Usha Sethuraman, M.D.

Professor

Provider Specialty

Emergency Medicine

Academic Education

Areas of Research/Scholarship Focus: COVID-19/Trauma/Sepsis/Translation medicine/microRNA in saliva
Board Certification(s): Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Medical School: Chengalpet Medical College
Internship: Institute of Child Health
Residency: Children's Hospital of Michigan
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Michigan
Awards/Honors:
- WSU Teaching excellence nomination(2017)

Primary Practice

Primary Practice Name: Children's Hospital of MI
Primary Practice Address: 3901 Beaubien - Ground Floor
Primary Practice City: Detroit
Primary Practice State: MI
Primary Practice Zip Code: 48201
Practice Phone Number: (313)745-5260
Practice Fax: (313)993-7166

Additional Information

Accepted Insurance: We accept most types of insurance. Please call to confirm that your carrier is on our list.

Selected Publications

[1] Lelak KA, Vohra V, Neuman MI, Farooqi A, Toce MS, Sethuraman U. COVID-19 and Pediatric Ingestions. Pediatrics. 2021 Apr 27:e2021051001. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-051001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33906928.
[2] Sethuraman U, Kannikeswaran N, Ang J, Singer A, Miller J, Haddad R, Stankovic C. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2: Presentations to a pediatric emergency department in Michigan. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jan;39:164-167. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2020.10.035. Epub 2020 Oct 24. PMID: 33131972; PMCID: PMC7585495
[3] Sanil Y, Misra A, Safa R, Blake JM, Eddine AC, Balakrishnan P, Garcia RU, Taylor R, Dentel JN, Ang J, Cashen K, Heidemann SM, Bauerfield C, Sethuraman U, Farooqi A, Aggarwal S, Singh G. Echocardiographic Indicators Associated with Adverse Clinical Course and Cardiac Sequelae in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children with Coronavirus Disease 2019. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2021 May 3:S0894-7317(21)00468-5. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2021.04.018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33957250; PMCID: PMC8089028
[4] Deza Leon MP, Redzepi A, McGrath E, Abdel-Haq N, Shawaqfeh A, Sethuraman U, Tilford B, Chopra T, Arora H, Ang J, Asmar B. COVID-19-Associated Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020 Jul 13;9(3):407-408. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piaa061. PMID: 32441749; PMCID: PMC7313914
[5] Abdel-Haq N, Asmar BI, Deza Leon MP, McGrath EJ, Arora HS, Cashen K, Tilford B, Charaf Eddine A, Sethuraman U, Ang JY. SARS-CoV-2-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children: clinical manifestations and the role of infliximab treatment. Eur J Pediatr. 2021 May;180(5):1581-1591. doi: 10.1007/s00431-021-03935-1. Epub 2021 Jan 16. PMID: 33452570; PMCID: PMC7810600
[6] Brody A, Sethuraman U. Optimizing the treatment of pain and anxiety in pediatric emergencies: the role of accreditation. Isr J Health Policy Res. 2019 Apr 8;8(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s13584-019-0305-9. PMID: 30961654; PMCID: PMC6454749
[7] Sethuraman U, Stankovic C, Singer A, Vitale L, Krouse CB, Cloutier D, Donoghue L, Klein J, Kannikeswaran N. Burn visits to a pediatric burn center during the COVID-19 pandemic and 'Stay at home' period. Burns. 2021 Mar;47(2):491-492. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2020.08.004. Epub 2020 Aug 29. PMID: 32919800; PMCID: PMC7455538
[8] Noble J, Zarling B, Geesey T, Smith E, Farooqi A, Yassir W, Sethuraman U. Analgesia Use in Children with Acute Long Bone Fractures in the Pediatric Emergency Department. J Emerg Med. 2020 Mar;58(3):500-505. doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.09.018. Epub 2019 Nov 16. PMID: 31744708
[9] Arora R, White EN, Niedbala D, Ravichandran Y, Sethuraman U, Radovic N, Watson K, Nypaver M. Reducing Computed Tomography Scan Utilization for Pediatric Minor Head Injury in the Emergency Department: A Quality Improvement Initiative. Acad Emerg Med. 2021 Jun;28(6):655-665. doi: 10.1111/acem.14177. Epub 2020 Dec 27. PMID: 33368815
[10] Perez V, Zidan MA, Sethuraman U. Parental Knowledge of Appropriate Placement of Child Restraint Systems Before and After Educational Intervention in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Jan;36(1):43-49. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002020. PMID: 31895201
[11] Mathias E, Tangpricha V, Sarnaik A, Farooqi A, Sethuraman U. Association of vitamin D with cathelicidin and vitamin D binding protein in pediatric sepsis. J Clin Transl Endocrinol. 2017 Nov 11;10:36-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2017.11.001. PMID: 29204370; PMCID: PMC5700822
[12] Sethuraman U, Zidan MA, Hanks L, Bagheri M, Ashraf A. Impact of vitamin D treatment on 25 hydroxy vitamin D levels and insulin homeostasis in obese African American adolescents in a randomized trial. J Clin Transl Endocrinol. 2018 Mar 26;12:13-19. doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2018.03.002. Erratum in: J Clin Transl Endocrinol. 2020 Dec 17;23:100242. PMID: 29892562; PMCID: PMC5992309
[13] Vega C, Patel N, Gonik N, Sethuraman U. Hypoxic respiratory failure in an adolescent after blunt neck trauma. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020 Dec 30. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15327. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33377572
[14] Mathias E, Sethuraman U. ABCs of Safety and Quality for the Pediatric Resident and Fellow. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2016 Apr;63(2):303-15. doi: 10.1016/j.pcl.2015.11.003. PMID: 27017037
[15] Patel N, Farooqi A, Callaghan M, Sethuraman U. Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Children with Sickle Cell Disease Who Present to the Emergency Room with Fever. J Clin Med. 2020 May 19;9(5):1531. doi: 10.3390/jcm9051531. PMID: 32438767; PMCID: PMC7290819