Professor, Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Neonat/Perinatology
Dr. Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD
Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD works in the field of Neonat/Perinatology. He went to medical school at University of Alabama Medical Center. University of Alabama Medical Center is ranked 37/17 in Research/PrimaryCare. He has 1 awards "Regional Top Doctor". Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MD is a published physician as well. He has 103 publications published. The latest was: Gestational age and birthweight for risk assessment of neurodevelopmental impairment or death in extremely preterm infants.
Publications
- Genetic predisposition to bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- Impact of gestational age, sex, and postnatal age on urine biomarkers in premature neonates.
- Serum eotaxin-1 is increased in extremely-low-birth-weight infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death.
- Acute changes in fluid status affect the incidence, associative clinical outcomes, and urine biomarker performance in premature infants with acute kidney injury.
- Genetic Polymorphisms of Heme-oxygenase 1 (HO-1) may Impact on Acute Kidney Injury, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Mortality in Premature Infants.
- Acute kidney injury is associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia/mortality in premature infants.
- Noninvasive Imaging of Experimental Lung Fibrosis.
- A randomised trial of re-feeding gastric residuals in preterm infants.
- Pharmacokinetics, Microbial Response, and Pulmonary Outcomes of Multi-dose Intravenous Azithromycin in Preterm Infants at Risk for Ureaplasma Respiratory Colonization.
- Prophylactic indomethacin and intestinal perforation in extremely low birth weight infants.
- Alterations in Gene Expression and DNA Methylation During Murine and Human Lung Alveolar Septation.
- PaCO2 in Surfactant, Positive Pressure, and Oxygenation Randomised Trial (SUPPORT).
- Genetic variants associated with severe retinopathy of prematurity in extremely low birth weight infants.
- Array comparative genomic hybridisation testing in CHD.
- Early Exposure to Hyperoxia or Hypoxia Adversely Impacts Cardio-Pulmonary Development.
- Surgery and Neurodevelopmental Outcome of Very Low-Birth-Weight Infants.
- Respiratory outcomes of the surfactant positive pressure and oximetry randomized trial (SUPPORT).
- Cytokines Associated with Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants.
- Developmental Outcomes of Very Preterm Infants with Tracheostomies.
- Pulmonary matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity in mechanically ventilated children with respiratory syncytial virus.
- Evaluating retinopathy of prematurity screening guidelines for 24- to 27-week gestational age infants.
- Histone deacetylase inhibition promotes fibroblast apoptosis and ameliorates pulmonary fibrosis in mice.
- Pulmonary hypertension in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- Apolipoprotein E genotype and outcome in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
- Immunogenicity of Haemophilus influenzae Type b Protein Conjugate Vaccines in Very Low Birth Weight Infants.
- The Value of Paco 2 in Relation to Outcome in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
- Inflammatory signals that regulate intestinal epithelial renewal, differentiation, migration and cell death: Implications for necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Outcomes of extremely low birthweight infants with acidosis at birth.
- Wiping versus suction to clear neonatal airways at birth - Authors' reply.
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely low birth weight infants with spontaneous intestinal perforation or surgical necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Death or neurodevelopmental impairment at 18 to 22 months corrected age in a randomized trial of early dexamethasone to prevent death or chronic lung disease in extre...
- Outcomes of extremely preterm infants following severe intracranial hemorrhage.
- Randomized trial of plastic bags to prevent term neonatal hypothermia in a resource-poor setting.
- Individual and center-level factors affecting mortality among extremely low birth weight infants.
- Impact of early surfactant and inhaled nitric oxide therapies on outcomes in term/late preterm neonates with moderate hypoxic respiratory failure.
- Characteristics of extremely low-birth-weight infant survivors with unimpaired outcomes at 30 months of age.
- Oronasopharyngeal suction versus wiping of the mouth and nose at birth: a randomised equivalency trial.
- Histological Characteristics of the Fetal Inflammatory Response Associated with Neurodevelopmental Impairment and Death in Extremely Preterm Infants.
- VARA Attenuates Hyperoxia-Induced Impaired Alveolar Development and Lung Function in Newborn Mice.
- Extremely Low Birth Weight and Infant Mortality Rates in the United States.
- Feeding practices and necrotizing enterocolitis.
- Systems biology of lung development and regeneration: current knowledge and recommendations for future research.
- Fluid overload and mortality are associated with acute kidney injury in sick near-term/term neonate.
- Titanium oxide nanoparticle instillation induces inflammation and inhibits lung development in mice.
- Neurodevelopmental impairment following neonatal hyperoxia in the mouse.
- ABO Blood Group Is Associated with Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Neonates with Respiratory Failure.
- Nano-TiO? particles impair adhesion of airway epithelial cells to fibronectin.
- Cytokines and Posthemorrhagic Ventricular Dilation in Premature Infants.
- Outcome Trajectories in Extremely Preterm Infants.
