Erika Cordova Ramos, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Erika (Gaby) Cordova Ramos, MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine and a clinical neonatologist at Boston Medical Center. Her research interests lie in using implementation science methods to engage communities and understand context to design and test implementation strategies to improve the health and wellbeing of low-income families with high-risk infants. Specifically, she investigates the impact of perinatal social care interventions on caregiving practices such as breastfeeding, safe sleep, and skin-to-skin contact, as well as family engagement in the NICU. Currently, she also co-leads multi-site quality improvement initiatives targeting social determinants of health in the NICU.

Publications

  • Published 6/1/2025

    Cordova-Ramos EG, Miller E, Klawetter S. Supplemental Security Income for Low-Birth-Weight Infants-Addressing Gaps in Coverage. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Jun 01; 179(6):598-599. PMID: 39960688.

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  • Published 6/1/2025

    Reynolds S, Cordova-Ramos EG, Wolf MF, Kendrick-Allwood SR, Nicole McLaughlin S, Rule ARL, Peña MM. Lack of Parental Visitation as a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis: The Impact of Social Drivers of Health in the NICU. Neoreviews. 2025 Jun 01; 26(6):e435-e445. PMID: 40449915.

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  • Published 5/28/2025

    Austad K, Cordova-Ramos EG, Fernandez A, Drainoni ML. Lost in translation: advancing intervention adaptation for populations with non-dominant language preference in high diversity settings. Implement Sci Commun. 2025 May 28; 6(1):66. PMID: 40437645.

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  • Published 5/15/2025

    McConnell M, Alsager A, Fuchu P, Sriprasad S, Simoncini L, Drainoni ML, Cordova-Ramos EG, Peña MM, Madore L, Kalluri NS, Silverstein M, Schofield H, Farah MJ, Fink G, Parker MG. CuddleCard: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of providing financial support to low-income mothers of preterm infants on parental caregiving in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). BMC Pediatr. 2025 May 15; 25(1):383. PMID: 40375176.

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  • Published 5/10/2025

    Lee CS, Cordova-Ramos EG, Rohsenow DJ, Mueser KT, Pace CA, Martin R, Colby SM, Lopez V, Morris M, Morgan JR, Kriegsman A, Drainoni ML. Care management staff perspectives on stigma and barriers to substance use treatment experienced by latine adults who use substances. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. 2025 Jun; 15:100342. PMID: 40495911.

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Education

  • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, MD

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