Katelin Blackburn | Profiles RNS

Katelin Blackburn, MD

Assistant Professor

Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Pediatrics

MD, Boston University School of Medicine
MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
BS, Boston University

Dr. Katelin Blackburn is a pediatrician in Allston, Massachusetts and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Boston Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital. She received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine and has been in practice between 6-10 years.

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Wang W, Blackburn K, Lantz R. Counting the Cost of Pins and Needles: A Case Study of Paresthesias and the Cost of Healthcare in the United States. Cureus. 2024 Apr; 16(4):e59302. PMID: 38813296; PMCID: PMC11136470; DOI: 10.7759/cureus.59302;

Sguigna PV, Hussain RZ, Okai A, Blackburn KM, Tardo L, Madinawala M, Korich J, Lebson LA, Kaplan J, Salter A, Manouchehri N, Stuve O. Cladribine tablets after treatment with natalizumab (CLADRINA) - rationale and design. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2024; 17:17562864241233858. PMID: 38585373; PMCID: PMC10996356; DOI: 10.1177/17562864241233858;

Blackburn KW, Cooper LE, Bafford AC, Hu Y, Brown RF. Using risk-adjusted cumulative sum to evaluate surgeon, divisional, and institutional outcomes-a feasibility study. Surgery. 2024 Jun; 175(6):1554-1561. PMID: 38523020; DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2024.01.033;

Blackburn KW, Brubaker LS, Van Buren Ii G, Feng E, Mohamed S, Ramamurthy U, Ramanathan V, Wood AL, Navarro Cagigas ME, Fisher WE. Real-Time Reporting of Complications in Hospitalized Surgical Patients by Surgical Team Members Using a Smartphone Application. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2024 Jun; 50(6):449-455. PMID: 38565473; DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2024.02.004;

Wang W, Blackburn KG, Thompson RM, Bajaj K, Pedler R, Fucci K. Trauma Isn't One Size Fits All: How Online Support Communities Point to Different Diagnostic Criteria for C-PTSD and PTSD. Health Commun. 2024 Nov; 39(13):3272-3283. PMID: 38342780; DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2024.2314343;

Newland JJ, Sundel MH, Blackburn KW, Cairns CA, Cooper LE, Stewart SJ, Roque DM, Siddiqui MM, Brown RF. Early Implementation of Robotic Training in Surgical and Surgical Subspecialty Residency. Am Surg. 2024 Jun; 90(6):1317-1323. PMID: 38262961; DOI: 10.1177/00031348241229631;

Prins ND, de Haan W, Gardner A, Blackburn K, Chu HM, Galvin JE, Alam JJ. Phase 2A Learnings Incorporated into RewinD-LB, a Phase 2B Clinical Trial of Neflamapimod in Dementia with Lewy Bodies. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2024; 11(3):549-557. PMID: 38706271; PMCID: PMC11061005; DOI: 10.14283/jpad.2024.36;

Carlisle K, Blackburn KW, Japp EA, McArdle PF, Turner DJ, Terhune JH, Englum BR, Smith PW, Hu Y. Laparoscopic surgery for adrenocortical carcinoma: Estimating the risk of margin-positive resection. J Surg Oncol. 2024 Mar; 129(4):691-699. PMID: 38037311; PMCID: PMC10926184; DOI: 10.1002/jso.27544;

Monson N, Smith C, Greenberg H, Plumb P, Guzman A, Tse K, Chen D, Zhang W, Morgan M, Speed H, Powell C, Batra S, Cowell L, Christley S, Vernino S, Blackburn K, Greenberg B. VH2+ Antigen-Experienced B Cells in the Cerebrospinal Fluid Are Expanded and Enriched in Pediatric Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. J Immunol. 2023 Nov 01; 211(9):1332-1339. PMID: 37712756; PMCID: PMC10593502; DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2300156;

Sundel MH, Newland JJ, Blackburn KW, Vesselinov RM, Eisenstein S, Bafford AC. Sex-Based Differences in IBD Surgical Outcomes. Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 Feb 01; 67(2):246-253. PMID: 37878462; PMCID: PMC10843447; DOI: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000002984;

