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Nikhil Chanani MD

  • Department of Pediatrics
    Associate Professor
  • nikhil.chanani@emory.edu
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  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    2835 Brandywine Road, Suite 400
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Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Harvard Medical School
  • AB and BS from Stanford University

Research

Publications

  • Unplanned reinterventions after congenital cardiac surgery and hospital mortality: A report from the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4).
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
    03/14/2025 Authors: Reddy RK; Schumacher KR; Ghanayem NS; Zhang W; Mikesell K; Alten JA; Bailly DK; Bertrandt RA; Blinder JJ; Buckley JR
  • A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Surgical Site Infections in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiothoracic Surgery.
    Pediatr Qual Saf Volume: 10 Page(s): e785
    01/01/2025 Authors: Golden C; Murphy K; Rosenblum JM; Eriksson C; Dunaway P; Lukacs M; Newberry L; Gleason ME; Calamaro CJ; Basu M
  • Rationale and Design of the Randomized COmparison of Methods for Pulmonary Blood Flow Augmentation: Shunt Versus Stent (COMPASS) Trial: A Pediatric Heart Network Study.
    World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg Volume: 15 Page(s): 693 - 702
    11/01/2024 Authors: Petit CJ; Romano JC; Zampi JD; Pasquali SK; McCracken CE; Chanani NK; Les AS; Burns KM; Crosby-Thompson A; Stylianou M
  • Rationale and design of the randomized COmparison of Methods for Pulmonary blood flow Augmentation: Shunt versus Stent (COMPASS) trial: A Pediatric Heart Network study.
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv Volume: 104 Page(s): 637 - 647
    10/01/2024 Authors: Petit CJ; Romano JC; Zampi JD; Pasquali SK; McCracken CE; Chanani NK; Les AS; Burns KM; Crosby-Thompson A; Stylianou M
  • Standardizing the diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis in infants with congenital heart disease.
    J Perinatol
    09/12/2024 Authors: Hillyer M; Fundora M; Williams F; Gleason M; Lukacs M; Hamrick S; Meisel J; Clarke S; Korcinsky-Tillman N; Chanani N
  • Associations between Child Opportunity Index and Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Outcomes.
    J Pediatr Volume: 270 Page(s): 114000
    07/01/2024 Authors: Kolwaite AR; Edwards JA; Higgins M; Kandaswamy S; Orenstein E; Boughton D; Zinyandu T; Brasher S; Shashidharan S; Thompson LM
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship and Improved Antibiotic Utilization in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.
    Pediatr Qual Saf Volume: 9 Page(s): e710
    01/01/2024 Authors: Hillyer MM; Jaggi P; Chanani NK; Fernandez AJ; Zaki H; Fundora MP
  • Durable Vascular Access in Neonates in the Cardiac ICU: A Novel Technique for Tunneled Femoral Central Venous Catheters.
    Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 24 Page(s): 919 - 926
    11/01/2023 Authors: Mills M; Chanani N; Wolf M; Bauser-Heaton H; Beshish A; Aljiffry A; Zinyandu T; Maher K
  • Quantifying the Healthcare Burden of Pediatric Feeding Disorder after Congenital Heart Surgery.
    J Pediatr Volume: 261 Page(s): 113593
    10/01/2023 Authors: Mohiuddin TA; Raol N; Tey CS; Horn M; Zhang C; Sharp WG; Chanani N; Patzer RE
  • Functional Status Change Among Infants, Children, and Adolescents Following Extracorporeal Life Support: a Multicenter Report.
    ASAIO J Volume: 69 Page(s): 114 - 121
    01/01/2023 Authors: Beshish AG; Rodriguez Z; Hani Farhat M; Newman JW; Jahadi O; Baginski M; Bradley J; Rao N; Figueroa J; Viamonte H
  • Fetal growth and gestational age improve outcome predictions in neonatal heart surgery.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Volume: 164 Page(s): 2003 - 2012.e1
    12/01/2022 Authors: Steurer MA; Schuhmacher K; Savla JJ; Banerjee M; Chanani NK; Eckhauser A; Elhoff J; Jacobs JP; Mikesell K; Peyvandi S
  • Cumulative In-Hospital Costs Associated With Single-Ventricle Palliation.
