07/2023 – current:    Associate Professor of Pediatrics (tenure track), Dept of Pediatrics; The George Washington University School of Medical and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., U.S.

Google scholar score:  h-index: 12     i10-index: 13

      ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9887-8764

Papers in Refereed Journals

1. Sethi A, Sabherwal A, Basu SK, Sareen D. An unusual cause of recurrent cheek abscess: a clinical case. Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences. 2015; 5 (16) : 982-84.
2. Basu SK, Chickajajur V, Lopez V, Bhutada A, Pagala M, Rastogi S. Immediate clinical outcomes in preterm neonates receiving antenatal magnesium for neuroprotection. J Perinat Med. 2011 Aug 11;40(2):185-9. doi: 10.1515/JPM.2011.094. PMID: 21834608.
3. Borja-Del-Rosario P, Basu SK, Haberman S, Bhutada A, Rastogi S. Neonatal serum magnesium concentrations are determined by total maternal dose of magnesium sulfate administered for neuroprotection. J Perinat Med. 2014 Mar;42(2):207-11. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2013-0151. PMID: 24006314.
4. Basu SK, Kaiser JR, Guffey D, Minard CG, Guillet R, Gunn AJ; CoolCap Study Group. Hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia are associated with unfavourable outcome in infants with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: a post hoc analysis of the CoolCap Study. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2016 Mar;101(2): F149-55. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308733. Epub 2015 Aug 17. PMID: 26283669.
5. Basu SK, Salemi JL, Gunn AJ, Kaiser JR; CoolCap Study Group. Hyperglycaemia in infants with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy is associated with improved outcomes after therapeutic hypothermia: a post hoc analysis of the CoolCap Study. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2017 Jul;102(4): F299-F306. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311385. Epub 2016 Oct 31. PMID: 27799322.
6. Basu SK, *Ottolini K, *Govindan V, *Mashat S, Vezina G, Wang Y, Ridore M, Chang T, Kaiser JR, Massaro AN. Early Glycemic Profile Is Associated with Brain Injury Patterns on Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy. J Pediatr. 2018 Dec; 203:137-143. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.041. Epub 2018 Sep 6. PMID: 30197201; PMCID: PMC6323004.
7. Basu SK, Pradhan S, Kapse K, McCarter R, Murnick J, Chang T, Limperopoulos C. Third Trimester Cerebellar Metabolite Concentrations are Decreased in Very Premature Infants with Structural Brain Injury. Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 4;9(1):1212. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-37203-4. PMID: 30718546; PMCID: PMC6362247.
8. De Asis-Cruz J, Kapse K, Basu SK, Said M, Scheinost D, Murnick J, Chang T, du Plessis A, Limperopoulos C. Functional brain connectivity in ex utero premature infants compared to in utero fetuses. Neuroimage. 2020 Oct 1; 219:117043. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117043. Epub 2020 Jun 11. PMID: 32534962; PMCID: PMC7493786.
9. Hamdy RF, Bhattarai S, Basu SK, Hahn A, Stone B, Sadler ED, Hammer BM, Galiote J, Slomkowski J, *Casto AM, *Korzuch KP, Chase H, Nzegwu N, Greenberg I, Ortiz N, Blake C, Chang J, Bost JE, Payne AS, Shah RK, Soghier L. Reducing Vancomycin Use in a Level IV NICU. Pediatrics. 2020 Aug;146(2):e20192963. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-2963. Epub 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 32611807.
10. *Ottolini KM, Andescavage N, Kapse K, Jacobs M, Murnick J, VanderVeer R, Basu S, Said M, Limperopoulos C. Early Lipid Intake Improves Cerebellar Growth in Very Low-Birth-Weight Preterm Infants. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2021 Mar;45(3):587-595. doi: 10.1002/jpen.1868. Epub 2020 Jun 4. PMID: 32384168; PMCID: PMC8496982.
11. Basu SK, Pradhan S, Jacobs MB, Said M, Kapse K, Murnick J, Whitehead MT, Chang T, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Age and Sex Influences Gamma-aminobutyric Acid Concentrations in the Developing Brain of Very Premature Infants. Sci Rep. 2020 Jun 29;10(1):10549. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67188-y. PMID: 32601466; PMCID: PMC7324587.
12. Zun Z, Kapse K, Jacobs M, Basu S, Said M, Andersen N, Murnick J, Chang T, du Plessis A, Limperopoulos C. Longitudinal Trajectories of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Very Preterm Infants during Third Trimester Ex Utero Development Assessed with MRI. Radiology. 2021 Jun;299(3):691-702. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2021202423. Epub 2021 Mar 30. PMID: 33787337; PMCID: PMC8165945.
13. McGowan M, Ferreira C, Whitehead M, Basu SK, Chang T, Gropman A. The Application of Neurodiagnostic Studies to Inform the Acute Management of a Newborn Presenting With Carbamoyl Phosphate Synthetase 1 Deficiency. Child Neurol Open. 2021 Jan 22; 8:2329048X20985179. doi: 10.1177/2329048X20985179. Erratum in: Child Neurol Open. 2021 Feb 19; 8:2329048X21998964. PMID: 33644249; PMCID: PMC7841664.
14. Basu SK#, *Ottolini KM#, Herrera N, *Govindan V, *Mashat S, Vezina G, Ridore M, Bost J, Chang T, Massaro AN. Positive fluid balance is associated with death and severity of brain injury in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. J Perinatol. 2021 Jun;41(6):1331-1338. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-00988-w. Epub 2021 Mar 1. PMID: 33649446.