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Wang J, Abu-Hamad SJ, Jennings M, Blackburn K, Robinson DM. Hero or Antagonist: A Case Series on the Tolerability of Memantine as Salvage Therapy for Catatonia from Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2023 Nov-Dec 01; 31(6):281-286. PMID: 37823781; DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000383;

Blackburn KW, Kuncheria A, Nguyen T, Khouqeer A, Green SY, Moon MR, LeMaire SA, Coselli JS. Outcomes of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in patients with a previous myocardial infarction. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Jan; 169(1):38-48.e10. PMID: 37802329; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.09.071;

Tardo L, Salter A, Truong-Le M, Horton L, Blackburn KM, Sguigna PV. A narrative review of neuro-ophthalmologic disease in African Americans and Hispanics with multiple sclerosis. Ther Adv Chronic Dis. 2023; 14:20406223231202645. PMID: 37790945; PMCID: PMC10542320; DOI: 10.1177/20406223231202645;

Barrett A, Rhidenour K, Blackburn K. Telehealth Talk on Reddit: Understanding How Language Use About Telemedicine Evolved Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Health Commun. 2023 Sep 02; 28(9):605-618. PMID: 37602912; DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2023.2248052;

Wu S, Daston G, Rose J, Blackburn K, Fisher J, Reis A, Selman B, Naciff J. Identifying chemicals based on receptor binding/bioactivation/mechanistic explanation associated with potential to elicit hepatotoxicity and to support structure activity relationship-based read-across. Curr Res Toxicol. 2023; 5:100108. PMID: 37363741; PMCID: PMC10285556; DOI: 10.1016/j.crtox.2023.100108;

Smith RM, Calvert B, Kata E, Hataogo S, Ioane TR, Tarabo M, Kiritome M, Abraham J, Lees T, Devi C, Ross L, Mafi LL, Tuitupou T, Blackburn K, Homer CS. Midwifery education in Pacific Island countries: A discussion paper. Women Birth. 2023 Nov; 36(6):e605-e612. PMID: 37263877; DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2023.05.008;

Nguyen PY, Caddy C, Wilson AN, Blackburn K, Page MJ, Gülmezoglu AM, Narasimhan M, Bonet M, Tunçalp Ö, Vogel JP. Self-care interventions for preconception, antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2023 May 10; 13(5):e068713. PMID: 37164476; PMCID: PMC10173967; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068713;

Sguigna PV, Toranian S, Tardo LM, Blackburn KM, Horton LA, Conger D, Meltzer E, Hogan RN, McCreary MC, Zee PC, Takahashi JS, Greenberg BM. Disease associations of excessive daytime sleepiness in multiple sclerosis: A prospective study. Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2023; 9(1):20552173231159560. PMID: 36936446; PMCID: PMC10017949; DOI: 10.1177/20552173231159560;

Matsumoto A, Blackburn K, Spicer B, Seear K, Johnson C. A Mixed Methods Study of 15 Years of Aboriginal Health Research in the Kimberley: 'We've Been Researched, We Think, from Head to Toe, Inside and Outside, Upside Down'. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 09; 20(6). PMID: 36981731; PMCID: PMC10049573; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064823;

Yamamoto KA, Blackburn K, Goshe MB, Brown DT, Migoswski E, Campanhon IB, Moreira MF, Ferreira DF, Soares MR. Tizoxanide Antiviral Activity on Dengue Virus Replication. Viruses. 2023 Mar 07; 15(3). PMID: 36992406; PMCID: PMC10055917; DOI: 10.3390/v15030696;

Blackburn KW, Turrentine FE, Schirmer BD, Hallowell PT, Kubicki NS, Hu Y, Kligman MD. Monitoring performance in laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery using risk-adjusted cumulative sum at 2 high-volume centers. Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2023 Sep; 19(9):1049-1057. PMID: 36931965; DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2023.02.011;