    JACC Adv Volume: 1 Page(s): 100029
    06/01/2022 Authors: O'Byrne ML; McHugh KE; Huang J; Song L; Griffis H; Anderson BR; Bucholz EM; Chanani NK; Elhoff JJ; Handler SS
  • Domain Adaptation Using Convolutional Autoencoder and Gradient Boosting for Adverse Events Prediction in the Intensive Care Unit.
    Front Artif Intell Volume: 5 Page(s): 640926
    01/01/2022 Authors: Zhu Y; Venugopalan J; Zhang Z; Chanani NK; Maher KO; Wang MD
  • The utility of handheld ultrasound as a point-of-care screening tool to assess vocal fold impairment following congenital heart surgery.
    Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol Volume: 148 Page(s): 110825
    09/01/2021 Authors: Deshpande A; Tey CS; Chanani N; Landry A; Raymond M; Sebelik M; Shashidharan S; Wolf M; Raol N
  • A systems approach to examine hospital-acquired infections in a paediatric CICU.
    Cardiol Young Volume: 31 Page(s): 241 - 247
    02/01/2021 Authors: Thaker P; Lee EK; Zhang P; Chanani N
  • Predicting and Surviving Prolonged Critical Illness After Congenital Heart Surgery.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 48 Page(s): e557 - e564
    07/01/2020 Authors: DeWitt AG; Rossano JW; Bailly DK; Bhat PN; Chanani NK; Kirkland BW; Moga M-A; Owens GE; Retzloff LB; Zhang W
  • Improvement in Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Outcomes Through InterhospitalCollaboration.
    J Am Coll Cardiol Volume: 74 Page(s): 2786 - 2795
    12/03/2019 Authors: Gaies M; Pasquali SK; Banerjee M; Dimick JB; Birkmeyer JD; Zhang W; Alten JA; Chanani N; Cooper DS; Costello JM
  • Quality Improvement Basics: A Crash Course for Pediatric Cardiac Care.
    World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg Volume: 10 Page(s): 733 - 741
    11/01/2019 Authors: Bates KE; Connor J; Chanani NK; McLellan MC; McCormick A; Smith-Parrish M; Moga M-A
  • Novel Data Imputation for Multiple Types of Missing Data in Intensive Care Units.
    IEEE J Biomed Health Inform Volume: 23 Page(s): 1243 - 1250
    05/01/2019 Authors: Venugopalan J; Chanani N; Maher K; Wang MD
  • Variation in Adjusted Mortality for Medical Admissions to Pediatric Cardiac ICUs.
    Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 20 Page(s): 143 - 148
    02/01/2019 Authors: Gaies M; Ghanayem NS; Alten JA; Costello JM; Lasa JJ; Chanani NK; Shin AY; Retzloff L; Zhang W; Pasquali SK
  • Portable CT Pulmonary Angiogram in an Infant on Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
    Curr Probl Diagn Radiol Volume: 48 Page(s): 189 - 192
    01/01/2019 Authors: Ho SS; Patel MM; Mansour RM; Vats A; Chanani NK; Rostad BS
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: from fetus to fontan.
    Cardiol Young Volume: 28 Page(s): 1275 - 1288
    11/01/2018 Authors: Roeleveld PP; Axelrod DM; Klugman D; Jones MB; Chanani NK; Rossano JW; Costello JM
  • MODIFIABLE FACTORS PREDICT MORTALITY AFTER PROLONGED CRITICAL ILLNESS FOLLOWING CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
    Volume: 71 Page(s): 630 - 630
    03/10/2018 Authors: Dewitt A; Rossano JW; Bailly DK; Bhat P; Chanani N; Kirkland B; Moga M-A; Owens G; Retzloff L; Zhang W
  • MEASURING PEDIATRIC CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT QUALITY IN MEDICAL ADMISSIONS
    Volume: 71 Page(s): 603 - 603
    03/10/2018 Authors: Gaies M; Ghanayem N; Alten J; Costello J; Lasa J; Chanani N; Shin A; Retzloff L; Zhang W; Pasquali S
  • Risk-Adjusted Incidence of Prolonged Postoperative Critical Care Varies Widely Across Congenital Heart Surgery Centers
    Volume: 136
    11/14/2017 Authors: DeWitt AG; Rossano JW; Bailly DK; Bhat PN; Chanani NK; Kirkland BW; Moga M-A; Owens GE; Retzloff LB; Zhang W
  • Epidemiology of Noninvasive Ventilation in Pediatric Cardiac ICUs.
    Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 949 - 957
    10/01/2017 Authors: Romans RA; Schwartz SM; Costello JM; Chanani NK; Prodhan P; Gazit AZ; Smith AH; Cooper DS; Alten J; Mistry KP
  • Combination of static and temporal data analysis to predict mortality and readmission in the intensive care.
    Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Volume: 2017 Page(s): 2570 - 2573
    07/01/2017 Authors: Venugopalan J; Chanani N; Maher K; Wang MD
  • TRANSCATHETER DUCTAL STENTING VERSUS SURGICAL SYSTEMIC-TO-PULMONARY ARTERY SHUNTS: ALTERING DOGMA AT A HIGH-VOLUME INSTITUTION
    Volume: 69 Page(s): 555 - 555
    03/21/2017 Authors: Ligon A; Petit C; Kelleman M; Chanani N; Vincent R; Kim D
  • Therapeutic Hypothermia after In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children.
    N Engl J Med Volume: 376 Page(s): 318 - 329
    01/26/2017 Authors: Moler FW; Silverstein FS; Holubkov R; Slomine BS; Christensen JR; Nadkarni VM; Meert KL; Browning B; Pemberton VL; Page K
  • Multi-Institutional Analysis of Noninvasive Ventilation Practice After Infant Cardiac Surgery
    Volume: 134
    11/11/2016 Authors: Romans R; Schwartz S; Costello J; Chanani N; Prodhan P; Cooper D; Alten J; Mistry K; Smith AH; Gazit A
  • Perinatal Cardiovascular Disease.
    Clin Perinatol Volume: 43 Page(s): xxi - xxii
    03/01/2016 Authors: Hamrick SEG; Chanani NK
  • PEPCOR - A Risk Prediction Model for Pediatric Intensive Care Units Utilizing Ventilator Days and Length of Stay.
    Volume: 2016 Page(s): 86 - 89
    02/01/2016 Authors: Pethiyagoda T; Chanani N; Cheng C; Wang MD
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LOWERING THRESHOLD HEMOGLOBIN IN CYANOTIC NEONATES POSTOPERATIVELY
    Volume: 43
    12/01/2015 Authors: Wolf M; Glanville M; Mahle W; Maher K; Chanani N; Deshpande S
  • Perioperative feeding management of neonates with CHD: analysis of the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) registry.
    Cardiol Young Volume: 25 Page(s): 1593 - 1601
    12/01/2015 Authors: Alten JA; Rhodes LA; Tabbutt S; Cooper DS; Graham EM; Ghanayem N; Marino BS; Figueroa MI; Chanani NK; Jacobs JP
  • 11: CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE LOWERING THRESHOLD HEMOGLOBIN IN CYANOTIC NEONATES POSTOPERATIVELY.
    Crit Care Med Volume: 43 Page(s): 3
    12/01/2015 Authors: Wolf M; Glanville M; Mahle W; Maher K; Chanani N; Deshpande S
  • Heterotaxy Syndrome: Proceedings From the 10th International PCICS Meeting.
    World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg Volume: 6 Page(s): 616 - 629
    10/01/2015 Authors: Teele SA; Jacobs JP; Border WL; Chanani NK
  • Collaborative quality improvement in the cardiac intensive care unit: development of the Paediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4).
    Cardiol Young Volume: 25 Page(s): 951 - 957
    06/01/2015 Authors: Gaies M; Cooper DS; Tabbutt S; Schwartz SM; Ghanayem N; Chanani NK; Costello JM; Thiagarajan RR; Laussen PC; Shekerdemian LS
  • DATA DRIVEN PERSONALIZED RISK PREDICTION IN PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
    CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Volume: 42
    12/01/2014 Authors: Cheng C-W; Maher K; Wang M; Chanani N
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF INCREASED INCIDENCE OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IN A CARDIAC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
    CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Volume: 42
    12/01/2014 Authors: Wolf M; Deshpande S; Iannucci G; Price M; Maher K; Chanani N
  • icuARM-II: improving the reliability of personalized risk prediction in pediatric intensive care units.
