Dereddi Raja S. Reddy, MD, FACP, FCCP
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Division of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2001 | Russian State Medical University, Moskva, RUS, MD, N/A |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2019
Instructor, Department of Medicine, Division of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, 2015 - Present
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Program Director (authorized GSBS program), Department of Critical Care Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 2019 - Present
Graduate Medical Education Committee, Chair, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2018
Fellowship Program Associate Director, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2015 - 2019
Chief Fellow Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2014 - 2015
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Senior Registrar Emergency Medicine, Modbury Hospital, n/a, 2008 - 2010
Junior Registrar Emergency Medicine, Lyell McEwin Hospital, n/a, 2007 - 2008
Senior House Officer Emergency Medicine, Central Manchester University Hospitals, n/a, 2006 - 2007
Senior House Officer Otorhinolaryngology, Countess of Chester Hospital, n/a, 2006 - 2006
Senior House Officer Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital Alder Hey, n/a, 2005 - 2006
Senior House Officer Foundation Year 2, Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals, n/a, 2004 - 2005
Senior House Officer Emergency Medicine, Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals, n/a, 2004 - 2004
Externship Emergency Medicine, Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals, n/a, 2003 - 2004
Externship Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals North Staffordshire, n/a, 2003 - 2003
Resident Medical Officer, Prema Hospital, n/a, 2001 - 2001
Institutional Committee Activities
Chair, ICU Wellness Committee, 2019 - Present
Co-Chair, Patient Family Engagement Committee, 2019 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2017 | Excellence in Service Award for Research/Quality Improvement, Society of Critical Care Medicine Annual Congress |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Abstracts
- Cuenca JA, Botdorf J, Manjappachar N, Ramirez C, Martin P, Reddy DR, Rathi R, Gutierrez C, Nates JL. Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Hematological Cancer Patients with Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):664, 2022.
- Cuenca JA, Gutierrez C, Manjappachar N, Ramirez C, Martin P, Reddy DR, Botdorf J, Rathi R, Nates JL. Effects of Recent Use of Checkpoint Inhibitors on Outcomes of Cancer Patients with Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):711, 2022.
- Cuenca JA, Manjappachar N, Ramirez C, Hernandez M, Martin P, Gutierrez C, Reddy DR, Botdorf J, Rathi R, Price KJ, Nates JL. Risk Factors of Short-Term Mortality in Patients with Septic Shock and Solid Tumors. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):701, 2022.
- Manjappachar N, Cuenca JA, Ramirez C, Martin P, Gutierrez C, Reddy DR, Botdorf J, Rathi R, Price KJ, Nates JL. Factors Associated with Mortality in Patients with Hematological Malignancies and Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):306, 2022.
- Manjappachar N, Cuenca JA, Ramirez C, Martin P, Heatter J, Reyes M, Rathi R, Gutierrez C, Reddy DR, Botdorf J, Haque S, Price KJ, Nates JL. Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients with Acute Leukemias and Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):363, 2022.
- Sajith B, Cuenca JA, Reddy DR, Nates JL. Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in oncology patients: Case control design- Pilot study. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):64, 2022.
- Reddy DR, Muthu M, Cuenca JA, Wegner R, Crommett J, Gutierrez C, Haque S, Botdorf J, Rathi R, Manjappachar N, Sajith B, Nates JL. End of Life Care and Clinical Characteristics of Non-Survivor Cancer Patients with COVID-19. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):259, 2022.
- Reddy DR, Botdorf J, Crommett J, Cuenca JA, Malik I, Wegner R, Grami P, Nates JL. Performance of an Automated Deterioration Index as an Early Warning System for ICU Outreach. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):607, 2022.
- Cuenca JA, Wegner R, Botdorf J, Iliescu CA, Nates JL, Reddy DR. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors-induced Overlap Syndrome: A Case Series. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):326, 2022.
- Souman B, Qaddumi WN, Cuenca JA, Wegner R, Botdorf J, Nates JL, Reddy DR. Hypophysitis and Pneumonitis Secondary to Checkpoint Inhibitor Combination Therapy: A Case Report. Critical Care Medicine 50(1):307, 2022.
- Michael Khorsandi, Nirmala Manjappachar, Adrien Mazer, Mitchell Karpman, Jennifer Grover, Joseph L. Nates, Dereddi Raja Reddy, NMuganlinskaya. OUTCOMES OF LIFE-THREATENING CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS AND CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 19- A COHORT STUDY. J Am Coll Cardiol 77(18):3117, 2021.
