Shalini Ramachandran, MD
Neonatologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- Kasturba Medical College (2005)
- Internship
- Christian Medical College, Vellore (2005), Pediatrics
- Residency
- University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital (2010), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- University of Miami/Jackson Health System Program (2013), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Neonatal-Perinatal
Conditions
- Abdominal Masses
- Achondroplasia (Dwarfism)
- Ambiguous Genitalia
- Anencephaly
- Anorectal Malformation (Imperforate Anus)
- Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)
- Biliary Atresia
- Bladder Exstrophy
- Bladder Outlet Obstruction
- Bowel Atresia
- Brachydactyly (Symbrachydactyly)
- Chronic Lung Disease (CLD)
- Cloacal Exstrophy
- Colon Atresia
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Congenital Infections
- Congenital Lung Lesions
- Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation (CPAM)
- Craniosynostosis
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Down Syndrome
- Duodenal Atresia
- Edema
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
- Encephalocele
- Encephalopathy (Encephalitis)
- Enteroviruses
- Esophageal Atresia
- Feeding Disorder (PFD)
- First Unprovoked Seizure
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Gastroschisis
- Goldenhar Syndrome (Oculo-Auriculo-Vertebral Dysplasia (OAV))
- Head and Neck Lumps
- Hemophilia
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
- Hirschsprung's Disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydronephrosis
- Hydrops
- Hyperbilirubinemia (Jaundice)
- Hypotonia (Floppy Muscle Syndrome)
- Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) (Intrapartum Asphyxia)
- Intestinal Disorders
- Intraventricular Hemorrhage and Stroke
- Isolated Craniosynostosis
- Jejunal and Ileal Atresia
- Laryngomalacia
- Lordosis
- Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
- Meconium Aspiration
- Mediastinal Masses
- Metabolic Disease
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
- Neonatal Diabetes
- Newborn Tumors
- Noonan Syndrome
- Omphalocele
- Open Neural Tube Defects (ONTDs)
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pierre Robin
- Pleural Effusions
- Poland Syndrome (Poland Sequence)
- Prematurity
- Prenatal Drug Exposure
- Pulmonary Sequestration
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Renal Malformation
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
- Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
- Rubella (German measles)
- Sepsis/Meningitis
- Short Bowel Syndrome
- Skeletal Dysplasias and Abnormalities
- Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele)
- Syndromic Craniosynostosis
- Syphilis
- Tay-Sachs
- Toxoplasmosis
- VATER Syndrome (VACTERL Association)
- Very Low Birth Weight
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Lung Development
- Lung protective strategies
- Neonatal lung injury
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Publications
- Stem cell factor improves lung recovery in rats following neonatal hyperoxia-induced lung injury. Miranda LF, Rodrigues CO, Ramachandran S, Torres E, Huang J, Klim J, Hehre D, McNiece I, Hare JM, Suguihara CY, Young KC Pediatric research 2013 Dec 74 6 682-8
- Bone Marrow-Derived c-kitPositive Cells Attenuate Neonatal Hyperoxia-Induced Lung Injury. Ramachandran S, Suguihara C, Drummond S, Chatzistergos K, Klim J, Torres E, Huang J, Hehre D, Rodrigues CO, McNiece IK, Hare JM, Young KC Cell transplantation 2013 May
- CXCR4 Blockade Attenuates Hyperoxia-Induced Lung Injury in Neonatal Rats. Drummond S, Ramachandran S, Torres E, Huang J, Hehre D, Suguihara C, Young KC Neonatology 2015 Mar 107 4 304-311
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2007)
- American Medical Association (2007)
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Awards and Honors
- Award for Research Presentation 2012, District VIII AAP Annual Conference, Las Vegas
- PAS Travel Award 2012, Pediatric Academic Societies
- Travel Grant for the Neonatal-Perinatal Fellow Conference 2011, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Travel Grant for an Oral Presentation at the Southeastern Conference on Perinatal Research 2011-2012, Mead Johnson Nutrition for the American Academy of Pediatrics Perinatal Section
