USA Health Makes Ramani Children’s & Women’s CMO

Dr. Manimaran “Maran” Ramani has been appointed chief medical officer (CMO) for USA Health Children’s & Women’s Hospital. He currently serves as the division chief of neonatology and medical director for the neonatal intensive care unit and will continue in these roles. In this new position, he joins the CMO team for USA Health. Ramani is board certified in general pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics. He completed a fellowship in neonatology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and a pediatric residency at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. In addition to medical training, Ramani earned master’s degrees in healthcare administration and hospital quality and safety from UAB. Previously, he was the associate fellowship program director for the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship and director of the neonatal neurointensive care unit at UAB. In 2022, Ramani was awarded a three-year grant from the Thrasher Research Foundation to conduct the Azithromycin Brain Neuroprotection for Children multinational clinical study. Through the grant, Ramani is working with a team of physicians and scientists from those countries to improve the health outcomes for infants born in low-resources settings.