- C Ramirez, N Manjappachar, J Cuenca, M Reyes, J Heatter, P Martin, R Erfe, C Gutierrez, DR Reddy, K Price, J Nates. Outcomes of Hematologic Patients With Septic Shock Following Chemotherapy. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):300, 2021.
- J Heatter, P Martin, M Reyes, J Cuenca, N Manjappachar, C Ramirez, DR Reddy, D De Villalobos, J Nates. Outcomes of Critically Ill Cancer Patients With Septic Shock: A Prospective Cohort. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):294, 2021.
- B Monene, J Davis, J Crommett, R Wegner, M Muthu, J Nates, DR Reddy. COVID-19 Pneumonitis With HLH Features. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):85, 2021.
- Nirmala Manjappachar, Adrien Mazer, Mitchell Karpman, Jennifer Grover, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Joseph Nates, Nargiz Muganlinskaya. Comorbid Conditions and Description of Organ Failures in COVID-19 Patients. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):123, 2021.
- Nirmala Manjappachar, Adrien Mazer, Mitchell Karpman, Jennifer Grover, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Joseph Nates, Nargiz Muganlinskaya. Incidence and Outcomes of COVID-19-Associated Respiratory Failure. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):137, 2021.
- John Cuenca, Juliana Heatter, Peyton Martin, Nirmala Manjappachar, Claudia Ramirez, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Diego De Villalobos, Joseph Nates. Septic Shock by Sepsis-3 Criteria Is Associated With Higher Mortality in Cancer Patients. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):608, 2021.
- Claudia Ramirez, Nirmala Manjappachar, John Cuenca, Maria Reyes, Juliana Heatter, Peyton Martin, Rose Erfe, Cristina Gutierrez, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Kristen Price, Joseph Nates. Meropenem and Aminoglycosides for the Treatment of Septic Shock in Oncohematologic Patients. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):607, 2021.
- Maria Reyes, John Cuenca, Juliana Heatter, Peyton Martin, Claudia Ramirez, Nirmala Manjappachar, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Diego De Villalobos, Joseph Nates. Performance of Two Modified SOFA Scores in Cancer Patients With Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):231, 2021.
- Claudia Ramirez, Nirmala Manjappachar, John Cuenca, Maria Reyes, Peyton Martin, Juliana Heatter, Rose Erfe, Cristina Gutierrez, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Kristen Price, Joseph Nates. Hydrocortisone Was Not Associated With Higher Mortality in Hematologic Patients With Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):421, 2021.
- Nirmala Manjappachar, John Cuenca, Claudia Ramirez, Juliana Heatter, Peyton Martin, Maria Reyes, Sajid Haque, Nisha Rathi, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Kristen Price, Joseph Nates. Acute Respiratory Failure and Septic Shock in a Cancer Cohort. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):481, 2021.
- Nirmala Manjappachar, Claudia Ramirez, John Cuenca, Peyton Martin, Maria Reyes, Juliana Heatter, Rose Erfe, Sajid Haque, Nisha Rathi, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Kristen Price, Joseph Nates. Time on Vasopressor Infusion in Oncologic Septic Shock Patients. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):594, 2021.
- Nirmala Manjappachar, Claudia Ramirez, John Cuenca, Peyton Martin, Juliana Heatter, Maria Reyes, Rose Erfe, Sajid Haque, Nisha Rathi, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Kristen Price, Joseph Nates. TAPSE for Predicting Mortality in Patients With Cancer and Septic Shock. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):174, 2021.
- Claudia Ramirez, Nirmala Manjappachar, John Cuenca, Peyton Martin, Juliana Heatter, Maria Reyes, Rose Erfe, Cristina Gutierrez, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Kristen Price, Joseph Nates. Aminoglycosides for Septic Shock in Neutropenic Patients With Hematologic Malignancies. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):440, 2021.
- Joy Davis, Brandilyn Monene, Robert Wegner, John Crommett, Mayoora Muthu, Joseph Nates, Dereddi Raja Reddy. COVID-19 L-Phenotype Treatment Approach. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):104, 2021.
- Dereddi Raja Reddy, Robert Wegner, John Crommett, Mayoora Muthu, Ed Kheder, Joanna-Grace Manzano, Cerena Leung, Nisha Rathi, Cristina Gutierrez, Nirmala Manjappachar, John Cuenca, Kristen Price, Joseph Nates. First-Surge COVID-19 Experience at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):59, 2021.
