Shekhar Venkataraman, MBBS

  • Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics
  • Medical Director, Respiratory Care Services, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Education & Training

  • MBBS, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India, 1980
  • Residency, Pediatrics, UMDNJ,1984
  • Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, UPMC, 1987
Awards
Elected to the College of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, India, 2013
Representative Publications

Venkataraman ST, Fuhrman BP, Howland DF, DeFrancisis MA. Positive end-expiratory pressure-induced, calcium-channel-mediated increases in pulmonary vascular resistance in neonatal lambs. Critical care medicine. 1993 Jul;21(7):1066-76.

Khan N, Brown A, Venkataraman ST. Predictors of extubation success and failure in mechanically ventilated infants and children. Critical care medicine. 1996 Sep 1;24(9):1568-79.

Venkataraman ST, Khan N, Brown A. Validation of predictors of extubation success and failure in mechanically ventilated infants and children. Critical care medicine. 2000 Aug 1;28(8):2991-6.

Randolph AG, Wypij D, Venkataraman ST, Hanson JH, Gedeit RG, Meert KL, Luckett PM, Forbes P, Lilley M, Thompson J, Cheifetz IM. Effect of mechanical ventilator weaning protocols on respiratory outcomes in infants and children: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2002 Nov 27;288(20):2561-8.

 

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Research Interests
  • Heart-lung interactions
  • Weaning and extubation
  • Optimizing mechanical ventilation