- Altered DNA Methylation Profile in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
- Temporary fetal tracheal occlusion using a gel plug in a rabbit model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
- In vitro studies on the effect of particle size on macrophage responses to nanodiamond wear debris.
- Urine Biomarkers Predict Acute Kidney Injury in Newborns.
- Influence of clinical status on the association between plasma total and unbound bilirubin and death or adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birth wei...
- Intestinal microbiota of preterm infants differ over time and between hospitals.
- Myofibroblast differentiation and enhanced tgf-B signaling in cystic fibrosis lung disease.
- Effect of a volatile smoke component (acrolein) on human gingival fibroblasts: An in vitro study.
- The efficacy of flapless implant surgery on soft-tissue profile comparing immediate loading implants to delayed loading implants: A comparative clinical study.
- Effect of a controlled release device containing minocycline microspheres on the treatment of chronic periodontitis: A comparative study.
- Identification of extremely premature infants at high risk of rehospitalization.
- Hypoxia induces downregulation of PPAR-γ in isolated pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells and in rat lung via transforming growth factor-β signaling.
- Cytokines and neurodevelopmental outcomes in extremely low birth weight infants.
- Urine biomarkers predict acute kidney injury and mortality in very low birth weight infants.
- Accuracy of a novel system for oxygen delivery to small children.
- Baseline values of candidate urine acute kidney injury biomarkers vary by gestational age in premature infants.
- Peptide-directed highly selective targeting of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Hypoxia-induced inhibition of lung development is attenuated by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-? agonist rosiglitazone.
- Prediction of bronchopulmonary dysplasia by postnatal age in extremely premature infants.
- Acute kidney injury reduces survival in very low birth weight infants.
- Intercenter differences in bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death among very low birth weight infants.
- TGF-β2 suppresses macrophage cytokine production and mucosal inflammatory responses in the developing intestine.
- Impact of timing of birth and resident duty-hour restrictions on outcomes for small preterm infants.
- Prophylactic phenobarbital and whole-body cooling for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
- Early CPAP versus surfactant in extremely preterm infants.
- Target ranges of oxygen saturation in extremely preterm infants.
- Acute kidney injury and renal replacement therapy independently predict mortality in neonatal and pediatric noncardiac patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Vitamin A and retinoic acid act synergistically to increase lung retinyl esters during normoxia and reduce hyperoxic lung injury in newborn mice.
- Predicting time to hospital discharge for extremely preterm infants.
- Outcome of term infants using apgar scores at 10 minutes following hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
- A pumpless lung assist device reduces mechanical ventilation-induced lung injury in juvenile piglets.
- Evaluation of a pumpless lung assist device in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in juvenile piglets.
- PaCO2 and neurodevelopment in extremely low birth weight infants.
- Cytokines associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death in extremely low birth weight infants.
- Hyperoxia-induced neonatal rat lung injury involves activation of TGF-{beta} and Wnt signaling and is protected by rosiglitazone.
- Loss of Thy-1 inhibits alveolar development in the newborn mouse lung.
- Acute kidney injury is independently associated with mortality in very low birthweight infants: a matched case-control analysis.
- Nitric oxide administration using an oxygen hood: a pilot trial.
- Prolonged duration of initial empirical antibiotic treatment is associated with increased rates of necrotizing enterocolitis and death for extremely low birth weight i...
- Acute kidney injury in critically ill newborns: what do we know? What do we need to learn?
- Mortality and morbidity by month of birth of neonates admitted to an academic neonatal intensive care unit.
- Permissive hypercapnia to decrease lung injury in ventilated preterm neonates.
- How can we prevent early death in preterm infants?
- Neonatal mortality among low birth weight infants during the initial months of the academic year.
- SNO-hemoglobin is not essential for red blood cell-dependent hypoxic vasodilation.
- Transforming growth factor-beta signaling mediates hypoxia-induced pulmonary arterial remodeling and inhibition of alveolar development in newborn mouse lung.
- Subepithelial connective tissue grafts for the coverage of denuded root surfaces: a clinical report.
- Developmental regulation of NO-mediated VEGF-induced effects in the lung.
- Predictors of death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants with respiratory failure.
- Effect of three commercial mouth rinses on cultured human gingival fibroblast: an in vitro study.
- Role of matrix metalloproteinase-2 in newborn mouse lungs under hypoxic conditions.
- Endothelial Cell Bioenergetics and Mitochondrial DNA Damage Differ in Humans Having African or West Eurasian Maternal Ancestry.
- Gestational age and birthweight for risk assessment of neurodevelopmental impairment or death in extremely preterm infants.
Schools
Jipmer
Uab
Doctors Specialties
- Neonatal Medicine
- Neonat/Perinatology
Accepted Insurances
- Blue Card PPO
- Dental Blue 100/200/300
- Cigna HMO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
Education
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University of Alabama Medical Center -
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research
Hospital
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University of Alabama Hospital -
Children's of Alabama
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