UC Davis Medical Group Physician's Referral Guide

Rajen Ramsamooj, M.D.

Title: Associate Professor

Specialty: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Address:

Phone:


Undergraduate Education:	UC Irvine Irvine, California B.S. 1988
Medical Education:	University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, Minnesota M.D. 1993
Residency:	Stanford University Hospital Palo Alto, California 1993-1995 Pathology
Fellowship:	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 1995-1997 Surgical Pathology
Board Certifications:	American Board of Pathology, 2000
Professional Memberships:	American Society of Clinical Pathologists Association of Pathology Chairs, Program Director's Section College of American Pathologists Transplantation Society

Clinical/Research Interests: Dr. Ramsamooj has clinical interests in surgical and transplantation pathology, gastrointestinal disease, tumor markers, and novel imaging techniques. Additionally, he provides residency training. His current research focuses on transplantation, mechanisms of graft-versus-host disease and tolerance, novel imaging techniques, and markers/predictors of malignancy.
Publications: He SQ, Zhang YH, Venugopal SK, Dicus CW, Perez RV, Ramsamooj R, Nantz MH, Zern MA, Wu J. Delivery of antioxidative enzyme genes protects against ischemia/reperfusion-induced liver injury in mice. Liver Transplantation, 12(12):1869-1879, 2006. Demos SG, Lieber CA, Lin B, Ramsamooj R. Imaging of tissue microstructures using a multi-modal design. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 11(4):752-798, 2005. Demos SG, Bold R, deVere White R, Ramsamooj R. Investigation of near-infrared autofluorescence imaging for the detection of breast cancer. IEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 11(4):791-798, 2005. Fitzgerald J, Sena MJ, Vandewalker KN, Johnson JR, Griffey SM, Tarantal AF, Barry PA, McChesney MB, Ramsamooj R, Perez RV. Occult pre-transplant systemic inflammation and post-transplant vascular changes in a primate arterial allograft model. Transplantation, 78(3):367-74, Aug 15, 2004. Gallay BJ, Perez RV, Ramsamooj R. Acute renal transplant injury and interaction between anti-thymocyte globulin and pooled human immunoglobulin. Clinical Transplantation, 18 327-331, 2004. Demos SG, Gandour-Edwards R, Ramsamooj R, deVere White R. Spectroscopic detection of bladder cancer using near-infrared imaging techniques. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 9(4):767-71, Jul-Aug 2004. Demos SG, Gandour-Edwards R, Ramsamooj R, deVere White R. Near-infrared autofluorescence imaging for detection of cancer. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 9(3):587-592, May/June 2004. Schlieman MG, Fahy BN, Ramsamooj R, Beckett L, Bold RJ. Incidence, mechanism and prognostic value of activated AKT in pancreas cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 89:2110-2115, 2003. Khatri V, Galante J, Bold R, Schneider P, Ramsamooj R, Goodnight J. Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans: Reappraisal of wide local excision and impact of inadequate initial treatment. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 10(9):1118-22, Nov 2003. Ramsamooj R, Doolin E, Greenberg G, Catalano E, Hewitt CW. Real-time high-definition 3-dimensional microscopy for evaluating problematic cervical pap smears classified as atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASCUS). Cancer Cytopathology, 96(3):181-186, 2002.