    Volume: 2014 Page(s): 211 - 219
    09/01/2014 Authors: Cheng C-W; Chanani N; Maher K; Wang
  • The relationship between in-house attending coverage and nighttime extubation following congenital heart surgery*.
    Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 15 Page(s): 258 - 263
    03/01/2014 Authors: Iannucci GJ; Oster ME; Chanani NK; Gillespie SE; McCracken CE; Kanter KR; Mahle WT
  • Early renal replacement therapy during pediatric cardiac extracorporeal support increases mortality.
    Ann Thorac Surg Volume: 96 Page(s): 917 - 922
    09/01/2013 Authors: Wolf MJ; Chanani NK; Heard ML; Kanter KR; Mahle WT
  • EARLY EXTUBATION FOLLOWING INFANT HEART SURGERY
    Volume: 61 Page(s): E500 - E500
    03/12/2013 Authors: Mahle WT; Chanani N; Wolf M
  • Safe and effective use of a glycemic control protocol for neonates in a cardiac ICU.
    Pediatr Crit Care Med Volume: 14 Page(s): 284 - 289
    03/01/2013 Authors: Hebson CL; Chanani NK; Rigby MR; Wolf MJ; Deshpande SR; Montegna LM; Maher KO
  • icuARM-An ICU Clinical Decision Support System Using Association Rule Mining.
    IEEE J Transl Eng Health Med Volume: 1 Page(s): 122 - 131
    01/01/2013 Authors: Cheng C-W; Chanani N; Venugopalan J; Maher K; Wang MD
  • Preemptive Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatric Cardiac Patients Requiring Extracorporeal Support is Associated with Increased Mortality
    CIRCULATION Volume: 126
    11/20/2012 Authors: Wolf MJ; Chanani NK; Heard ML; Mahle WT
  • B-type natriuretic peptide in the recognition of critical congenital heart disease in the newborn infant.
    Pediatr Emerg Care Volume: 28 Page(s): 735 - 738
    08/01/2012 Authors: Das S; Chanani NK; Deshpande S; Maher KO
  • HYPERLACTATEMIA CORRELATES WITH HYPERGLYCEMIA BUT NOT NECESSARILY DECREASED PERFUSION IN POST-OPERATIVE PEDIATRIC CARDIAC PATIENTS
    Volume: 38 Page(s): U60 - U60
    12/01/2010 Authors: Maher K; Preissig C; Deshpandi S; Chanani N; Simsic J; Rigby M
  • Cryoablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in young patients: predictors of recurrence.
    Volume: 31 Page(s): 1152 - 1159
    09/01/2008 Authors: Chanani NK; Chiesa NA; Dubin AM; Avasarala K; Van Hare GF; Collins KK
  • Cryoablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) in 154 young patients: 4mm vs. 6mm catheter tip sizes
    Volume: 116 Page(s): 514 - 514
    10/16/2007 Authors: Chanani NK; Chiesa NA; Dubin AM; Avasarala K; Van Hare GF; Collins KK
  • Images in cardiovascular medicine. Magnetic resonance imaging of a posttraumatic myocardial infarction and ventricular septal defect with a closure device in place.
    Circulation Volume: 115 Page(s): e13 - e15
    01/16/2007 Authors: Jun SL; Chanani NK; Moore P; Higgins CB
  • Differential effects of amrinone and milrinone upon myocardial inflammatory signaling.
    Circulation Volume: 106 Page(s): I284 - I289
    09/24/2002 Authors: Chanani NK; Cowan DB; Takeuchi K; Poutias DN; Garcia LM; del Nido PJ; McGowan FX
  • Differential effects of amrinone and milrinone on cardiac inflammation
    CIRCULATION Volume: 104 Page(s): 687 - 687
    10/23/2001 Authors: Chanani NK; Cowan DB; Poutias DN; Del Nido PJ; McGowan FX
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