Gopi S. Mohan, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics - Patient Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2015 | Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, US, MD |
| 2013 | Emory University Laney Graduate School, Atlanta, Georgia, US, Ph.D. in Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis |
| 2004 | Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, US, BA in Chemistry, Music |
Postgraduate Training
| 2020-2022 | Clinical Fellowship, Cellular Therapies, Boston Children's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 2018-2020 | Clinical Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 2016-2018 | Clinical Residency, Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Combined Residency Program, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 2015-2016 | Clinical Internship, Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital/Boston Combined Residency Program, Boston, Massachusetts |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2022 | Texas Medical Board |
| 2020 | American Board of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) |
| 2020 | American Board of Pediatrics (Critical Care) |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Instructor, Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2020 - 2022
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Member: Kinder Children's Cancer Center Pediatric Critical Care Working Group, Kinder Children's Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2025 - Present
Founder and Lead: The Pediatric Onco-Critical Care Alliance, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2024 - Present
Team Leader: Critical Care Research Team, Pediatrics - Patient Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, 2023 - Present
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Committee Member, MD Anderson Institutional Review Board #4, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2023 - Present
Editorial Activities
Section Editor: Immunology, Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric 3rd Edition, 2022 - 2025
Section Editor: Hematology, Oncology, Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatric 3rd Edition, 2022 - 2025
Honors & Awards
| 2024 | Inaugural Division of Pediatrics Shark Tank Competition, MD Anderson Cancer Center Division of Pediatrics |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2024. Golfers Against Cancer. Invited. 28th Annual National GAC Gala. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Immunosuppression in the PICU. Invited. Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Critical Care Conference. Boston, MA, US.
- 2022. Weathering the Storm: Management of CAR-T Associated Cytokine Release Syndrome and Neurotoxicity. Invited. Chicago Comer Children's Hospital Pediatric Critical Care Conference. Chicago, Illinois, US.
- 2020. Management of CAR-T Associated Cytokine Release Syndrome. Invited. Boston Children's Hospital Onco-Critical Care Conference. Boston, MA, US.
- 2020. Project Beluga: A Novel Low-Cost Ventilator for Resource-Limited Settings. Invited. Philips Ventures Respiratory Innovations Meeting. Boston, MA, US.
- 2020. A Simple, Low-Cost Ventilator Based on the Principle of Bubble CPAP. Invited. Massachusetts General Hospital Pediatric Research Conference. Boston, MA, US.
- 2017. Managing Ebola Virus Disease: Lessons Learned since 2013. Invited. Boston Children's Biocontainment Unit Conference. Boston, MA, US.
- 2014. Barriers to Containment of the West African Ebola Epidemic. Invited. Our Seeds Tomorrow: An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion on the Current Ebola Epidemic. Atlanta, GA, US.
- 2011. Biology of the Ebola Virus and Current Areas of Research and Vaccine Design. Invited. CDC Briefing on Special Pathogens. Alanta, GA, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2020. A Low-Cost Pressure-Regulated Ventilator for Management of COVID ARDS in Resource-Limited Settings. Invited. Mass General Brigham COVID Innovations Consortium. Boston, MA, US.
National Presentations
- 2024. Adenovirus Reactivation in the Setting of Refractory Leukemia. Invited. Pediatric Onco-Critical Care Symposium. Memphis, TN, US.
- 2012. Ebola Virus Secreted Glycoprotein-Mediated Evasion of Host Immunity. Conference. American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygeine Conference. Atlanta, GA, US.
International Presentations
- 2013. Antigenic Subversion, A Novel Mechanism of Host Immune Evasion by the Ebola Virus. Conference. Negative Strand Virus Meeting. Granada, ES.
Grant & Contract Support
| Date: | 2026 - Present |
| Title: | Feasibility and Biologic Assessment of Fibrinogen Replacement Strategies in Oncology Patients: A Randomized Pilot Study of Fibrinogen Concentrate Versus Cryoprecipitate |
| Funding Source: | Octapharma (United States) |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2024 - Present |
| Title: | Use of Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide Following Matched HSCT in Pediatric AML |
| Funding Source: | MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | PI |
| Date: | 2023 - Present |
| Title: | Using Single-Cell Transcriptomics and B-Cell Receptor Profiling to Interrogate Post-Bone Marrow Transplant Humoral Reconstitution in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients |
| Funding Source: | MD Anderson Department of Pediatrics |
| Role: | PI |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Mohan GS, Gutierrez, AM, Cha, Y, Agarwal, A, Andersen CR, Hanasono, MM, Roubaud, MS, Chang, EI, Mejia, R, Ahmad, AH. Pediatric Oncologic Microsurgical Reconstruction: High Success and Meaningful Survival Despite Intensive Postoperative Care Needs. Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery. e-Pub 2026.
- Mohan GS, Mina MJ, Ankomah PO. Evaluating COVID-19 Vaccines in the Era of Endemicity-Recency vs Reformulation. JAMA Intern Med 184(8):940-942, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38913364.
