Titles:
Assistant Professor, Critical Care Medicine

Contact:
Email: venkataramanr@upmc.edu

Degrees:

Administrative Title
Hospitalist/Staff Intensivist Magee Women’s Hospital, UPMC-Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA

Major Honors/Awards:
1999 Won both the State and National trophies after representing University of Connecticut in the “Medical Jeopardy” competition conducted by the American College of Physicians
1999 First Prize in Poster Presentation, awarded by the Connecticut chapter of the American College Of Physicians
Award for Excellence in teaching as a Medical Resident, University of Connecticut Health Center
2000 “Fellow of the Year” award at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Division of Critical Care Medicine
2002 Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

Current Research Interest:
Acute Renal Failure

Current Funded Projects:

• Venkataraman R (Site Co-Investigator)
  Project Period: 8/14/03 - 2/14/07.
  VA Cooperative Study Program (CSP #530)/ National Institutes of Health (NIDDK): Intensive versus Conventional Renal Support in Acute Renal Failure. Acute Renal Failure Trial Network (ATN) PI: Paul Palevsky, MD
• Venkataraman R (Site Co-Investigator)
  Project Period: 9/1/03 - 8/31/06
  HRSA Division of Transplantation – 1R380T01300-01-00: Hemadsorption to Improve Donor Organ Recovery (HIDonOR) PI: John Kellum, M.D.

Publications:

• Venkataraman R and Kellum JA: Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Acute Renal Failure. Expert Opinion In Investigational Drugs 9 (11):2579-2592, 2000.
• Venkataraman R and Fink MP: Mechanisms Responsible For Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction In: Fink MP and Evans TW, Eds. Mechanisms of Organ Dysfunction in Critical Illness. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Springer-Verlang Sep. 2001
• Venkataraman R and Kellum JA: The Role of Diuretic Agents in the Management of Acute Renal Failure In: Contrib. Nephrol 132/012, May, 2001
• Kellum JA, Leblanc M and Venkataraman R: Acute Renal Failure. In Clinical Evidence: British Medical Journal, Edition 7, July 2002 and Edition 8, December 2002.
• Kellum JA and Venkataraman R: Blood Purification in Sepsis: An idea whose time has come? (Editorial) Crit Care Med 30(6): 1387-1388, 2002.
• Subramanian S, Venkataraman R and Kellum JA: Influence of Dialysis Membranes on Outcomes in Acute Renal Failure: A Meta-Analysis. Kidney International 62(5): 1819-1823, November, 2002.
• Venkataraman R, Kellum JA and Palevsky P: Dosing Patterns for Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy at a Large Academic Medical Center in the United States. Journal of Critical Care 17 (4):246-250, December 2002.
• Venkataraman R, Kellum JA, Song MC and Fink MP: Resuscitation with Ringer’s Ethyl Pyruvate Solution Prolongs Survival and Modulates Plasma Cytokine and Nitirite/Nitrate Concentrations in a Rat Model of LPS-Induced Shock. SHOCK 18 (6): 507-512, 2002
• Venkataraman R, Subramanian S, and Kellum JA: Extracorporeal Blood Purification in Severe Sepsis. Critical Care 2003 7(2): 139-145.
• Gunnerson K, Venkataraman R, and Kellum JA: Acid-Base Disorders. In Murray P, Brady HR, and Hall JB (eds). Intensive Care in Nephrology, Martin Dunitz, London, 2004 (In Press).
• Venkataraman R, Kellum JA. Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Acute Renal Failure. Expert Opin Investig Drugs, August 2003; 12 (8): 1353-1366.
• Kellum JA, Leblanc M, Venkataraman R. Acute Renal Failure. Clinical Evidence 2003; 9: 911-930.
• Kellum JA, Song M, Venkataraman R. Hemoadsorption Removes TNF, IL-6, and IL-10, Reduces NFB DNA Binding, and Improves Short-Term Survival in Lethal Endotoxemia. Critical Care Medicine 2004; 32 (3): 801-805.
• Venkataraman R, Song M, Lynas R, Kellum JA. Hemoadsorption to Improve Organ Recovery from Brian-Dead Organ Donors: A Novel Therapy for a Novel Indication? Blood Purification 2004; 22 (1): 143-149.
• Kellum JA, Song M, Venkataraman R. Effect of Hyperchloremic Acidosis on Arterial Pressure and Circulating Inflammatory Molecules in Experimental Sepsis. Chest, 2004; 125 (1): 243-248.
• Venkataraman R, Kellum JA, Pinsky MR. Homeostasis. In: Ramsay G (ed) Patient-Centered Acute Care Training Module. European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/SCCM, 2004; Chapter 4, pp 1-34