# Co-first authors with equal contribution.

15. Basu SK, Pradhan S, du Plessis AJ, Ben-Ari Y, Limperopoulos C. GABA and glutamate in the preterm neonatal brain: In-vivo measurement by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Neuroimage. 2021 Sep; 238:118215. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118215. Epub 2021 May 28. PMID: 34058332; PMCID: PMC8404144.
16. Basu SK, Pradhan S, Barnett SD, Mikkelsen M, Kapse KJ, Murnick J, Quistorff JL, Lopez CA, du Plessis AJ, Limperopoulos C. Regional Differences in Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid and Glutamate Concentrations in the Healthy Newborn Brain. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2022 Jan;43(1):125-131. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A7336. Epub 2021 Nov 11. PMID: 34764083; PMCID: PMC8757541.
17. Largent A, De Asis-Cruz J, Kapse K, Barnett SD, Murnick J, Basu S, Andersen N, Norman S, Andescavage N, Limperopoulos C. Automatic brain segmentation in preterm infants with post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus using 3D Bayesian U-Net. Hum Brain Mapp. 2022 Apr 15;43(6):1895-1916. doi: 10.1002/hbm.25762. Epub 2022 Jan 13. PMID: 35023255; PMCID: PMC8933325.
18. Pinchefsky EF, Schneider J, Basu S, Tam EWY, Gale C. Nutrition and management of glycemia in neonates with neonatal encephalopathy treated with hypothermia. Seminars in fetal & neonatal medicine. 08/01/2021; 26 (4: 101268.
19. *Edzards MJ, Jacobs MB, Song X, Basu SK, Hamdy RF. Polymyxin flushes for endotracheal tube suction catheters in extremely low birth-weight infants: Any benefit in preventing ventilator-associated events? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Nov 15:1-3. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.253. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36377423.
20. Basu, S. K., Pradhan, S., Sharker, Y. M., Kapse, K. J., Murnick, J., Chang, T., Lopez, C. A., Andescavage, N., duPlessis, A. J., & Limperopoulos, C. (2023). Severity of prematurity and age impact early postnatal development of GABA and glutamate systems. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 33(12), 7386–7394. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad046. PMID: 36843135.
21. Cook, K. M., De Asis-Cruz, J., Basu, S. K., Andescavage, N., Murnick, J., Spoehr, E., du Plessis, A. J., & Limperopoulos, C. (2023). Ex-utero third trimester developmental changes in functional brain network organization in infants born very and extremely preterm. Frontiers in neuroscience, 17, 1214080. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1214080
22. Basu, S. K., Kapse, K. J., Murnick, J., Pradhan, S., Spoehr, E., Zhang, A., Andescavage, N., Nino, G., du Plessis, A. J., & Limperopoulos, C. (2023). Impact of bronchopulmonary dysplasia on brain GABA concentrations in preterm infants: Prospective cohort study. Early human development, 186, 105860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2023.105860.
23. Cook, K. M., De Asis-Cruz, J., Kim, J. H., Basu, S. K., Andescavage, N., Murnick, J., Spoehr, E., Liggett, M., du Plessis, A. J., & Limperopoulos, C. (2023). Experience of early-life pain in premature infants is associated with atypical cerebellar development and later neurodevelopmental deficits. BMC medicine, 21(1), 435. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03141-w.
24. Christoffel, K., De Asis-Cruz, J., Govindan, R. B., Kim, J. H., Cook, K. M., Kapse, K., Andescavage, N., Basu, S., Spoehr, E., Limperopoulos, C., & Du Plessis, A. (2024). Central Autonomic Network and heart rate variability in premature neonates. Developmental neuroscience, 10.1159/000536513.
25. Damera, S. R., De Asis-Cruz, J., Cook, K. M., Kapse, K., Spoehr, E., Murnick, J., Basu, S., Andescavage, N., & Limperopoulos, C. (2024). Regional homogeneity as a marker of sensory cortex dysmaturity in preterm infants. iScience, 27(5), 109662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109662.
26. Govindan RB, Andescavage NN, Basu S, Murnick J, Ngwa J, Galla JT, Kapse K, Limperopoulos C, du Plessis A. Circadian rhythm development in preterm infants. The role of postnatal versus postmenstrual age. Early Hum Dev. 2024 Jul 27;196:106084. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106084. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39126762.