Vikram Raghu, MD, MS

Dr. Vikram Raghu is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh and a pediatric gastroenterologist and transplant hepatologist at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. His research focuses on improving clinical decision-making for children with intestinal failure, intestine transplant, and liver transplant. He specializes in cost-effectiveness analysis and decision modeling, using these methods to evaluate high-risk treatments, guide transplant timing, and support evidence-based, value-driven care for children with complex gastrointestinal conditions. He also leads multicenter studies that use observational data and patient registries to evaluate outcomes and identify disparities, including studies using national datasets such as PHIS and SRTR.

Dr. Raghu has played a central role in the development and analysis of the International Intestinal Failure Registry. He is a co-investigator on an FDA-funded R01 to define the natural history of pediatric intestinal failure and is currently supported by the NASPGHAN Foundation and the Children’s Trust. His work has been published in leading journals including JAMA Network Open, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, JPEN, JPGN, and Pediatric Transplantation. He serves on national committees through NASPGHAN and the Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplant Association and is committed to building model-based, stakeholder-informed tools that advance high-quality and equitable care in pediatric gastroenterology and transplant medicine.