Vandana Raman
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Vandana Raman, MBBS, MD

Languages spoken: Hindi, English, Urdu, Sindhi, Marathi

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

81 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-213-3599
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Dr. Raman is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Utah. She is an Attending Physician and Division Chief in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, and provides care for children with diabetes and endocrine conditions in the inpatient and outpatient settings at Primary Children's and University hospitals and clinics .

She is the Program director of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Fellowship Program at the University of Utah.

She also serves as the Director of the DIME clinic (Diabetes Intensive management and education) and collaborates with behavioral health specialists to provide comprehensive care to patients with Type 1 diabetes.

She is active in clinical research and is the primary investigator and co-investigator for a number of clinical trials including the Type 1 diabetes TrialNet study and has several national presentations and abstracts and publications in journals and textbook chapters.

In addition to her clinical and research activities, she is actively involved in the training and mentoring of medical students, residents and fellows in pediatric medicine. She is a recipient of several teaching awards including the Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching award.
She is active an active member of the Pediatric Endocrine Society in the Drug and Therapeutics and Education committees. She is board certified in Pediatric endocrinology She is passionate about treatment of patients with Type 1 diabetes. Her other clinical interests include disorders of growth, puberty, pituitary, adrenal and the thyroid as well as rare syndromes such as Russell-Silver syndrome and Turner’s syndrome.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Endocrinology)

Patient Rating

Patients consistently express high satisfaction with Dr. Raman, noting her caring and supportive approach. She is praised for her thoughtfulness and ability to thoroughly explain information, helping patients feel reassured. Many comments highlight her effectiveness in communicating and problem-solving, particularly with children and families. Overall, Dr. Raman is regarded as an exceptional care provider.

Generated via Patient Reviews

5.0 /5
( out of 11 reviews )

The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

Feb 14, 2025
EXTERNAL SITE

Dr. Raman is wonderful, just one of the best care providers we have.

Nov 25, 2024
EXTERNAL SITE

We love Dr. Raman! She is very caring and supportive. She is always very positive and shows concern. Dr. Raman is helpful and always helps to problem solve. She cares a lot about her patients and families.

Apr 10, 2024
EXTERNAL SITE

Dr. Raman is amazing. So great with kids. We love her.

Jan 21, 2023
RIVERTON CLINICS

Dr. Raman is the absolute best! Thoughtful, patient and always willing to answer any and all questions. She explains everything well and is reassuring.

Jan 21, 2023
RIVERTON CLINICS

Dr. Raman is the absolute best! Thoughtful, patient and always willing to answer any and all questions. She explains everything well and is reassuring.

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Dr. Raman is an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Utah. She is an Attending Physician and Division Chief in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, and provides care for children with diabetes and endocrine conditions in the inpatient and outpatient settings at Primary Children's and University hospitals and clinics .

She is the Program director of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Fellowship Program at the University of Utah.

She also serves as the Director of the DIME clinic (Diabetes Intensive management and education) and collaborates with behavioral health specialists to provide comprehensive care to patients with Type 1 diabetes.

She is active in clinical research and is the primary investigator and co-investigator for a number of clinical trials including the Type 1 diabetes TrialNet study and has several national presentations and abstracts and publications in journals and textbook chapters.

In addition to her clinical and research activities, she is actively involved in the training and mentoring of medical students, residents and fellows in pediatric medicine. She is a recipient of several teaching awards including the Gold Humanism and Excellence in Teaching award.
She is active an active member of the Pediatric Endocrine Society in the Drug and Therapeutics and Education committees. She is board certified in Pediatric endocrinology She is passionate about treatment of patients with Type 1 diabetes. Her other clinical interests include disorders of growth, puberty, pituitary, adrenal and the thyroid as well as rare syndromes such as Russell-Silver syndrome and Turner’s syndrome.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Diabetes & Endocrinology
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Endocrinology)

