Dristhi S Ragoonanan, MBBS
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatrics
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Department of Pediatrics - Patient Care, Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2010 | University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, TTO, MBBS, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery |
| 2008 | University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, TTO, BMSc, Medicine Sciences |
Postgraduate Training
| 2021-2022 | Clinical Fellowship, Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2018-2021 | Clinical Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2015-2018 | Clinical Residency, Pediatrics, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL |
| 2010-2011 | Clinical Internship, Pediatrics, General Surgery, Internal Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, San Fernando General Hospital, San Fernando |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Ragoonanan D, Sheikh IN, Gupta S, Khazal SJ, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Li S, Mahadeo KM. The Evolution of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Biomedicines 10(9), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36140387.
- Sheikh IN, Alqahtani S, Ragoonanan D, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Mahadeo KM, Popat U, Shpall EJ, Khazal S. Post-Transplant Cyclophosphamide after Matched Sibling and Unrelated Donor Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation in Pediatric Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Int J Mol Sci 23(15), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35955881.
- Sheikh IN, Elgehiny A, Ragoonanan D, Mahadeo KM, Nieto Y, Khazal S. Management of Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas in the Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Population: An Adult vs. Pediatric Perspective. Cancers (Basel) 14(12), 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 35740580.
- Tambaro FP, Ragoonanan D, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Aung FM, Mahadeo KM, Khazal S. The Role of Granulocyte Transfusions in Optimizing Candidacy for Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell Therapy in Patients With Treatment-refractory Infections. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 44(2):e463-e466, 2022. PMID: 33625094.
- Gibson A, Ragoonanan D, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Rodriguez N, DiNardo C, Mahadeo KM, Khazal S. Non-myeloablative umbilical cord blood transplantation for atypical dyskeratosis congenita. Pediatr Transplant 26(2):e14157, 2022. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34626046.
- Jia Z, Ragoonanan D, Mahadeo KM, Gill J, Gorlick R, Shpal E, Li S. IL12 immune therapy clinical trial review: Novel strategies for avoiding CRS-associated cytokines. Front Immunol 13:952231, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36203573.
- Sheikh IN, Ragoonanan D, Franklin A, Srinivasan C, Zhao B, Petropoulos D, Mahadeo KM, Tewari P, Khazal SJ. Cardiac Relapse of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Case Report and Review of Literature. Cancers (Basel) 13(22), 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34830969.
- Ragoonanan D, Khazal SJ, Abdel-Azim H, McCall D, Cuglievan B, Tambaro FP, Ahmad AH, Rowan CM, Gutierrez C, Schadler K, Li S, Di Nardo M, Chi L, Gulbis AM, Shoberu B, Mireles ME, McArthur J, Kapoor N, Miller J, Fitzgerald JC, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Gill JB, Duncan CN, Lehmann LE, Hingorani S, Angelo JR, Swinford RD, Steiner ME, Hernandez Tejada FN, Martin PL, Auletta J, Choi SW, Bajwa R, Dailey Garnes N, Kebriaei P, Rezvani K, Wierda WG, Neelapu SS, Shpall EJ, Corbacioglu S, Mahadeo KM. Diagnosis, grading and management of toxicities from immunotherapies in children, adolescents and young adults with cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 18(7):435-453, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33608690.
- Ragoonanan D, Khazal SJ, Abdel-Azim H, McCall D, Cuglievan B, Tambaro FP, Ahmad AH, Rowan CM, Gutierrez C, Schadler K, Li S, Di Nardo M, Chi L, Gulbis AM, Shoberu B, Mireles ME, McArthur J, Kapoor N, Miller J, Fitzgerald JC, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Gill JB, Duncan CN, Lehmann LE, Hingorani S, Angelo JR, Swinford RD, Steiner ME, Tejada FNH, Martin PL, Auletta J, Choi SW, Bajwa R, Garnes ND, Kebriaei P, Rezvani K, Wierda WG, Neelapu SS, Shpall EJ, Corbacioglu S, Mahadeo KM. Author Correction: Diagnosis, grading and management of toxicities from immunotherapies in children, adolescents and young adults with cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 18(7):468, 2021. PMID: 33731864.
