Veena Rajaram, M.D. Titles and Appointments Professor School Medical School Department Pathology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Education Medical School Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College (1987) Internship Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Medical College (1988), Rotating Residency Winthrop University Hospital (1998), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Residency Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2000), Anatomic & Clinical Pathology Fellowship Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2001), Surgical Pathology Fellowship Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2002), Pediatric Pathology Fellowship Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine (2004), Neuropathology Research Interest Embryonal and pediatric brain tumors Malformations of the central nervous system Publications Featured Publications MLL4 Is Required to Maintain Broad H3K4me3 Peaks and Super-Enhancers at Tumor Suppressor Genes. Dhar SS, Zhao D, Lin T, Gu B, Pal K, Wu SJ, Alam H, Lv J, Yun K, Gopalakrishnan V, Flores ER, Northcott PA, Rajaram V, Li W, Shilatifard A, Sillitoe RV, Chen K, Lee MG Mol. Cell 2018 Jun 70 5 825-841.e6 Pan-Trk Immunohistochemistry Identifies NTRK rearrangements in Pediatric Mesenchymal Tumors. Rudzinski ER, Lockwood CM, Stohr BA, Vargas SO, Sheridan R, Black JO, Rajaram V, Laetsch TW, Davis JL Am. J. Surg. Pathol. 2018 Apr Adult Brainstem Gliomas With H3K27M Mutation: Radiology, Pathology, and Prognosis. Daoud EV, Rajaram V, Cai C, Oberle RJ, Martin GR, Raisanen JM, White CL, Foong C, Mickey BE, Pan E, Hatanpaa KJ J. Neuropathol. Exp. Neurol. 2018 Feb Basal Suppression of the Sonic Hedgehog Pathway by the G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Gpr161 Restricts Medulloblastoma Pathogenesis. Shimada IS, Hwang SH, Somatilaka BN, Wang X, Skowron P, Kim J, Kim M, Shelton JM, Rajaram V, Xuan Z, Taylor MD, Mukhopadhyay S Cell Rep 2018 Jan 22 5 1169-1184 REST upregulates gremlin to modulate diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma vasculature. Shaik S, Kennis B, Maegawa S, Schadler K, Yanwen Y, Callegari K, Lulla RR, Goldman S, Nazarian J, Rajaram V, Fangusaro J, Gopalakrishnan V Oncotarget 2018 Jan 9 4 5233-5250 Persistence of parenchymal and perivascular T-cells in treatment-refractory anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis. Filatenkov A, Richardson TE, Daoud E, Johnson-Welch SF, Ramirez DM, Torrealba J, Greenberg B, Monson NL, Rajaram V Neuroreport 2017 Sep 28 14 890-895 Targeted MAPK Pathway Inhibitors in Patients With Disseminated Pilocytic Astrocytomas. Drobysheva A, Klesse LJ, Bowers DC, Rajaram V, Rakheja D, Timmons CF, Wang J, Koral K, Gargan L, Ramos E, Park JY J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2017 Aug 15 8 978-982 Targeting CD133 improves chemotherapeutic efficacy of recurrent pediatric pilocytic astrocytoma following prolonged chemotherapy. Xi G, Li YD, Grahovac G, Rajaram V, Wadhwani N, Pundy T, Mania-Farnell B, James CD, Tomita T Mol. Cancer 2017 Jan 16 1 21 Personalized Treatment for a Patient With a BRAF V600E Mutation Using Dabrafenib and a Tumor Treatment Fields Device in a High-Grade Glioma Arising From Ganglioglioma. Meletath SK, Pavlick D, Brennan T, Hamilton R, Chmielecki J, Elvin JA, Palma N, Ross JS, Miller VA, Stephens PJ, Snipes G, Rajaram V, Ali SM, Melguizo-Gavilanes I J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2016 Nov 14 11 1345-1350 The deubiquitylase USP37 links REST to the control of p27 stability and cell proliferation. Das CM, Taylor P, Gireud M, Singh A, Lee D, Fuller G, Ji L, Fangusaro J, Rajaram V, Goldman S, Eberhart C, Gopalakrishnan V Oncogene 2016 Jul Results 1-10 of 48 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Cytopathology of the central nervous system. In Diagnostic Pediatric Cytopathology and Histopathologic Correlation Rajaram V (2016). Cambridge CB2 8BS, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press Brain and Spinal cord. In Color Atlas of Fetal and Neonatal Histology Rajaram V (2011). New York, Springer Neuropathologic and Neuroradiologic correlations. A differential diagnostic text and atlas. Veena Rajaram (2017). Cambridge University Press Professional Associations/Affiliations American Association of Neuropathologists (2003) American Society for Clinical Pathology (1997-2005) Children's Oncology Group (2008) College of American Pathology (1997) Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium (2006-2012) Society for Pediatric Pathology (2002) United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (1999)
