Dr. Raghavendran is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Acute Care Surgery, Section of General Surgery. Dr. Raghavendran received his medical education at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry, India. He completed his surgical residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and his fellowship in surgical critical care at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Previously, Dr. Raghavendran served as an attending trauma surgeon at University at Buffalo, SUNY where he was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2007.

Dr. Raghavendran is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a recipient of a National Institutes of General Medical Science (NIGMS) Mentored Clinical Scientist K award from 2006. He has also received funding for a RO-1 awarded through NHLBI. His current laboratory research focuses on studying the chemokines associated with lung contusion and its interaction with gastric aspiration. The focuses of his clinical interests are with ARDS and ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Dr. Raghavendran's current research projects include:

1. Lung contusion-Inflammatory mechanisms and interaction with gastric aspiration.
2. Role of chemokines in Lung contusion 3. Toll-like receptors in lung contusion with and without bacterial pneumonia 4. Surfactant dysfunction and replacement in Lung contusion.

Selected Publications

1. Raghavendran K, Davidson BA, Mullan BA, Hutson AD, Russo TA, Manderscheid PA, Woytash JA, Holm BA, Notter RH, Knight PR. Acid and particulate-induced aspiration lung injury in mice: importance of MCP-1. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2005 Jul;289(1):L134-43. Epub 2005 Mar 18. PMID: 15778247
2. Raghavendran K, Davidson BA, Helinski JD, Marschke CJ, Manderscheid P, Woytash JA, Notter RH, Knight PR. A rat model for isolated bilateral lung contusion from blunt chest trauma. Anesth Analg. 2005 Nov;101(5):1482-9. PMID: 16244015
3. Raghavendran K, Davidson BA, Woytash JA, Helinski JD, Marschke CJ, Manderscheid PA, Notter RH, Knight PR. The evolution of isolated bilateral lung contusion from blunt chest trauma in rats: cellular and cytokine responses. Shock. 2005 Aug;24(2):132-8. PMID: 16044083
4. Raghavendran K, Davidson BA, Knight PR, Wang Z, Helinski J, Chess PR, Notter RH. Surfactant dysfunction in lung contusion with and without superimposed gastric aspiration in a rat model. Shock. 2008 Nov;30(5):508-17. PMID: 18323743
5. Raghavendran K, Notter RH, Davidson BA, Helinski JD, Kunkel SL, Knight PR. Lung Contusion: Inflammatory Mechanisms and Interaction with Other Injuries. Shock. 2009 Jan 19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19174738