- Ragoonanan D, Tambaro FP, Khazal SJ, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Champlin R, Mahadeo KM. Cytokine release syndrome and complete remission of extra medullary acute lymphoblastic leukemia of the breast with CAR-T and radiation therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer 68(5):e28839, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33258192.
- Ragoonanan D, Khazal SJ, Mejia R, Ewing L, Durand JB, Bashoura L, Tayar J, Dailey Garnes N, Petropoulos D, Tewari P, Bhatti M, Ahmad AH, Cortes J, Razvi S, McBeth K, Swinford R, Shoberu B, Waseemuddin W, Chi L, Gill JB, Zaky W, Daw N, Gutierrez C, Tereffe W, Kebriaei P, Rezvani K, Shpall EJ, Champlin RE, Mahadeo KM. Case Discussion and Literature Review: Cancer Immunotherapy, Severe Immune-Related Adverse Events, Multi-Inflammatory Syndrome, and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Front Oncol 11:625707, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33614514.
- Dao L, Ragoonanan D, Batth I, Satelli A, Foglesong J, Wang J, Zaky W, Gill JB, Liu D, Albert A, Gordon N, Huh W, Harrison D, Herzog C, Kleinerman E, Gorlick R, Daw N, Li S. Prognostic Value of Cell-Surface Vimentin-Positive CTCs in Pediatric Sarcomas. Front Oncol 11:760267, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34956881.
- Tambaro FP, Khazal S, Nunez C, Ragoonanan D, Tewari P, Petropoulos D, Kebriaei P, Wierda WG, Mahadeo KM. Complete remission in refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia using blinatumomab after failure of response to CD-19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. Clin Case Rep 8(9):1678-1681, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32983475.
- Khatua S, Cooper LJN, Sandberg DI, Ketonen L, Johnson JM, Rytting ME, Liu DD, Meador H, Trikha P, Nakkula RJ, Behbehani GK, Ragoonanan D, Gupta S, Kotrotsou A, Idris T, Shpall EJ, Rezvani K, Colen R, Zaky W, Lee DA, Gopalakrishnan V. Phase I study of intraventricular infusions of autologous ex vivo expanded NK cells in children with recurrent medulloblastoma and ependymoma. Neuro Oncol 22(8):1214-1225, 2020. PMID: 32152626.
- Khazal S, Ragoonanan D, Hosing C, Williams L, Medeiros LJ, Mahadeo KM, Thompson PA. Epstein - Barr virus specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes for the treatment of severe epstein-barr virus mucocutaneous ulcer. Br J Haematol 189(2):e33-e36, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32150641.
- Harden A, Ragoonanan D, Anildes-Gubman D, McCall D, Faltus K, Featherston S, Shoberu B, Moffet JR, Petropoulos D, Khazal SJ, Razvi S, Mahadeo KM, Tewari P. Chimeric Antigen Receptor, Teamwork, Education, Assessment, and Management (CAR-TEAM): A Simulation-Based Inter-professional Education (IPE) Intervention for Management of CAR Toxicities. Front Oncol 10:1227, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32850365.
- Dao L, Ragoonanan D, Yi S, Swinford R, Petropoulos D, Mahadeo KM, Li S. The Organ Trail: A Review of Biomarkers of Organ Failure. Front Oncol 10:579219, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33262945.
- Dailey Garnes NJM, Ragoonanan D, Aboulhosn A. Adenovirus infection and disease in recipients of hematopoietic cell transplantation. Curr Opin Infect Dis 32(6):591-600, 2019. PMID: 31567568.
Grant & Contract Support
| Title: | A Prospective Registry of Pediatric Cellular Therapy Patients at risk for Endothelial Dysfunction, Sinusoidal Obstruction Syndrome and/or Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS).” |
| Funding Source: | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| Role: | Collaborator |