- Guo S, Mohan GS, Wang B, Li T, Daver N, Zhao Y, Reville PK, Hao D, Abbas HA. Paired single-B-cell transcriptomics and receptor sequencing reveal activation states and clonal signatures that characterize B cells in acute myeloid leukemia. Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38418394.
- Ariagno S, Ragoonanan D, Khazal S, Mahadeo KM, Cisneros GS, Zinter MS, Blacken RA, Mohan G, Lehmann LE, Ferdjallah A, Mara KC, Kohorst MA. Prior COVID-19 infection may increase risk for developing endothelial dysfunction following hematopoietic cell transplantation. Front Oncol 12:1000215, 2023. e-Pub 2023. PMID: 36733348.
- Ragoonanan D, Bhar S, Mohan G, Beltramo F, Khazal SJ, Hurley C, Andersen C, Margossian S, Neelapu SS, Shpall E, Gutierrez C, Tewari P, Shoberu B, Talleur A, McCall D, Nunez C, Cuglievan B, Tambaro FP, Petropoulos D, Abdel-Azim H, Mahadeo KM. A multicenter study of ICU resource utilization in pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients post CAR-T therapy. Front Oncol 12:1022901, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36353531.
- Lucas, A, Mohan, G, Winkler, A, Gardner, K, Whalen, M. Acute lung injury following gadolinium contrast. Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 5(April), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Li W, Ye L, Carrion R, Mohan GS, Nunneley J, Staples H, Ticer A, Patterson JL, Compans RW, Yang C. Characterization of Immune Responses Induced by Ebola Virus Glycoprotein (GP) and Truncated GP Isoform DNA Vaccines and Protection Against Lethal Ebola Virus Challenge in Mice. J Infect Dis 212 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S398-403, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25877553.
- Shah D, Mohan G, Flueckiger P, Corrigan F, Conn D. Polyarticular Gout Flare Masquerading as Sepsis. Am J Med 128(7):e11-2, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25614957.
- Mohan GS, Ye L, Li W, Monteiro A, Lin X, Sapkota B, Pollack BP, Compans RW, Yang C. Less is more: Ebola virus surface glycoprotein expression levels regulate virus production and infectivity. J Virol 89(2):1205-17, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25392212.
- Mohan GS, Li W, Ye L, Compans RW, Yang C. Antigenic subversion: a novel mechanism of host immune evasion by Ebola virus. PLoS Pathog 8(12):e1003065, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23271969.
- Zhang H, Garber SJ, Cui Z, Foley JP, Mohan GS, Jobanputra M, Kaplan F, Sweezey NB, Gonzales LW, Savani RC. The angiogenic factor midkine is regulated by dexamethasone and retinoic acid during alveolarization and in alveolar epithelial cells. Respir Res 10(1):77, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19698107.
- DeLisser HM, Helmke BP, Cao G, Egan PM, Taichman D, Fehrenbach M, Zaman A, Cui Z, Mohan GS, Baldwin HS, Davies PF, Savani RC. Loss of PECAM-1 function impairs alveolarization. J Biol Chem 281(13):8724-31, 2006. e-Pub 2006. PMID: 16377626.
- Mohan, G, Chiu, PT, Southern, CA, O'Hara, PB. Steady state and multifrequency phase fluorometry studies of binding site flexibility in related antibodies. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108(39):7871-7877, 2004. e-Pub 2004.
Review Articles
- Baumeister SHC, Mohan GS, Elhaddad A, Lehmann L. Cytokine Release Syndrome and Associated Acute Toxicities in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Immune Effector Cell Therapy or Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Front Oncol 12:841117, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35402259.
Abstracts
- Ahmad, AH, Mohan, G, Agarwal, A, Gutierrez, A, Andersen, C, Roubaud, MJ, Hansono, M, Chang, EI, Mejia, R. Postoperative Care of Pediatric Oncologic Microvascular Flap Surgery. Critical care medicine 54(3S), 2026. e-Pub 2026.
- Guo S, Mohan GS, Reville PK, Hao D, Abbas HA. Paired single-cell B-cell transcriptomics and receptor sequencing reveal activation states and clonal signatures that characterize B cell immunity in acute myeloid leukemia. American Association of Cancer Research, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
Book Chapters
- Periasamy U, Mohan GS. Anaphylaxis. In: Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatrics. 3. Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2025.
- Kiragu AW, Mohan GS, Thakral A. Autoimmune and Inflammatory Conditions in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. In: Comprehensive Critical Care: Pediatrics. 3. Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2025.
- Mohan GS, Kats DJ, Martin SD, Miozzo P. Cellular Therapies: A Description of the Types of Existing Cellular Therapies and Associated Toxicities. In: Palliative Care in Hematologic Malignancies and Serious Blood Disorders. 1. Springer, 55-67, 2023.
- DePriest BP, Ragoonanan, D, AlQahtani, S, McMichael, T, Khazal, S, Mohan GS, Mahadeo, K. Oncologic Critical Care and Care of the Hematopoietic Transplant Patient. In: Pediatric Critical Care: Text and Study Guide. Third Edition. Springer.
Patient Reviews
CV information above last modified July 22, 2026