Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin
Dr. Ramani Ramchandran, Professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin received his BS and MS degrees from the University of Mumbai, India, followed by a Ph.D. degree at Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia. He was trained in the esteemed laboratories of the late Dr. Dorothy Tuan (pioneer in globin transcription) at Augusta University and Dr. Vikas Sukhatme (leader in transcription factor biology and translational biology) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. At Harvard, he developed his interest in translational vascular biology. In 2002, upon receipt of the National Cancer Institute Scholar award, he started his first independent laboratory at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In 2007, he joined the Medical College of Wisconsin where he has served in various roles including as the Patrick J. and Margaret G. McMahon Endowed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGYN), Vice Chair for Research in OBGYN and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. He is currently the Director of the Medical Student Summer Research Program and Summer Academic Medical Programs on campus and the Scholarship Director of the Joint Fellowship Curriculum Program in the Department of Pediatrics. He also directs an active Developmental Vascular Biology Research Program in Children’s Wisconsin. His research program investigates fundamental questions related to blood vessel patterning, and utilizes human cell culture, zebrafish, and mouse model systems. His latest research is on hair-like structure called cilia on endothelial cells. He has published over 100 papers in leading biomedical journals and received extramural funding continuously from NIH for 20 years. He is the recipient of several awards including the 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Augusta University. In 2023, he founded a for-profit company CIAN, Inc. that is developing biomarkers for vascular injury.