Manimaran Ramani MD, MPH, MSHA, MSHQS

Manimaran (Maran) Ramani, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.H.A., M.S.H.Q.S., the new division chief and medical director for the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital. Previously, he was the associate fellowship program director for the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and director of the neonatal neuro intensive care unit at UAB.

Ramani will now serve as a professor of pediatrics at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama. He also holds an honorary professorship at UAB. Ramani is board-certified in general pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. He completed a fellowship in neonatology at UAB and a pediatric residency at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas.

In addition to medical training, Ramani continued his education to earn master’s degrees in healthcare administration and hospital safety and quality from UAB. His experience includes expertise in strategic planning, operational management, people management, healthcare policy, finance, patient quality, and safety knowledge. His research interests include global health and neurodevelopmental outcomes of prematurity and birth asphyxia.