- Nirmala Manjappachar, Claudia Ramirez, John Cuenca, Peyton Martin, Maria Reyes, Juliana Heatter, Rose Erfe, Sajid Haque, Nisha Rathi, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Kristen Price, Joseph Nates. Septic Shock and End of Life in Cancer Patients With Advanced Disease. Critical Care Medicine 49(1):255, 2021.
- Grami, Zacharia; Manjappachar, Nirmala; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. DIABETES INSIPIDUS IN CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR TREATMENT AND ACUTE MYELOID LEUKEMIA. Critical Care Medicine 48(1):144, 2020.
- Grami, Zacharia; Manjappachar, Nirmala; Crommett, John; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. UTILIZATION OF UROLOGICAL STONE RETRIEVAL BASKET FOR RESOLUTION OF MASSIVE HEMOPTYSIS. Critical Care Medicine 48(1):490, 2020.
- Grami, Zacharia; Manjappachar, Nirmala; Keith, James; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. IS OBESITY SUPINE DEATH SYNDROME REAL?. Critical Care Medicine 48(1):532, 2020.
- Grami, Petra; Haseeb, Cheryl; Reddy, Dereddi Raja; Ababio, Yao. EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGISTS IMPROVE MOBILITY AND OUTCOMES IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Critical Care Medicine 48(1):645, 2020.
- Heatter, Juliana; Martin, Peyton; Manjappachar, Nirmala; Cuenca, John; Reddy, Dereddi Raja; Nates, Joseph. CASE SERIES OF FATAL HEMOPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS IN CANCER PATIENTS. Critical Care Medicine 48(1):256, 2020.
- Heatter, Juliana; Cuenca, John; Manjappachar, Nirmala; Martin, Peyton; Pemmaraju, Naveen; Tummala, Sudhakar; Nates, Joseph; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME IN A CRITICALLY ILL SEPTIC SHOCK PATIENT WITH LEUKEMIA. Critical Care Medicine 48(1):355, 2020.
- Manjappachar, Nirmala; Cuenca, John; Heatter, Juliana; Martin, Peyton; Sterling, Brandon; Nates, Joseph; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS AND POTENTIALLY FATAL IMMUNE-RELATED ADVERSE EVENTS: A CASE SERIES. Critical Care Medicine 48(1):264, 2020.
- Bhatia, Rani; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. PASTEURELLA SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS FROM FELINE EXPOSURE TO DIALYSIS CATHETER. Critical Care Medicine 47(1):261, 2019.
- Voore, Prakruthi; Suarez, Jonathan; Reddy, Dereddi Raja; Guntupalli, Kalpalatha. OPTIMAL TIMING OF CATHETER-DIRECTED THROMBOLYSIS IN TREATMENT OF SUBMASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM. Critical Care Medicine 46(1):66, 2018.
- Mudrakola, Harsha; Alavian, Naseem; Teague, Taylor; George, Joggy; Mankidy, Babith; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. EARLY INITIATION OF EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION LEADING TO PATIENT SURVIVAL: A CASE SERIES. Critical Care Medicine 46(1):138, 2018.
- Omranian, Ali; Espe, Anna; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. ADJUNCT USE OF PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER GUIDING AN EXCEPTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPLEX SEPTIC SHOCK. Critical Care Medicine 46(1):75, 2018.
- Gooch, Megan; Alsaleh, Badr; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. PULMONARY TUMOR EMBOLISM: A RARE ETIOLOGY OF ACUTE RIGHT VENTRICULAR FAILURE IN BREAST CANCER. Critical Care Medicine 46(1):68, 2018.
- Suarez, Jonathan; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. SILICONE PNEUMONITIS AFTER BREAST AUGMENTATION SURGERY. Critical Care Medicine 46(1):548, 2018.
- Teague, Taylor; Alavian, Naseem; Mudrakola, Harsha; Reddy, Dereddi Raja. VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION DUE TO TRAMADOL. Critical Care Medicine 46(1):506, 2018.
- Grami, Petra; Smith, Claudia; Haseeb, Cheryl; Reddy, Dereddi Raja; Palencia, Donal. AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH USING AN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST IN THE CRITICAL CARE SETTING FOR MOBILIZATION. Critical Care Medicine 44(12):388, 2016.
- William LeMaster, Dereddi Reddy, Jaspreet Kaur. Invasive Cytomegalovirus in a Critically Ill Patient: Bystander or Pathogen?. Chest 150(4):463A, 2016.
