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
- 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, Reynolds AM, Wyckoff MH, Montoya C, Das A, Do B, Chang S, Higgins RD, Walsh MC,
JAMA. 2025;
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 - Temporal Trends in Red Blood Cell and Platelet Transfusion Thresholds for Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants.
Patel RM, Hendrickson JE, Birch R, Bougie DW, Branchford B, Chen X, Custer B, Desimone RA, Edwards E, Goel R, Gottschall J, Hod EA, Moayeri M, Karam O, Stone EF, Luban NLC, Josephson CD, Sola-Visner M,
The Journal of pediatrics. 2026;
PMID: 40887015 - Neonatal transfusion practice: undesired variation or personalised medicine?
Keir AK, Patel RM
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition. 2025;
PMID: 40701807 - SpO2/FiO2 ratio as a better metric for assessment of RBC transfusion effectiveness in non-traumatic critically ill patients with physiologic derangements.
Choudhary T, Smith G, Roback JD, Patel RM, Josephson CD, Kamaleswaran R
PloS one. 2025;20(7):e0327537.
PMID: 40608780 - Darbepoetin, Red Cell Mass, and Neuroprotection in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Ohls RK, Das A, Tan S, Lowe JR, Schibler K, Beauman SS, Bell EF, Laptook AR, Baserga M, Patel RM, Carlton DP, Flibotte J, Grisby C, Higgins RD, Shankaran S, Watterberg K, Hibbs AM, Carlo WA, Colaizy TT, Van Meurs KP, Kicklighter SD, Moore R, Sollinger C, Chalak LF, Ghavam S, Poindexter BB, Tyson JE, Cotten CM, Baack ML, Fathi O, DeMauro SB, Laughon MM, Reynolds AM, Duncan AF, Winter S, Wilson-Costello DE, Peralta-Carcelen M, Vohr BR, Harmon HM, Hintz SR, Cavanaugh B, Heyne RJ, Merhar S, Mosquera R, Sewell E, Malcolm WF, Richards LA, Benninger KL, Trembath A,
JAMA pediatrics. 2025;179(8):836-845.
PMID: 40354084
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