug Delivery; Injectable Hydrogels; Polymeric Particles; Spinal Cord Injury; Tissue Regeneration

$756,107

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Charles Tator

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Interventions to help adults with concussion return to work: A systematic review.

Unprecedented Combination of Rare Degenerative Pathologies in an Octogenarian Ex-Football Player.

18F-Flortaucipir (AV1451) imaging identifies grey matter atrophy in retired athletes.

Demographics, Mechanism of Injury, and Outcomes for Acute Upper and Lower Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries: An Analysis of 470 Patients in the Prospective, Multi-Center, North American Clinical Trials Network Registry.

Misfolded &#x3b1;-Synuclein in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Contact Sport Athletes.

Importance of Prospective Registries and Clinical Research Networks in the Evolution of Spinal Cord Injury Care

Investigating the use of plasma pTau181 in retired contact sports athletes.

Development of a concussion public policy on prevention, management and education for schools using expert consensus.

Association of Position Played and Career Duration and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy at Autopsy in Elite Football and Hockey Players.

Cerebrovascular reactivity changes in acute concussion: a controlled cohort study

Frequent collaborators

David Mikulis

Karen Davis

Foad Taghdiri

Robin Green

Lili-Naz Hazrati

Gabor Kovacs

Ekaterina Rogaeva

Michael Fehlings

Pablo Rusjan

Richard Wennberg

Sylvain Houle

Cindi Morshead

Carmela Tartaglia

Moshe Eizenman

Noah Silverberg

Kathryn Schneider

Amanda Black

Mahsa Dadar

Aaron Thompson

Louis Collins

Neil Vasdev

Misfolded α-Synuclein in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Contact Sport Athletes.