- John O'Horo, Dereddi Raja Reddy, Tarun Singh, Rahul Kashyap, James Steckelberg, Ognjen Gajic, Alejandro Rabinstein. Cefepime Use and Acute Brain Injury in Critically Ill Patients. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2(1):142, 2015.
- Bashar Alkinj , Charat Thongprayoon , Abhay Vakil , Raja S. Reddy , Vivek N. Iyer. Saddle Pulmonary Embolism: Echocardiography, Clinical Presentation And Outcomes in 135 Consecutive Saddle Pulmonary Embolism Patients from 1999-2014. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:A4875, 2015.
- Alexander Kogan , , Pramod Guru , Raja S. Reddy , Vivek N. Iyer ,. A Novel Approach to Control Lactic Acidosis and Cytokine Storm in a Patient with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2015.
- Devang Sanghavi , Raja S. Reddy , Pramod K. Guru , , Vivek N. Iyer ,. Protamine Induced Acute Right Ventricle Failure Resulting in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Graft Failure. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:A4524, 2015.
- Dereddi Raja S. Reddy , , Tarun D. Singh , Pramod K. Guru , Ognhen Gajic , Alejandro A. Rabinstein , Rahul Kashyap. Retrospective Derivation and Validation of a Search Algorithm to Identify Acute Brain Injury (ABI) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:A5194, 2015.
- Abhay Vakil , , Dereddi Raja Reddy , Pramod K. Guru , Vivek N. Iyer ,. Occult Diffuse Cholangiocarcinoma of the Liver Presenting as Portal Vein Thrombosis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2015.
- Reddy, Dereddi Raja; Hoskote, Sumedh; Guru, Pramod; Fugate, Jennifer; Crow, Sheri; Wijdicks, Eelco. BRAIN DEATH CONFIRMATION ON EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION (ECMO) A NOVEL TECHNIQUE. Critical Care Medicine 42(12):A1486, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Vakil, Abhay; Raja Reddy, Dereddi; Guru, Pramod; Iyer, Vivek. COMMON DRUG CAUSING UNCOMMON REACTION. Critical Care Medicine 42(12):A1642, 2014.
- Hashmi, Faiza; Raja Reddy, Dereddi; Guru, Pramod; Iyer, Vivek. ATYPICAL HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME PRESENTING WITH DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE. Critical Care Medicine 42(12):A1650, 2014.
- Dereddi Raja Reddy, Pramod Guru, Shihab Sugeir, Vivek Iyer. Not All Tumor Lysis Syndromes Are Due to Malignancy. Chest 146(4):181A, 2014.
- DRS Reddy, SJ Lee, JK Pannu, PK Guru, MO Al-Qadi, LM Welper, MP Moulder, TH Tajouri, JP Bois, RJ Le, R Kashyap, BJ Selim. DELIRIUM AND EARLY PHYSICAL THERAPY (DEPTH): A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI) PROJECT IN CORONARY CARE IJNIT (CCU): AN IMPROVEMENT IN ATTITUDES THROUGH EDUCATION. INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE 40:S294-S295, 2014.
- SJ Lee, DRS Reddy, PK Guru, JK Pannu, MO Al-Qadi, LM Welper, MP Moulder, JP Bois, TH Tajouri, RJ Le, R Kashyap, MD Pyfferoen, BJ Selim. DELIRIUM AND EARLY PHYSICAL THERAPY (DEPTH): A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI) PROJECT IN CORONARY CARE UNIT (CCU): INITIATING EARLY PHYSICAL THERAPY. INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE 40:S276-S276, 2014.
- Dereddi S Reddy, BL Dykstra, DA Woodrum, VN Iyer. Giant Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm With Massive Hemoptysis Due To Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis In An Immunocompromised Host. American Thoracic Society, CASE VIGNETTES IN CRITICAL CARE II:A6169-A6169, 2014.
- Perliveh Carrera, Sumedh S Hoskote, Dereddi Reddy, John J Dillon. Hyperammonemia In Ethylene Glycol Poisoning. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medici 189:A6187, 2014.
- Sarah J Lee, Jasleen K Pannu, Raja S Reddy, Pramod K Guru, Mazen O Al-Qadi, Bernardo J Selim. Delirium and early physical therapy (DEPTH) quality improvement (QI) in a coronary care unit (CCU). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:A2810, 2014.
- SJ Lee, JK Pannu, RS Reddy, PK Guru, MO Al-Qadi, BJ Selim. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE: Delirium And Early Physical Therapy (depth) Quality Improvement (qi) In A Coronary Care Unit (ccu). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 189(1), 2014.
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