Raman Venkataramanan

Venkat’s research focuses on optimizing drug therapy in pregnancy “prevention of preterm labor by optimizing the use of 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate during pregnancy and Optimizing buprenorphine treatment in pregnancy”; and “optimization of use of medications in organ transplant patients”. Consistently NIH funded for OBGYN pharmacology work for the past 20years. Biosketch: Raman Venkataramanan, Ph.D; FCP; FAAPS Distinguished Service Professor of Pharmaceutical sciences and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh. Director of clinical pharmacokinetics laboratory Director of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Toxicology, UPMC Interim Director of CPPF, HCC, UPMC Pharmacy degree from University of Madras, India Master of pharmacy from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India; Doctorate from University of British Columbia, Canada. Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington Faculty University of Pittsburgh since 1980. Editorial board member for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, and four online journals. Editor for the American Journal of Analytical Chemistry. Reviewer for 10 additional journals Presented more than 200 lectures/seminars at national/international meetings Published over 450 papers in peer reviewed journals Mentored 39 Ph.Ds; 10 MS; 30 Fellows; 10 Faculty Member in AAPS, ACCP, IATDMCT, ITS and AST. Residency: Solid Organ Transplant Resident Position: Preceptor Drug Discovery and Development; Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences; Drug Formulations and Delivery; Drug Abuse and Prevention; Pharmacogenetics

423. Yoshida S, Kreger AM, Shaik IH, West RE 3rd, Venkataramanan R, Gittes GK. Intra-amniotic sildenafil administration in rabbits: Safety, pharmacokinetics, organ distribution and histologic evaluation. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2023 Jun 15;469:116527. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2023.116527. Epub 2023 Apr 18. PMID: 37080362. 424. Firuz G. Feturi,1 Vasil E. Erbas,2 Zhaoxiang Zhang,3 Lewei Dong,3 Huseyin Sahin,4 Jonas T. Schnider,3 Yang Li,3 Sinan Oksuz,5 Wensheng Zhang,3 Sean Mcclaine,3 Jan Niec,3 Jan Plock,6 Jignesh V. Unadkat,3 Kia M. Washington,3,7 Alexander M. Spiess,3 Mario G. Solari,3 Vijay S. Gorantla,8 Raman Venkataramanan,1,9 Topical Immunotherapy Synergizes with Low Systemic Immunotherapy to Prolong Survival of Vascularized Composite Allografts without Systemic Adverse Effects (J Pharm Sc