Satyan Lakshminrusimha
Dr. Satyan Lakshminrusimha (Dr. Satyan) is the Nancy and Dennis Marks Chair of Pediatrics and the Pediatrician-in-Chief of the UC Davis Children's hospital.
His primary focus is on how fetal lungs change at birth to breathe air and disorders of transition, specifically asphyxia and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). He is funded by the NIH to evaluate optimal oxygenation in neonatal lung injury and PPHN. He is the PI of the multicenter trial evaluating milrinone in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
He is the first neonatologist to win the AAP Education award in 2023. He is also an editor of the textbook, "Essentials of Neonatal Ventilation" and an issue of Clinics in Perinatology dedicated to Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension.
He serves as the co-chair of the UC Davis Health clinical funds-flow committee. He is a past member of the American Academy of Pediatrics – Neonatal Resuscitation Program steering committee. He is a member of the Subboard of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine of the American Board of Pediatrics. He is the Chair of the Clinical Care Committee of the AMSPDC (Association of Medical Schools – Pediatric Department Chairs). He was awarded the mentor of the year award by the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR) in 2017.
Satyan enjoys drawing medical illustrations and has published over 345 peer-reviewed articles and 700 illustrations in pediatric and neonatology textbooks, journal articles and apps.
His primary focus is on how fetal lungs change at birth to breathe air and disorders of transition, specifically asphyxia and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). He is funded by the NIH to evaluate optimal oxygenation in neonatal lung injury and PPHN. He is the PI of the multicenter trial evaluating milrinone in congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
He is the first neonatologist to win the AAP Education award in 2023. He is also an editor of the textbook, "Essentials of Neonatal Ventilation" and an issue of Clinics in Perinatology dedicated to Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension.
He serves as the co-chair of the UC Davis Health clinical funds-flow committee. He is a past member of the American Academy of Pediatrics – Neonatal Resuscitation Program steering committee. He is a member of the Subboard of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine of the American Board of Pediatrics. He is the Chair of the Clinical Care Committee of the AMSPDC (Association of Medical Schools – Pediatric Department Chairs). He was awarded the mentor of the year award by the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research (ESPR) in 2017.
Satyan enjoys drawing medical illustrations and has published over 345 peer-reviewed articles and 700 illustrations in pediatric and neonatology textbooks, journal articles and apps.
Courses for this Presenter
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Pressing Need For a Vasopressor
- Presenter(s): Satyan Lakshminrusimha
- Session#: FANNP2501-GS3
- Session Length: 60 minutes
- Program: FANNP's 36th National Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Symposium: Clinical Update and Review
- Date: Oct 17, 2025
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Future of Neonatal Intensive Care in the US -- Role of NNPS
- Presenter(s): Satyan Lakshminrusimha; Jessica Jones
- Session#: FANNP2501-A14
- Session Length: 90 minutes
- Program: FANNP's 36th National Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Symposium: Clinical Update and Review
- Date: Oct 17, 2025