Education & Training
Medical School
New York Medical College
Graduate Institution
Oregon Health Sciences University
Residency
Pediatrics
- Oregon Health & Science University-OHSU GME
Fellowship
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
- Oregon Health & Science University
Boards
American Board of Pediatrics
Insurances
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Academic Information
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests
- Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)
- Physiologic biomarkers of neonatal disease
- Prediction of outcomes in premature infants
- Individualized care and risk stratification in premature infants
Research Areas of Expertise
- Neonatal respiratory physiology
- Intermittent hypoxemia
- Oxygen management in preterm infants
- Noninvasive respiratory support and CPAP
- Continuous physiologic monitoring and longitudinal data analysis
- Clinical research in premature infants
Awards & Honors
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (2017–current)
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Missouri Chapter (2025–current)
- Cindy T. McEvoy Award for Outstanding Fellow Research, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR (2024)
- Pratt Foundation Fellowship, Portland, OR (2022–2024)
- NHLBI Pulmonary T32 Research Fellowship, National Institutes of Health (2022–2024)
Publications
Rachna Mamidi, MD Bibliography
- Mamidi RR, Go MDA, Harris J, et al.
Extended Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Infants Born Preterm Decreases Intermittent Hypoxemia: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
J Pediatr. 2026;296:115165. doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2026..115165
Featured in: The Incubator’s Journal Club, Episode #447, “Does Extended CPAP Reduce Intermittent Hypoxemia in Stable Preterm Infants?”, June 10, 2026 - Mamidi RR, MacDonald KD, Spindel ER, McEvoy CT.
Interventions to Improve Lung Growth in Premature Infants. Paediatr Respir Rev.
Published online November 21, 2025 (ahead of print). doi:10.1016/j.prrv.2025.11.007 - Mamidi RR, McEvoy CT.
Extending CPAP in Stable Preterm Infants to Increase Lung Growth and Development as Measured by Pulmonary Function Testing.
Semin Perinatol. 2025;49(5):152059. doi:10.1016/j.semperi.2025.152059 - McEvoy CT, MacDonald KD, Go M, Milner K, Harris J, Schilling, D, Olson M, Tiller C, James SE, Bjerregarrd J, Vu A, Mamidi RR, Schelonka RL, Cynthia MD, Tepper RS.
Extended Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Preterm Infants Increases Lung Growth at 6 Months: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025;211(4):610-618. doi:10.1164/rccm.202411-2169OC - Mamidi RR, McEvoy CT.
Oxygen in the neonatal ICU: a complicated history and where are we now?
Front Pediatr. 2024;12:1371710. doi:10.3389/fped.2024.1371710 - Mamidi RR, MacDonald KD, Brumbach BH, Go MDA, McEvoy CT.
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure practices in preterm infants: A survey of neonatal providers.
J Neonatal-Perinat Med. 2023;16(4):611-617. doi:10.3233/NPM-230006 - Mamidi RR, Austin JP, Roberts C.
Recurrent Episodes of Hypotonia, Encephalopathy, and Quadriparesis in a 3-Year-Old Female.
Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020;59(2):211-215. doi:10.1177/0009922819886872 - Zheng Z, Yin W, Zara JN, Li W, Kwak J, Mamidi RR, Lee M, Siu RK, Wang J, Carpenter D, Zhang X, Wu B, Ting K, Soo C.
The use of BMP-2 coupled – Nanosilver-PLGA composite grafts to induce bone repair in grossly infected segmental defects.
Biomaterials. 2010;31(35):9293-9300. doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.08.041