Flanagan EP, Geschwind MD, Lopez-Chiriboga AS, Blackburn KM, Turaga S, Binks S, Zitser J, Gelfand JM, Day GS, Dunham SR, Rodenbeck SJ, Clardy SL, Solomon AJ, Pittock SJ, McKeon A, Dubey D, Zekeridou A, Toledano M, Turner LE, Vernino S, Irani SR. Autoimmune Encephalitis Misdiagnosis in Adults. JAMA Neurol. 2023 Jan 01; 80(1):30-39. PMID: 36441519; PMCID: PMC9706400; DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.4251;

Stopschinski BE, Fredrich S, Vernino S, Phillips L, Blackburn KM. Clinical Reasoning: A 59-Year-Old Man With Thymoma and Constitutional Symptoms, Seizures, and Multifocal CNS Lesions. Neurology. 2022 Dec 12; 99(24):1115-1121. PMID: 36180243; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000201381;

Abramovici S, Blackburn K, Phinney T, Mayoglou L. Intracranial Pressure Fluctuations Mimicking Seizures in a Patient With Shunt Malfunction. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2023 Mar 01; 40(3):e11-e14. PMID: 36730010; DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000978;

Sundel MH, Blackburn KW, Seyoum N, Morton C, Swartzberg A, Bafford AC. Lessons in liability: Examining medical malpractice suits against general surgeons in Maryland. Am J Surg. 2023 Apr; 225(4):748-752. PMID: 36414471; PMCID: PMC10033332; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2022.11.008;

Jiang Y, Alam JJ, Gomperts SN, Maruff P, Lemstra AW, Germann UA, Stavrides PH, Darji S, Malampati S, Peddy J, Bleiwas C, Pawlik M, Pensalfini A, Yang DS, Subbanna S, Basavarajappa BS, Smiley JF, Gardner A, Blackburn K, Chu HM, Prins ND, Teunissen CE, Harrison JE, Scheltens P, Nixon RA. Preclinical and randomized clinical evaluation of the p38a kinase inhibitor neflamapimod for basal forebrain cholinergic degeneration. Nat Commun. 2022 Sep 21; 13(1):5308. PMID: 36130946; PMCID: PMC9492778; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32944-3;

Sguigna PV, Tardo LM, Blackburn KM, Horton LA, Conger DL, Hogan RN, McCreary MC, Greenberg BM. Application of the International Interocular Difference Thresholds into Practice: Localising the Patient Experience. Neuroophthalmology. 2022; 46(6):375-382. PMID: 36544583; PMCID: PMC9762821; DOI: 10.1080/01658107.2022.2109687;

Blackburn K, Grubb LK, Vargas G. Sexual violence experiences among adolescent and young adult males: a review to empower healthcare providers. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2022 Aug 01; 34(4):297-305. PMID: 35836391; DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001124;

Fredrich S, Wang C, Narayan R, Tardo L, Blackburn KM, Vernino S. Refractory Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in Early Pregnancy: A Case Report of Treatment Course and Pregnancy Outcomes. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2022 Sep; 9(5). PMID: 35728968; PMCID: PMC9219494; DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000200007;

Ma EZ, Terhune JH, Zafari Z, Blackburn KW, Olson JA, Mullins CD, Hu Y. Treat Now or Treat Later: Comparative Effectiveness of Adjuvant Therapy in Resected Stage IIIA Melanoma. J Am Coll Surg. 2022 Apr 01; 234(4):521-528. PMID: 35290271; DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000000088;

Paluskievicz CM, Chang DR, Blackburn KW, Turner DJ, Munir KM, Mullins CD, Olson JA, Hu Y. Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Treatment De-Escalation and Cost Implications. J Surg Res. 2022 Jul; 275:273-280. PMID: 35306263; DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2022.01.019;

Blackburn KM, Denney DA, Hopkins SC, Vernino SA. Low Recruitment in a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Ocrelizumab for Autoimmune Encephalitis: A Case Series and Review of Lessons Learned. Neurol Ther. 2022 Jun; 11(2):893-903. PMID: 35129803; PMCID: PMC9095811; DOI: 10.1007/s40120-022-00327-x;

Gertel-Rosenberg A, Viveiros J, Koster A, Thompson G, Taylor B, Blackburn KB, Bo C. Moving the needle on health inequities: principles and tactics for effective cross-sector population health networks. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2022 Feb 01; 34(1):27-32. PMID: 34840251; PMCID: PMC8728679; DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001085;