Education history

Undergraduate University of Mumbai, K.J. College of Arts & Sciences Higher Secondary Certificate
Professional Medical Medicine - University of Mumbai, Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College M.B.B.S.
Residency Pediatrics - Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Bronson Children's Hospital Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Endocrinology - Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Breidbart E, Ilkowitz J, Regelmann MO, Ashraf AP, Gourgari E, Kamboj MK, Kohn B, Lahoti A, Mehta S, Miller R, Raman V, Khokhar A, Brar P (2024). Precocious Puberty and GnRH Analogs: Current Treatment Practices and Perspectives among US Pediatric Endocrinologists. Hormone research in paediatrics, 1-12.
  2. Libman I, Bingley PJ, Becker D, Buckner JH, DiMeglio LA, Gitelman SE, Greenbaum C, Haller MJ, Ismail HM, Krischer J, Moore WV, Moran A, Muir AB, Raman V, Steck AK, Toledo FGS, Wentworth J, Wherrett D, White P, You L, Herold KC, Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet Study Grou (2023). Hydroxychloroquine in Stage 1 Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes care, 46(11), 2035-2043.
  3. Mistry S, Gouripeddi R, Raman V, Facelli J (2023). Sequential data mining of infection patterns as predictors for onset of type 1 diabetes in genetically at-risk individuals. Journal of biomedical informatics, 142, 104385.
  4. Al-Rayess H, Lahoti A, Simpson LL, Palzer E, Thornton P, Heksch R, Kamboj M, Stanley T, Regelmann MO, Gupta A, Raman V, Mehta S, Geffner ME, Sarafoglou K, Pediatric Endocrine Society Drug & Therapeutics Committe (2023). Practice Variation among Pediatric Endocrinologists in the Dosing of Glucocorticoids in Young Children with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Children (Basel, Switzerland), 10(12),
  5. Miyazaki B, Ebekozien O, Rompicherla S, Ohmer A, Guttman-Bauman I, Mucci A, Guarneri A, Raman V, Smego A, Dickinson J (2023). Association Between Health Insurance Type and Adverse Outcomes for Children and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes and Coronavirus Disease 2019. Diabetes spectrum, 36(4), 398-402.
  6. Raleigh ZT, Drapkin ZA, Al-Hamad DM, Mutyala K, Masih JR, Raman V (2022). Outcomes of children with severe diabetic ketoacidosis managed outside of a pediatric intensive care unit. Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism,
  7. Mistry S, Gouripeddi R, Raman V, Facelli J (2022). Stratifying risk for onset of type 1 diabetes using islet autoantibody trajectory clustering. Diabetologia, 66(3), 520-534.
  8. Ashraf AP, Sunil B, Bamba V, Breidbart E, Brar PC, Chung S, Gupta A, Khokhar A, Kumar S, Lightbourne M, Kamboj MK, Miller RS, Patni N, Raman V, Shah AS, Wilson DP, Kohn B (2021). Case Studies in Pediatric Lipid Disorders and Their Management.(Epub ahead of print). J Clin Endocrinol Metab.
  9. Raman V, Foster CM (2021). Metformin Treatment of Pediatric Obesity. Pediatrics, 147(3).
  10. Lahoti A, Yu C, Brar PC, Dalgo A, Gourgari E, Harris R, Kamboj MK, Marks S, Nandagopal R, Page L, Raman V, Reynolds DG, Sarafoglou K, Terrell C, Stanley TL (2021). An endocrine perspective on menstrual suppression for adolescents: achieving good suppression while optimizing bone health.(Epub ahead of print). J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab.
  11. Miller R, Ashraf AP, Gourgari E, Gupta A, Kamboj MK, Kohn B, Lahoti A, Mak D, Mehta S, Mitchell D, Patel N, Raman V, Reynolds DG, Yu C, Krishnan (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infection and paediatric endocrine disorders: Risks and management considerations. Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism, 4(3), e00262.
  12. Burrage LC, Reynolds JJ, Baratang NV, Phillips JB, Wegner J, McFarquhar A, Higgs MR, Christiansen AE, Lanza DG, Seavitt JR, Jain M, Li X, Parry DA, Raman V, Chitayat D, Chinn IK, Bertuch AA, Karaviti L, Schlesinger AE, Earl D, Bamshad M, Savarirayan R, Doddapaneni H, Muzny D, Jhangiani SN, Eng CM, Gibbs RA, Bi W, Emrick L, Rosenfeld JA, Postlethwait J, Westerfield M, Dickinson ME, Beaudet AL, Ranza E, Huber C, Cormier-Daire V, Shen W, Mao R, Heaney JD, Orange JS, University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics., Undiagnosed Diseases Network., Bertola D, Yamamoto GL, Baratela WAR, Butler MG, Ali A, Adeli M, Cohn DH, Krakow D, Jackson AP, Lees M, Offiah AC, Carlston CM, Carey JC, Stewart GS, Bacino CA, Campeau PM, Lee B (2019). Bi-allelic Variants in TONSL Cause SPONASTRIME Dysplasia and a Spectrum of Skeletal Dysplasia Phenotypes. Am J Hum Genet, 104(3), 422-438.
  13. Al-Hamad D, Raman V (2017). Metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents. Transl Pediatr, 6(4), 397-407.
  14. Al-Hamad D, Raman (2017). Metabolic Syndrome in children and adolescents. 6(4), 397-107.
  15. Blackman SM, Raghinaru D, Adi S, Simmons JH, Ebner-Lyon L, Chase HP, Tamborlane WV, Schatz DA, Block JM, Litton JC, Raman V, Foster NC, Kollman CR, DuBose SN, Miller KM, Beck RW, DiMeglio LA (2014). Insulin pump use in young children in the T1D Exchange clinic registry is associated with lower hemoglobin A1c levels than injection therapy. Pediatr Diabetes, 15(8), 564-72.
  16. Yazdani P, Raman V, Haymond M (2012). A single sample GnRHa stimulation test in the diagnosis of precocious puberty. Int J Pediatr Endocrinol, 2012(1), 23.
  17. Yazdani P, Lin Y, Raman V, Haymond (2012). A single sample GnRHa stimulation test in the diagnosis of precocious puberty. International journal of pediatric endocrinology, 2012(1), 23.
  18. Raman VS, Loar RW, Renukuntla VS, Hassan KV, Fishman DS, Gilger MA, Heptulla RA (2011). Hyperglycemia and diabetes mellitus in children with pancreatitis. J Pediatr, 158(4), 612-616.e1.
  19. Raman VS, Mason KJ, Rodriguez LM, Hassan K, Yu X, Bomgaars L, Heptulla RA (2010). The role of adjunctive exenatide therapy in pediatric type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care, 33(6), 1294-6.
  20. Raman VS, Heptulla RA (2009). New potential adjuncts to treatment of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Pediatr Res, 65(4), 370-4.
  21. Raman VS, Heptulla RA (2009). Hyperlipidemia in children. Tex Med, 105(2), 38-43.
  22. Patel DR, Shivdasani V, Baker RJ (2005). Management of sport-related concussion in young athletes. Sports Med, 35(8), 671-84.

