Malini Mahendra, MD

I study how to improve value of care and outcomes in children. My current work is focused on quantifying the benefits and cancer risks associated with radiation-based imaging exams (e.g. CT, X-ray, Cardiac Catheterization, and Nuclear Medicine studies).
Education
06/2019 - Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
6/2015 - Pediatrics Residency, University of California, San Francisco
MD, 06/2012 - , University of California, Los Angeles
BA, 06/2007 - , University of California, Berkeley

  1. Smith-Bindman R, Alber SA, Kwan ML, Pequeno P, Bolch WE, Bowles EJA, Greenlee RT, Stout NK, Weinmann S, Moy LM, Stewart C, Francisco M, Kofler C, Duncan JR, Ducore J, Mahendra M, Pole JD, Miglioretti DL. Medical Imaging and Pediatric and Adolescent Hematologic Cancer Risk. The New England journal of medicine 2025. PMID: 40961449


  2. Stewart C, Alber S, Mahendra M, Kofler C, Tran T, Domal S, Bowles EJA, Weinmann S, Greenlee RT, Stout NK, Pequeno P, Moy LM, Duncan JR, Pole JD, Bolch WE, Kwan ML, Miglioretti DL, Smith-Bindman R. Quantifying and Contextualizing Radiation Doses in Common Pediatric Medical Imaging Examinations. Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice 2025. PMID: 40822255


  3. Mahendra M, Malekhedayat MN, Chu PW, Stewart C, Wang Y, Bardach NS, Smith-Bindman R. Cancer Risk Associated With Radiation Doses Used for CT Scans in Pediatric and General Hospitals. Hospital pediatrics 2025. PMID: 40473249


  4. Smith-Bindman R, Chu PW, Azman Firdaus H, Stewart C, Malekhedayat M, Alber S, Bolch WE, Mahendra M, Berrington de González A, Miglioretti DL. Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks From Current Computed Tomography Imaging. JAMA internal medicine 2025. PMID: 40227719


  5. Chu PW, Stewart C, Kofler C, Mahendra M, Wang Y, Chu CA, Lee C, Bolch WE, Smith-Bindman R. Representative Organ Doses from Computed Tomography (CT) Exams from a Large International Registry. Radiation research 2024. PMID: 39689286


  6. Chu PW, Kofler C, Haas B, Lee C, Wang Y, Chu CA, Stewart C, Mahendra M, Delman BN, Bolch WE, Smith-Bindman R. Dose length product to effective dose coefficients in adults. European radiology 2023. PMID: 37798408


  7. Chu PW, Kofler C, Mahendra M, Wang Y, Chu CA, Stewart C, Delman BN, Haas B, Lee C, Bolch WE, Smith-Bindman R. Correction to: Dose length product to effective dose coefficients in children. Pediatric radiology 2023. PMID: 37658914


  8. Mahendra M, Chu P, Amin EK, Nawaytou H, Duncan JR, Fineman JR, Smith-Bindman R. Associated radiation exposure from medical imaging and excess lifetime risk of developing cancer in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary circulation 2023. PMID: 37614831


  9. Chu PW, Kofler C, Mahendra M, Wang Y, Chu CA, Stewart C, Delman BN, Haas B, Lee C, Bolch WE, Smith-Bindman R. Dose length product to effective dose coefficients in children. Pediatric radiology 2023. PMID: 36922419


  10. Smith MA, Steurer MA, Mahendra M, Zinter MS, Keller RL. Sociodemographic factors associated with tracheostomy and mortality in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Pediatric pulmonology 2023. PMID: 36700394


  11. Blauvelt DG, Inany HS, Furlong-Dillard JM, Bailly DK, Oishi P, Steurer MA, Mahendra M. Association of Ventilator Settings with Mortality in Pediatric Patients Treated with Extracorporeal Life Support for Respiratory Failure. 2022. PMID: 35671443


  12. Mahendra M, Luo Y, Mills H, Schenk G, Butte AJ, Dudley RA. Impact of Different Approaches to Preparing Notes for Analysis With Natural Language Processing on the Performance of Prediction Models in Intensive Care. Critical Care Explorations 2021. PMID: 34136824


  13. Mahendra M, McQuillen P, Dudley RA, Steurer MA. Variation in Arterial and Central Venous Catheter Use in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Journal of intensive care medicine 2020. PMID: 32969326


  14. Mahendra M, Steurer-Muller M, Hohmann SF, Keller RL, Aswani A, Dudley RA. Predicting NICU admissions in near-term and term infants with low illness acuity. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2020. PMID: 32678315


  15. Gomes PL, Malavige GN, Fernando N, Mahendra MH, Kamaladasa SD, Seneviratne JK, Karunatilaka DH, Ogg GS. Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in patients with atopic dermatitis in Sri Lanka. Clinical and experimental dermatology 2010. PMID: 21070340