Raga Ramachandran, MD, PhD

Title(s)Professor, Pathology
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address513 Parnassus Avenue, MSB, #564A
San Francisco CA 94143
Phone415-476-1194
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    Dr. Raga Ramachandran is a surgical pathologist, a specialist in analyzing biopsies and tissue samples taken during surgery in order to help make treatment decisions. She focuses on liver and gastrointestinal diseases, and works with teams of medical students, residents, fellows and pathology assistants.

    Ramachandran participates in collaborative research in her role as the San Francisco site pathologist for the Hepatitis B Research Network, a consortium of hospitals with expertise in care for individuals with chronic infection with the hepatitis B virus. She also conducts education research that examines the impact of the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators' endowed chair program – which supports teaching excellence – on former chair holders.

    After earning a master's degree in biological sciences at Stanford University, Ramachandran earned a doctorate in cell and molecular biology at the University of Pennsylvania. She also earned her medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program. She completed residencies in anatomic and clinical pathology and fellowships in surgical pathology and gastrointestinal and liver pathology at UCSF.

    Ramachandran is a member of the Group for Research in Pathology Education and the Undergraduate Medical Educators Section of the Association of Pathology Chairs. Also a member of the previously mentioned UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, she serves as the endowed chair in pathology medical student education.

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    1. Expanding the Spectrum of GLI1-rearranged Neoplasms of the Gastrointestinal Tract to Include Monophasic Keratin-positive Epithelial Neoplasms. Am J Surg Pathol. 2024 Nov 01; 48(11):1389-1394. Bahceci D, Kim GE, Kakar S, Balitzer DJ, Nguyen ED, Ramachandran R, Umetsu SE, Joseph NM. PMID: 39451014.
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    2. Reply to Li, Henry, and Nguyen. Am J Gastroenterol. 2022 04 01; 117(4):688. Khalili M, Kleiner DE, King WC, Sterling RK, Ghany MG, Chung RT, Bhan AK, Rosenthal P, Lisker-Melman M, Ramachandran R, Lok AS. PMID: 35158369; PMCID: PMC8976722.
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    3. Impact of an Innovative Endowed Chair Program on Medical Educator Recipients. Acad Med. 2022 11 01; 97(11):1650-1655. Chin-Hong P, Loeser H, Peterson A, Ramachandran R, O'Sullivan PS. PMID: 35044975.
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    4. Hepatic Steatosis and Steatohepatitis in a Large North American Cohort of Adults With Chronic Hepatitis B. Am J Gastroenterol. 2021 08 01; 116(8):1686-1697. Khalili M, Kleiner DE, King WC, Sterling RK, Ghany MG, Chung RT, Bhan AK, Rosenthal P, Lisker-Melman M, Ramachandran R, Lok AS, ; and the Hepatitis B Research Network (HBRN). PMID: 33840726; PMCID: PMC8484018.
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    5. Perceptions of a Remote Learning Pathology Elective for Advanced Clinical Medical Students. Acad Pathol. 2021 Jan-Dec; 8:23742895211006846. Tanaka KS, Ramachandran R. PMID: 33997274; PMCID: PMC8072139.
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    6. Hepatic steatosis after pediatric liver transplant. Liver Transpl. 2017 07; 23(7):957-967. Perito ER, Vase T, Ramachandran R, Phelps A, Jen KY, Lustig RH, Feldstein VA, Rosenthal P. PMID: 28426902; PMCID: PMC5604881.
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    7. Immunohistochemical approach for the diagnosis of a liver mass on small biopsy specimens. Hum Pathol. 2017 05; 63:1-13. Choi WT, Ramachandran R, Kakar S. PMID: 28087475.
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    8. Role of residents in medical student teaching. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2013 Oct; 137(10):1325. Ramachandran R. PMID: 24079757.
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    9. Immunohistochemical pitfalls and the importance of glypican 3 and arginase in the diagnosis of scirrhous hepatocellular carcinoma. Mod Pathol. 2013 Jun; 26(6):782-91. Krings G, Ramachandran R, Jain D, Wu TT, Yeh MM, Torbenson M, Kakar S. PMID: 23348905.
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    10. A young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and extensive mesenteric vasculitis involving small and medium vessels. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012 Dec; 64(12):1928-33. Ashouri JF, Davis JL, Farkas A, Durack JC, Ramachandran R, Dall'Era M. PMID: 22933330.
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    11. T cell and B Cell immunity can be reconstituted with mismatched hematopoietic stem cell transplantation without alkylator therapy in artemis-deficient mice using anti-natural killer cell antibody and photochemically treated sensitized donor T cells. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2012 Feb; 18(2):200-9. Xiao TZ, Singh K, Dunn E, Ramachandran R, Cowan MJ. PMID: 22015994; PMCID: PMC3258350.
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    12. Acute hyperglycemia worsens hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Mar; 14(3):528-35. Behrends M, Martinez-Palli G, Niemann CU, Cohen S, Ramachandran R, Hirose R. PMID: 19997981; PMCID: PMC2820661.
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    13. Intradural extramedullary leptomeningeal hemangioblastomatosis and paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis diagnosed at autopsy: an unlikely pair. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2008 Jan; 132(1):104-8. Ramachandran R, Lee HS, Matthews B, Shatzel A, Tihan T. PMID: 18181660.
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