Review

  1. Raman V, Gupta A, Ashraf AP, Breidbart E, Gourgari E, Kamboj M, Kohn B, Krishnan S, Lahoti A, Matlock K, Mehta S, Mistry S, Miller R, Page L, Reynolds D, Han J (2022). Pharmacologic Weight Management in the Era of Adolescent Obesity. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 107(10), 2716-2728.

Book Chapter

  1. Raman V, Kamboj (2019). Endocrine Concerns in Obesity, Chronic Illness and Disability.
  2. Raman (2016). Klinefelter Syndrome.
  3. Alonso G, Hicks K, Raman V, Constantacos C, Ham JY, Haymond M, Yazdani P in Lowry AW, Nag PK, Bhata KY, eds (2011). Endocrinology.

Abstract

  1. Turner S, Giles L, Caplin D, Murray M, Dwyer L, Raman (2021). Personalized multidisciplinary therapy and Intensive Diabetes Management in Adolescents with Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes.
  2. Al-Reyess H, Lahoti M, Kamboj M, Raman V, Sarafoglu (2021). Manipulating hydrocortisone tablets and other practices to achieve small incremental glucocorticoid dosing in the treatment of infants and young children with CAH <10 years of age: A nationwide survey.
  3. Meder M, Raman V, Smego A, Murray M, Foster M, Kocolas I, Al-Hamad (2021). Infantile hypophosphatasia as a cause of severe hypotonia and hypercalcemia.
  4. Jelley H, Raman V, Murray M , Barnhart D, Al-Hamad (2020). .Jelley H, Raman V, Al-Hamad D (2020) Insulinomas Presenting with Primary Neuropsychiatric Symptoms: A Case Series. 93(suppl 1), 35.
  5. Zarse A, Murray M, Karmazin A, Timme K, Peterson D, Tower D, Raman (2020). Subcutaneous fat necrosis in a newborn associated with severe hypercalcemia and nephrocalcinosis. 93(suppl 1), 35.
  6. Raleigh Z, Al-Hamad D, Murray M, Raman (2019). Management of Severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis Outside of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
  7. Al-Hamad D, Murray M, Clements S, Raman (2017). A rare case of insulinoma in an adolescent with recurrent episodes of altered mental status.

Newspaper

  1. Raman V, Kamboj M (2006). Thyroiditis in adolescents. 30(1), 18-20.

Other

  1. Raman V, Ryabets (2021). Thyquidity PES Drug and Therapeutics Update . Pediatric Endocrine Society Newsletter.
  2. Al-Hamad D, Raman V, Lahoti (2021). Zegalogue PES Drug and Therapeutics Update. Pediatric Endocrine Society Newsletter.
  3. Raman V, Mehta S, Lahoti A (2020). Liragutide PES Drug and Therapeutics Update.
  4. Raman V, Yu C (2019). Baqsimi and Gvoke PES Drug and Therapeutics Update .

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Raman V, Norlin (2018). Turner Syndrome.
  2. Jolma K, Raman V, Norlin (2011). Turner Syndrome.