Sivagini Ganesh, MD

Dr. Ganesh’s clinical and research interests include lung transplants and pulmonary hypertension.Dr. Ganesh earned her medical degree from University of Jaffna. She then went on to complete a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine.

• Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, USC: Teacher of the Year Award, 2011
• Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, USC: Teacher of the Year Award, 2010
• Dr. Ghani Mohammad Memorial Award

• Social contributions as risk factors for readmissions after lung transplantation: Clinical and financial implications. JHLT Open. 2025 Aug; 9:100300.. View in PubMed
• Outcomes of single-lung retransplantation after double-lung transplantation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 May; 169(5):1398-1406.e2.. View in PubMed
• Pulmonary hemodynamics and transplant-free survival in sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: Results from an international registry. Pulm Circ. 2023 Oct; 13(4):e12297.. View in PubMed
• A retrospective analysis of rates of dermatology follow-up and new skin cancer diagnosis among solid organ transplant recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAAD Int. 2023 Mar; 10:53-54.. View in PubMed
• Examining low rates of dermatology visits in solid organ transplant recipients. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 06; 86(6):1369-1372.. View in PubMed
• The six-minute walk test in sarcoidosis associated pulmonary hypertension: Results from an international registry. Respir Med. 2022 05; 196:106801.. View in PubMed
• Use of a Bluetooth tablet-based technology to improve outcomes in lung transplantation: A pilot study. Am J Transplant. 2020 12; 20(12):3649-3657.. View in PubMed
• Skin cancer and dermatoses in a majority-Hispanic population of solid organ transplant recipients. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Aug; 83(2):607-610.. View in PubMed
• Grp78 Loss in Epithelial Progenitors Reveals an Age-linked Role for Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Pulmonary Fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 01 15; 201(2):198-211.. View in PubMed
• Clinical features of sarcoidosis associated pulmonary hypertension: Results of a multi-national registry. Respir Med. 2018 06; 139:72-78.. View in PubMed
• A 63-Year-Old Woman With Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Pulmonary Hypertension With Worsening Hypoxemia. Chest. 2017 10; 152(4):e89-e93.. View in PubMed
• Rapidly fatal disseminated acanthamoebiasis in a single lung transplant recipient. Ann Transplant. 2013 Mar 14; 18:108-11.. View in PubMed
• Use of Foscarnet Therapy for EBV Infection following Control of PTLD with Enhancement of Cellular Immunity in a Lung-Transplant Recipient. J Transplant. 2011; 2011:919651.. View in PubMed

• Armstrong, April
• Barr, Mark
• Starnes, Vaughn
• Harano, Takashi
• Lee, Amy
• Maher, Toby