Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
- Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowships
Emory University School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Epidemiology of Pediatric Transfusion Reactions.
Stone EF, Chacreton D, Jimenez A, Kelly S, Goel R, Hendrickson JE, Nellis ME, Sola-Visner M, Karam O, Patel RM, Vossoughi S, Vissa M, Wilson S, VanWormer JJ, Singer ST, Bakhtary S, Vichinsky EP, Luban NLC, Josephson CD, Karafin MS,
JAMA network open. 2026;9(4):e269274.
PMID: 42043816 - Approaches to red blood cell transfusion for the very low birth weight infant.
Patel RM
Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine. 2026;
PMID: 41846196 - Trends in admissions and costs for neonatal intensive care in US children's hospitals, 2017-2022.
Vance AJ, Richardson T, King B, Lagatta J, Lai KC, Lakshmanan A, Lee HC, Lewis T, Patel RM, Kohne JG
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 2026;
PMID: 41844834 - Introduction.
Weisoly DL, Brodsky D, Martin CR, , Weisoly DL, Saxonhouse M, Brodsky D, Honea S, Martin CR, Moore J, Patel RM, Ursprung R
Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine. 2026;
PMID: 41832085 - Platelet Transfusion Practices and Outcomes in Neonates and Children.
Goel R, Karam O, Warden DE, Birch RJ, Binns TC, Punzalan R, Roubinian N, Yurtsever N, Patel RM, Bougie D, Luban N, Josephson CD, Sola-Visner M, Nellis ME,
JAMA network open. 2026;9(1):e2554531.
PMID: 41604154 - Expectant Management vs Medication for Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Preterm Infants: The PDA Randomized Clinical Trial.
Laughon MM, Thomas SM, Watterberg KL, Kennedy KA, Keszler M, Ambalavanan N, Davis AS, Slaughter JL, Guillet R, Colaizy TT, Cotten CM, Dhawan MA, Bose CL, Talbert J, Smucny S, Benitz WE, Rysavy MA, Ohls RK, Baserga MC, DeMauro SB, Jaleel M, Jackson WM, Carlo WA, Puopolo KM, Hibbs AM, Katheria A, Sánchez PJ, D'Angio CT, Patel RM, Johnson BA, Chock VY, Bhatt AJ, Merhar SL, Moore R, Laptook AR, Ghavam S, Fuller J, Vyas-Read S, Kicklighter SD, Steinbrekera B, Anderson K, Chandrasekharan PK, Wyckoff MH, Montoya C, Das A, Do B, Chang S, Higgins RD, Walsh MC,
JAMA. 2026;335(7):588-599.
PMID: 41364689 - International classification of diseases codes have low positive predictive value for neonatal morbidities.
Hendrickson JE, Birch RJ, Sola-Visner MC, Branchford BR, Chen X, Custer BS, Desimone RA, Bougie DW, Edwards EM, Goel R, Gottschall J, Hod EA, Moayeri M, Roubinian NH, Karam O, Stone EF, Luban NLC, Josephson CD, Patel RM,
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 2025;
PMID: 41310310 - Using a lower platelet transfusion threshold: translating evidence into practice.
Paul DA, Pearlman SA, Patel RM
Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 2025;45(12):1653-1654.
PMID: 41116035 - Early Intratracheal Budesonide to Reduce Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Preterm Infants: The Budesonide in Babies (BiB) Randomized Clinical Trial.
Ambalavanan N, Carlo WA, Nowak KJ, Wiener LE, Cosby SS, Bhatt AJ, Watterberg KL, Poindexter BB, Keszler M, D'Angio CT, Brion LP, Narendran V, Rau CA, Cotten CM, Laughon MM, Das A, Rysavy MA, Hibbs AM, Fuller J, Puopolo KM, Katheria A, Patel RM, Bermick JR, Laptook AR, Prelipcean I, Wyckoff MH, Moore R, Merhar SL, Ohls RK, Yoder BA, Perez M, Ghavam S, Meyer LR, Chock VY, DeMauro SB, Jackson WM, Handa D, Walsh MC,
JAMA. 2025;334(16):1452-1462.
PMID: 41026481 - Maternal Coronavirus Disease 2019 Test Positivity and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Outcomes for Infants Born Extremely Preterm.
Messick EA, Saha S, Slaughter JL, Kielt MJ, Benninger KL, Bell EF, Stoll BJ, Puopolo KM, Mukhopadhyay S, Flannery DD, Wyckoff MH, Cotten CM, Patel RM, Laptook AR, Grisby C, Das A, Walsh MC, Sánchez PJ,
The Journal of pediatrics. 2026;
PMID: 41016465
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