Ni L, Riesterer J, Wang H, Berry L, Blackburn K, Chuang J, Kim W, Xu G, Moroi SE, Argento A. Method for the biomechanical analysis of aqueous veins and perilimbal sclera by three-dimensional photoacoustic imaging and strain field calculation. Sci Rep. 2021 Nov 11; 11(1):22108. PMID: 34764362; PMCID: PMC8585983; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01458-1;

Alemayehu GS, Messele A, Blackburn K, Lopez K, Lo E, Janies D, Golassa L. Genetic variation of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 in Assosa zone, Ethiopia: its impact on the performance of malaria rapid diagnostic tests. Malar J. 2021 Oct 09; 20(1):394. PMID: 34627242; PMCID: PMC8502267; DOI: 10.1186/s12936-021-03928-3;

Hall SW, Blackburn KJ, Ferguson L, Pugh P. Assessing the potential fire risk of laundered fabrics after contamination with emollients using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometrics. Sci Justice. 2021 Nov; 61(6):779-788. PMID: 34802652; DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2021.09.004;

Bird CE, Traylor JI, Thomas J, Caruso JP, Kafka B, Rosado F, Blackburn KM, Hatanpaa KJ, Abdullah KG. Primary peripheral T-cell central nervous system lymphoma. Surg Neurol Int. 2021; 12:465. PMID: 34621580; PMCID: PMC8492444; DOI: 10.25259/SNI_224_2021;

Theis RP, Blackburn K, Lipori G, Harle CA, Alvarado MM, Carek PJ, Zemon N, Howard A, Salloum RG, Shenkman EA. Implementation context for addressing social needs in a learning health system: a qualitative study. J Clin Transl Sci. 2021; 5(1):e201. PMID: 35047213; PMCID: PMC8727713; DOI: 10.1017/cts.2021.842;

Thompson CM, Rhidenour KB, Blackburn KG, Barrett AK, Babu S. Using crowdsourced medicine to manage uncertainty on Reddit: The case of COVID-19 long-haulers. Patient Educ Couns. 2022 Feb; 105(2):322-330. PMID: 34281723; PMCID: PMC8805953; DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2021.07.011;

Fredrich SE, Vernino S, Blackburn KM. Antibody Testing for Neurological Autoimmune Disorders: Evaluation of Best Practices at a Tertiary Referral Center. Front Neurol. 2021; 12:690415. PMID: 34276541; PMCID: PMC8277913; DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.690415;

Blackburn K, Green D. The potential effects of microplastics on human health: What is known and what is unknown. Ambio. 2022 Mar; 51(3):518-530. PMID: 34185251; PMCID: PMC8800959; DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01589-9;

Prins ND, Harrison JE, Chu HM, Blackburn K, Alam JJ, Scheltens P. A phase 2 double-blind placebo-controlled 24-week treatment clinical study of the p38 alpha kinase inhibitor neflamapimod in mild Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2021 May 27; 13(1):106. PMID: 34044875; PMCID: PMC8157623; DOI: 10.1186/s13195-021-00843-2;

Alemayehu GS, Blackburn K, Lopez K, Cambel Dieng C, Lo E, Janies D, Golassa L. Detection of high prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2/3 gene deletions in Assosa zone, Ethiopia: implication for malaria diagnosis. Malar J. 2021 Feb 23; 20(1):109. PMID: 33622309; PMCID: PMC8095343; DOI: 10.1186/s12936-021-03629-x;

Rhidenour KB, Blackburn K, Barrett AK, Taylor S. Mediating Medical Marijuana: Exploring How Veterans Discuss Their Stigmatized Substance Use on Reddit. Health Commun. 2022 Sep; 37(10):1305-1315. PMID: 33602000; DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2021.1886411;

Seraj S, Blackburn KG, Pennebaker JW. Language left behind on social media exposes the emotional and cognitive costs of a romantic breakup. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Feb 16; 118(7). PMID: 33526594; PMCID: PMC7896325; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017154118;

