Scholars@Duke
Samrat Umasankar Das

Samrat Umasankar Das CV

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics, Hospital Medicine
samrat.das@duke.edu
2301 Erwin Road, Ste 903, Durham, NC 27710
2301 Erwin Road, Ste 903, Durham, NC 27710
CV

Selected Publications

Impact of an innovative curriculum on medical student preparedness for interprofessional practice

Journal Article Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice · December 1, 2025 Interprofessional education (IPE), defined by the World Health Organization as a process that “occurs when students from two or more professions learn about, from, and with each other”1 is well-established as an important contributor to improvin ... Full text Cite

Subtle echocardiogram findings requiring further investigation: restrictive cardiomyopathy in a rare genetic condition.

Journal Article BMJ Case Rep · October 23, 2024 Mulibrey nanism (MN) is a extremely rare genetic condition first described in 1973, with around 150 cases reported worldwide. MN is characterised by growth delay and multiorgan manifestations, the most fatal being a combination restrictive-constrictive, pe ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

A 13-Year-Old Girl With Unilateral Visual Changes.

Journal Article J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep · 2023 Neuroretinitis is a condition typically characterized by unilateral optic neuropathy and is most commonly a sequelae of cat scratch disease (CSD) due to infection with Bartonella henselae. Ophthalmologic examination will reveal a swollen optic nerve and ma ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Miliary tuberculosis in a paediatric patient with psoriasis.

Journal Article BMJ Case Rep · March 9, 2021 We present a 16-year-old girl with a history of well-controlled psoriasis, on immunosuppression, who sought evaluation in the emergency department for 4 months of fever, cough and unintentional weight loss. The patient had seen multiple providers who had d ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Association between socioeconomic status and risk of hospitalization due to child maltreatment in the USA.

Journal Article J Investig Med · February 2019 Child maltreatment remains a significant problem in the USA. There is a dearth of literature examining the association of socioeconomic status (SES) and incidence of child maltreatment among hospitalized children across the entire USA. Our aim was to study ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

HOSPITALIZATION FOR ELEVATED LEAD LEVEL - BUT IS IT TRULY ELEVATED?

Conference JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE MEDICINE · February 1, 2019 Full text Link to item Cite

A 17-Year-Old Girl With Unilateral Headache and Double Vision.

Journal Article J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep · 2019 Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is characterized by a painful ophthalmoplegia secondary to a granulomatous inflammation in or adjacent to the cavernous sinus. Magnetic resonance imaging will show enhancement of the cavernous sinus and/or the orbital apex. Although th ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Utilization of Imaging to Identify a Benign Condition Mimicking Acute Appendicitis in a Child.

Journal Article J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep · 2018 One of the most concerning causes of abdominal pain affecting children is acute appendicitis. However, there are benign conditions that can closely mimic appendicitis in children. In this article, we present a case of a child admitted for possible acute ap ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Bullous Skin Manifestations of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection: A Case Series

Journal Article Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports · September 8, 2017 Full text Open Access Cite

Infant with a persistent nodular skin rash

Journal Article Contemporary Pediatrics · January 20, 2014 Cite

A 10-year-old girl with generalized, scaly rash

Journal Article Contemporary Pediatrics · December 1, 2012 Cite

Perinatal cerebral arterial infarction associated with a placental chorioangioma.

Journal Article Am J Perinatol · June 2008 Placental chorioangiomas are benign vascular tumors. Large chorioangiomas cause several obstetric complications, including premature labor, placental abruption, polyhydramnios, fetal hydrops, fetal growth restriction, fetal hepatosplenomegaly, cardiomegaly ... Full text Link to item Cite