UC Davis Children’s Hospital

Nirupama Subramanian, M.B.B.S. View profile as PDF

Nirupama  Subramanian

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Subramanian's primary clinical interests include the management of acute respiratory failure in neonates, the use of inhaled nitric oxide and other pulmonary vasodilators, and extracorporeal membrane oxygen in neonatal respiratory failure. In addition, she teaches medical students, interns, residents and fellows.

Title:

Health Science Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

Specialty:

Pediatric Neonatology

Center/Program Affiliation:

Address:

UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd., Suite NICU
Sacramento, CA 95817

Other Languages:

Tamil

Education:

Kilpauk Medical College
Madras,
M.B.B.S. 1975

University of Bombay
, Bombay
B.Sc. 1969

Internships:

UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
1980

Residency:

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Oakland, California
1982
Pediatrics

Fellowships:

Children's Hospital, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
1985
Pediatrics

Board Certifications:

American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2003
American Board of Pediatrics, 1985

Professional Memberships:

American Association of Pediatrics (AAP) section on Perinatal Pediatrics
California Association of Neonatologists
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics

Honors and Awards:

Best Doctors in America, 2005-2012
Humanism award (Huntington Memorial Hospital), 1987
Ranked First, University of Bombay, in Zoology, 1968

Select Recent Publications:

Friedlich P, Subramanian N, Sebald M, Noori S, Seri I. Use of high-frequency jet ventilation in neonates with hypoxemia refractory to high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2003 Jun;13(6):398-402.

Brady T, Ramirez M, Kriscunas M, Subramanian N, Friedlich P. ECMO need may be predicted by six hours of inhaled nitric oxide therapy in neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J of Perinatology 2001: 21:482-509.

Friedlich P, Subramanian N, Garg M. Marked reduction in mean airway pressure and xygenation index using high frequency jet ventilation in neonates with refractory hypoxemic respiratory failure. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 2000.

Tantivit P, Subramanian N, Garg M, Ramanathan R, deLemos R. Low plasma Cortisol in term infants with refractory hypotension. J of Perinatology. Jul-Aug, 19(5):352-357.

Tantivit P, Subramanian N, Garg M, Ramanathan R, deLemos R. Low plasma Cortisol in term infants with refractory hypotension. J Investigative Medicine 45:166A.

Gleghorn EE, Merritt RJ, Subramanian N, Ramos A. Phenobarbital does not prevent total parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasis in noninfected neonates. J of Parenteral Enteral Nutrition May-Jun, 10(3):282-283.

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