Shalini Ramachandran, M.D. Associate Professor School Medical School Department Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Shalini Ramachandran is a graduate of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal in India. She completed her internship and pediatric residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and subsequently completed fellowship in Neonatology at the same institution. Dr. Ramachandran's clinical interests include bronchopulmonary dysplasia, neonatal resuscitation and congenital heart disease. Her basic science interests include understanding lung development, lung injury and developing lung protective strategies. Education Medical School Kasturba Medical College, India (2005) Internship Christian Medical College and Hospital (2005), Pediatrics Residency University of Miami School of Medicine (2010), Pediatrics Fellowship University of Miami - Neonatology Fellowship (2013), Neonatal-perinatal Medicine Research Interest Lung Development Lung protective strategies Neonatal lung injury Publications Featured Publications 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 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 Pediatr. Res. 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 Transplant 2013 May Results 1-3 of 3 1 Honors & Awards Award for Research PresentationDistrict VIII AAP Annual Conference, Las Vegas (2012) PAS Travel AwardPediatric Academic Societies (2012) Travel Grant for an Oral Presentation at the Southeastern Conference on Perinatal ResearchMead Johnson Nutrition for the American Academy of Pediatrics Perinatal Section (2011-2012) Travel Grant for the Neonatal-Perinatal Fellow ConferenceAmerican Academy of Pediatrics (2011) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics (2007) American Medical Association (2007)