Trihemasava K, Chakraborty S, Blackburn K, Xu G. Expression, purification, and phylogenetic analysis of MDIS1-INTERACTING RECEPTOR-LIKE KINASE1 (MIK1). Protein J. 2020 Oct; 39(5):461-471. PMID: 33104960; PMCID: PMC7706394; DOI: 10.1007/s10930-020-09926-9;

Blackburn KM, Greenberg BM. Revisiting Transverse Myelitis: Moving Toward a New Nomenclature. Front Neurol. 2020; 11:519468. PMID: 33101167; PMCID: PMC7546824; DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.519468;

Yamamoto KA, Blackburn K, Migowski E, Goshe MB, Brown DT, Ferreira DF, Soares MR. Quantitative proteomic analysis of the tizoxanide effect in vero cells. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 07; 10(1):14733. PMID: 32895447; PMCID: PMC7477200; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71634-2;

Blackburn KM, Wang C. Post-infectious neurological disorders. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2020; 13:1756286420952901. PMID: 32944082; PMCID: PMC7466892; DOI: 10.1177/1756286420952901;

Blackburn K, Vernino S, Sguigna P. Utilization of video oculography to quantify oculomotor dysfunction in anti-DPPX encephalitis: A case study. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2020 Nov; 46:102460. PMID: 32932166; DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102460;

Oliveira AR, Sardinha-Silva A, Andrews PLR, Green D, Cooke GM, Hall S, Blackburn K, Sykes AV. Microplastics presence in cultured and wild-caught cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis. Mar Pollut Bull. 2020 Nov; 160:111553. PMID: 32810671; DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111553;

Boyd RL, Blackburn KG, Pennebaker JW. The narrative arc: Revealing core narrative structures through text analysis. Sci Adv. 2020 Aug; 6(32):eaba2196. PMID: 32821822; PMCID: PMC7413736; DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba2196;

Cottingham CM, Patrick T, Richards MA, Blackburn KD. Tricyclic antipsychotics promote adipogenic gene expression to potentiate preadipocyte differentiation in vitro. Hum Cell. 2020 Jul; 33(3):502-511. PMID: 32447572; PMCID: PMC10805149; DOI: 10.1007/s13577-020-00372-4;

Blackburn KL, Carr G, Rose JL, Selman BG. An interim internal Threshold of Toxicologic Concern (iTTC) for chemicals in consumer products, with support from an automated assessment of ToxCast™ dose response data. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol. 2020 Jul; 114:104656. PMID: 32437818; DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2020.104656;

Benda NC, Das LT, Abramson EL, Blackburn K, Thoman A, Kaushal R, Zhang Y, Ancker JS. "How did you get to this number?" Stakeholder needs for implementing predictive analytics: a pre-implementation qualitative study. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 May 01; 27(5):709-716. PMID: 32159774; PMCID: PMC7647269; DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa021;

Dinh PC, Paudel D, Brochu H, Popowski KD, Gracieux MC, Cores J, Huang K, Hensley MT, Harrell E, Vandergriff AC, George AK, Barrio RT, Hu S, Allen TA, Blackburn K, Caranasos TG, Peng X, Schnabel LV, Adler KB, Lobo LJ, Goshe MB, Cheng K. Inhalation of lung spheroid cell secretome and exosomes promotes lung repair in pulmonary fibrosis. Nat Commun. 2020 Feb 28; 11(1):1064. PMID: 32111836; PMCID: PMC7048814; DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14344-7;

Blackburn KG, Yilmaz G, Boyd RL. Food for thought: Exploring how people think and talk about food online. Appetite. 2018 Apr 01; 123:390-401. PMID: 29407531

Rhidenour KB, Barrett AK, Blackburn KG. Heroes or Health Victims?: Exploring How the Elite Media Frames Veterans on Veterans Day. Health Commun. 2019 Apr; 34(4):371-382. PMID: 29172714

Barrett A, Murphy M, Blackburn K. "Playing Hooky" Health Messages: Apprehension, Impression Management, and Deception. Health Commun. 2018 Mar; 33(3):326-337. PMID: 28059569

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Bar chart showing 59 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 15 publications in 2023