Rageshree Ramachandran, MD, PhD
Research and Clinical Interests
My clinical work is in diagnostic surgical pathology with an emphasis on liver and gastrointestinal disease. My current research focus is on markers expressed by hepatocellular carcinoma versus tumors metastatic to the liver. I also welcome opportunities to provide consultation on animal models of liver injury. In the education realm, I oversee pathology curriculum for first- and second-year UCSF medical students and direct the Path 150.03 senior medical student elective.
Selected Publications
- Ramachandran R, Lee HS, Matthews B, Shatzel A, Tihan T. Intradural extramedullary leptomeningeal hemangioblastomatosis and paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis diagnosed at autopsy: an unlikely pair. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2008;132(1):104-8.
- Lounev VY, Ramachandran R, Wosczyna MN, Yamamoto M, Maidment AD, Shore EM, Glaser DL, Goldhamer DJ, Kaplan FS. Identification of progenitor cells that contribute to heterotopic skeletogenesis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009;91(3):652-63.
- Schafer AL, Vittinghoff E, Ramachandran R, Mahmoudi N, Bauer DC. Laboratory reproducibility of biochemical markers of bone turnover in clinical practice. Osteoporosis Int. 2009 Jun (appeared in Research Highlights of Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2009 Nov;5:587).
- Ramachandran R and Kakar S. Histological patterns in drug-induced liver disease. J Clin Pathol. 2009;62(6):481-92.
- Behrends M, Martinez-Palli G, Niemann CU, Cohen S, Ramachandran R, Hirose R. Acute hyperglycemia worsens hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010;14(3):528-35.
Additional Information

- Assistant Professor
- Director of Medical Education
- Pathology
Specialty Area
- Surgical Pathology
- Liver and Gastrointestinal Pathology
Contact Information
- raga.ramachandran@
ucsf.edu - Phone: 415-476-1194
- Pager: 415-443-8722
- Fax: 415-476-4666
- 513 Parnassus Avenue
- Room S-564A, Box 0102
- San Francisco, CA 94143-0102
Other UCSF Organizational Association(s)
- UCSF Essential Core Course Committee
Hospital Affiliation(s)
- Moffitt-Long