Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Logo

Critical Care

Ranjit S. Chima, MD

Title

Instructor

Email

ranjit.chima@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-4259

Fax

513-636-4267

Credentials

MBBS: Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India, 1996

MD: Pediatrics, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 1999

Residency: Pediatrics, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 1996-1999

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI, 2001-2004

Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, 2004-2007

Certification: Pediatrics, 2004

Awards and Honors

New Investigator Competition Finalist, 30th Annual Conference on Shock, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2007

Travel Grant Award, 30th Annual Conference on Shock, Baltimore, Maryland, June 2007

Sanford N. Cohen Award, Outstanding Pediatric Resident, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, June 2004

Norman M. Rosenberg Award, Best Outgoing Pediatric Emergency Resident, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, June 2004

Dr Maneck Phirozsha Bhagat Gold Medal, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, July 1999

Research

  • Lung Injury/Inflammation
  • Hemorrhagic Shock

Research Grants and Contracts

National Institutes of Health (T32 GM08478-14),
"Host response to trauma research training program", Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati,
July 2006 – June 2007
Research Fellow

Publications, Most Recent

Chima RS, Hake P, Mangeshkar P, Piraino G, Denenberg A, Zingarelli B. Ciglitazone ameliorates lung inflammation by inhibiting NF-κB/IKK pathway in hemorrhagic shock.Crit Care Med. (first revision).

Chima RS, Zingarelli B. Surfactant treatment of neonatal acute respiratory distress syndrome: is "fortification" the answer?Crit Care Med 2007;35(10):2442-3.

Presentations, Most Recent

Chima RS, Hake PW, Denenberg A, Piraino G, Mangeshkar P, Zingarelli B. Effect of ciglitazone on lung inflammation in hemorrhagic shock. Presented as Oral presentation. The Thirtieth Annual Conference on Shock, June 9-12, 2007, Baltimore, MD

Chima RS, Hake P, Piraino G, Mangeshkar P, Denenberg A, Wolfe V, Zingarelli B. Ciglitazone reduces NF-κB activity by inhibiting IKK in hemorrhagic shock. Presented as oral presentation. The 36th Critical Care Congress, Feburary 18-21, 2007, Orlando, FL

Chima RS, Hake PW, Zingarelli B. Ciglitazone, a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPAR) ligand reduces tissue leukosequestration in hemorrhagic shock. Presented as a poster. The Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference on Shock, June 3-6, 2006, Broomfield, CO

Chima RS, Hake P, Zingarelli B. Ciglitazone, a peroxisome proliferator- activated receptor gamma (PPAR) ligand, ameliorates hemorrhagic shock. Presented as a poster. The 35th Critical Care Congress, January 7-11, 2006, San Francisco, CA

Professional Organization Memberships