#440 - 🔵 [PAS 2026] - What Does It Take to Build a World-Class NICU From the Ground Up?

Dr. Rangasamy Ramanathan, division chief at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's Hospital and one of neonatology's most prolific investigators, joins Ben to share what's keeping him busy — 14 active clinical trials including studies on IGF-1 for lung injury prevention, oral insulin for weight gain, and the upcoming phase three trial of aerosolized surfactant. He reflects on what has sustained his passion through decades of work, from training a third of California's neonatologists to launching Southern California's first NeuroNICU with 24-7 neurology coverage and in-house whole genome sequencing. He also previews his next innovation — the ROM Smith ventilator, designed to be manufactured and distributed at cost to resource-limited settings around the world where babies are dying for lack of a $30,000 machine he believes he can build for under $2,000.