NamasivayamAmbalavananMD

Neonatal Respiratory Failure & Lung Development

Professor, Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine

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Office
176F, Suite 9380, WIC
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL 35249
Phone+1 205-934-4680

Fax+1 205-934-3100

University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 1993 - 1997
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and ResearchClass of 1990

PubMed

64 citations
Admission Temperature and Associated Mortality and Morbidity among Moderately and Extremely Preterm Infants.
Abbot R. Laptook, Edward F. Bell, Seetha Shankaran, Nansi S. Boghossian, Myra H. Wyckoff
The Journal of Pediatrics. 2018-01-01
119 citations
Disseminated Ureaplasma infection as a cause of fatal hyperammonemia in humans
Ankit Bharat, Scott A. Cunningham, G. R. Scott Budinger, Daniel Kreisel, Charl J. DeWet
Science Translational Medicine. 2015-04-22
5 citations
Early Skin-to-Skin Care with a Polyethylene Bag for Neonatal Hypothermia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Colm P. Travers, Manimaran Ramani, Samuel J. Gentle, Amelia Schuyler, Catherine Brown
The Journal of Pediatrics. 2021-04-01

Journal Articles

Predictive Modeling for Perinatal Mortality in Resource-Limited Settings
Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Carl Bose, Melissa Bauserman, Edward A Liechty, Waldemar A Carlo, JAMA Network Open
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Among Extremely Preterm Infants in the United States from 2002 to 2016
Colm P Travers, Waldemar A Carlo, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Barbara J Stoll, Myra H Wyckoff, Seetha Shankaran, Sara B Demauro, Michele C Walsh, Scott A Lorch, Margarita..., JAMA Network Open
A Comparison of 3 Vitamin D Dosing Regimens in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Waldemar A Carlo, Prem Fort, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Ariel A Salas, The Journal of Pediatrics

Racial/Ethnic Disparities Among Extremely Preterm Infants in the United States from 2002 to 2016June 2020

Pre-Vent ApneaNHLBI2016–2021
STOP BPDNHLBI2015–2019
Molecular Atlas of Lung Development - Research Center (RC) "Alveolar DevMAP"National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute2014–2019
Azithromycin To Prevent BPD In Ureaplasma-Infected Preterms.Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2011–2012
Transforming Growth Factor - Beta Mediates Effects Of Hypoxia In Newborn LungNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2008–2011
C-Reactive Protein In Extremely Low Birth Weight NeonatesEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2007–2008
MMP-2 In Neonatal Hypoxic Pulmonary Vascular RemodelingEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Of Child Health &Human Development2004–2008

UAB websitehttp://services.medicine.uab.edu/facultydirectory/FacultyData.asp?FID=18771
Children's websitehttps://www.childrensal.org/body.cfm?id=13&action=detail&ref=7
Personal websitehttp://home.sprynet.com/~ambal/