Basel Ramlawi, MD, MMSc 6550 Fannin St. Suite 1401 Houston, TX  77030 United States 1 646 895-0779 http://www.ctsnet.org/home/bramlawi

Institutional Affiliation

• The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background

• Marianopolis College & McGill University - B.Sc.(Hon.) 1998
• McMaster University Medical School - M.D. 2001
• Harvard School of Public Health, Program in Clinical Effectiveness - 2004
• Harvard Medical School, Scholars Program in Clinical Investigation - M.M.Sc. 2006
• University of Western Ontario, Cardiac Surgery Residency, 2001-2008
• AHA Vivien Thomas Young Investigator Award & RCPSC Detweiler Travelling Fellowship
• Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada - FRCS(C) 2008
• Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Advanced Fellow- Heart Failure & Minimal Access Valve Surgery
• Attending Surgeon/Assistant Professor, The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center (2009-present)

Interests

• Surgery for heart failure, transplantation, assist devices
• Minimally invasive valve repair (Mitral & Aortic)
• Aortic Root Surgery
• Complex cardiac surgery (Reops, endocarditis, high-risk)
• Translational research, neurologic injury during CPB & vascular biology
• Surgical outcomes and novel technology

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