
Namasivayam Ambalavanan
Program Director, Neonatology Fellowship Program · University of Alabama Hospital
Credentials: · · ·
History
PresentNeonatology Fellowship · University of Alabama Hospital
PresentNeonatal-Perinatal Fellowship · University of Alabama Hospital
2026–Present
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine


Research
Early CPAP versus surfactant in extremely preterm infants
New England Journal of Medicine · 2010 · 862 citations
PEDIATRICS · 2009 · 736 citations
Target ranges of oxygen saturation in extremely preterm infants
New England Journal of Medicine · 2010 · 722 citations

118 papers

48 papers · 6 as a fellow

37 papers · 6 as a fellow
- SS
33 papers
- AL
31 papers

31 papers

26 papers

25 papers
Grants
- 2026–2030
Intermittent Hypoxemia in Early Life Among Preterms (I-HELP) Sleep
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
PI · $2.3M · Northwestern University
- 2021–2027
Vital Signs In Opioid-Exposed Neonates
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R01
Contact PI · $2.5M · University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2021–2027
UAB Clinical Site HEAL Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Pharmacological Treatments
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · UG1
Contact PI · $1.1M · University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2019–2027
UAB Outcomes of Babies with Opioid Exposure (OBOE Study)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · UG1
Contact PI · $387.6K · University of Alabama at Birmingham
Clinical trials
- 2021–2026
The Budesonide in Babies (BiB) Trial
Principal investigator · Active not recruiting · Phase 3
NICHD Neonatal Research Network
- 2018–2021
Prematurity Related Ventilatory Control (PRE-VENT) - Specific Aim 2
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2018–2021
Prematurity Related Ventilatory Control (PRE-VENT) - Specific Aim 3
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2013–2020
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 2
University of Maryland, Baltimore



