Vitaly Napadow
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Email: vitaly@mgh.harvard.edu
Recent Publications
- Yamin JB, Grahl A, Anzolin A, Doan TDN, Ellis S, Gardiner L, Hewardt I, Lee SA, Lee J, Kelley JM, Kaptchuk T, Napadow V, Edwards RR. Mentalizing & InteRpersonal Recognition of Others' Relational States (MIRROR): a patient-directed intervention for navigating clinical encounters in chronic pain. Pain Manag. 2026 Sep 28. 1-14
- Mohammadian M, Efthimiou N, Gabriel K, Brusaferri L, Cooper-Hohn J, Kim M, Murphy JP, Alshelh Z, Grmek G, Schnieders JH, Chane CA, Carmichael TG, Yang D, Schubert JJ, Turkheimer FE, Cazuza RA, Grace PM, Catana C, Stufflebeam SM, Edwards RR, Napadow V, Sullivan K, Nahrendorf M, Price TJ, Gilman JM, Loggia ML. Elevated translocator protein in skull bone marrow is linked to human chronic pain. Sci Transl Med. 2026 Sep 02. 18(865):eaed8729
- Fanton S, Kim M, Alshelh Z, Brusaferri L, Morrissey EJ, Torrado-Carvajal A, Grmek G, Chane C, Wargo MA, Murphy J, Edwards RR, Efthimiou N, Mohammadian M, Luo E, Napadow V, Loggia ML. Neuroinflammation in knee osteoarthritis is accompanied by functional reorganization of the S1 cortical knee representation. Brain Behav Immun. 2026 Aug 23. 139:106972
- Liu Z, Duncombe P, Napadow V, Handsfield G. Physiological Cross-Sectional Surfaces: A Method for Estimating Muscle Functional Capacity from 3D Digital Models of Fiber Architecture. bioRxiv. 2026 Jul 21.
- Cook CE, Keter D, Napadow V, Barbe MF, Perle SM, Bent J, Learman K, Reed WR. Manual therapy treatment mechanisms are complex: Challenges and a call to action. Complement Ther Med. 2026 Sep. 100:103393