About Ramani Balu, MD

Neurology Specialist, Inova Fairfax Hospital

Education:
BS (Biology) Duke University, Durham, NC, 1998. MSE (Biomedical Engineering) Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2000. MD/PhD (Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)) Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 2008. MTR (Translational Research) University of Pennsylvania, 2018.

Internships:

New York University Langone Medical Center
Training Specialty: Internal Medicine
7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009

Residencies

University of Pennsylvania
Training Specialty: Neurology
7/1/2009 - 6/30/2012

Fellowships

University of Pennsylvania
Training Specialty: Neurocritical Care
7/1/2012 - 6/30/2014

Description of Research Expertise

Electrophysiology
Optical Imaging
Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Cerebral Autoregulation
Neuroimmunology
Clinical Trials

Selected Publications

Kirschen MP, Majmudar T, Beaulieu F, Burnett R, Shaik M, Morgan RW, Baker W, Ko T, Balu R, Agarwal K, Lourie K, Sutton R, Kilbaugh T, Diaz-Arrastia R, Berg R, Topjian A.: Deviations from NIRS-derived optimal blood pressure are associated with worse outcomes after pediatric cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 168: 110-118, Sep 2021.

Balu R, Rajagopalan S, Baghshomali S, Kirschen M, Kofke WA, Abella BS: Cerebrovascular pressure reactivity predicts neurologic outcome after hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Resuscitation 164: 114-121, Jul 2021 Notes: oi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.04.023. Epub 2021 Apr 27.

Bernabei JM, Owoputi O, Small SD, Nyema NT, Dumenyo E, Kim J, Baldassano SN, Painter C, Conrad EC, Ganguly TM, Balu R, Davis KA, Levine JM, Pathmanathan J, Litt B.: A full-stack application for detecting seizures and reducing data during continuous electroencephalopagram monitoring. Critical Care Explorations Jul 2021.

Balu R, Fischer M: Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome. Stroke: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, & Management. Kasner SE, Grotta J, Broderick M, Lo E, Sacco R, Wong L, Day A (eds.). Elsevier, Page: 556, Mar 2021 Notes: chapter 38.

Ngwenya LB, Foreman BP, Balu R, Carlson AP, Dreier JP, Diaz-Arrastia R, Hartings JA: Electrophysiologic monitoring for traumatic brain injury. Youmans & Winn Neurological Surgery, 8th Edition. Manley GT, Winn HR (eds.). Elsevier, 2021 Notes: in-press.

Murphy TW, Cohen SA, Avery LK, Balakrishnan MP, Balu R, Chowdhury MAB, Crabb DB, Huegsen KW, Hwang CW, Maciel CM, Gul SS, Han F, Becker TK on behalf of the Interdisciplinary Cardiac Arrest Research Review (ICARE) group: Cardiac arrest: an interdisciplinary scoping review of the literature from 2019. Resuscitation Plus 4, December 2020 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2020.100037.

Kirschen MP, Morgan RW, Majmudar T, Landis WP, Ko T, Balu R, Balasubramanian S, Topjian A, Sutton RM, Berg RA, Kilbaugh TJ.: The association between early impairment in cerebral autoregulation and outcome in a pediatric swine model of cardiac arrest. Resuscitation Plus Dec 2020.