Poornima Ramanan, MD

Tell us a little about your time at OHSU and your interests in ID?

I joined the Infectious Diseases faculty at OHSU in 2022 after moving from Denver.  I am thrilled to be part of such a wonderful and collegial division. My clinical interests include managing infectious complications in patients with compromised immune systems.

What are you currently working on?

I see patients in clinic as well as round on the inpatient transplant infectious diseases service. I am working with the fellowship leadership on improving the clinical microbiology rotation experience for our fellows.

What about outside of work?

I love spending time with my spouse, three boys and two puppies. They keep me busy but also sane and grounded when it matters the most. We enjoy long car drives, spending time at the beaches on the Oregon Coast, exploring various Forest park trails outside our home and cuddling up on the couch on lazy, rainy evenings watching family movies. When I get some time to myself, I like trying out new recipes in our recently remodeled kitchen, painting on canvas, reading (mostly fiction) and sometimes binge-watching shows on Netflix and other platforms. Since spring arrived, I am also working on a few landscaping projects in our garden and hoping not to kill any plants.

What do you like about living in Portland?

I have traveled half-way across the world from India and have lived in and traveled to many cities within the United States.  The natural beauty of this place is absolutely breath-taking to me – be it the stunning mountains, the beautiful beaches with their rock formations, the tall evergreen trees reaching out to the skies or the plentiful water bodies. It feels so rejuvenating to be surrounded by lush rain forests. I haven’t heard louder chirping of birds elsewhere. People here are also super nice.