$$ Claudio Ramaciotti, MD Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Biography

Claudio Ramaciotti, M.D., is a cardiologist at Children’s Health℠ who specializes in echocardiography. He is also a professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

After earning his medical degree at Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dr. Ramaciotti completed a cardiology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Ramaciotti’s clinical interests include echocardiography, cardiac involvement in muscular dystrophy, and congenital heart disease.

Education and Training

Medical School

Universidade Federal (1977)

Internship

Universidad Federal De Rio De Janeiro (1978), Pediatrics

Residency

Emory University Hospital (1989), Pediatrics
Hospital dos Servidores de Estado (1979), Pediatrics

Fellowship

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1993), Pediatric Cardiology
University of London,Queens Square Hospital (1984), Pediatric Cardiology

Departments & Programs

Conditions & Treatments

Conditions

Research & Publications

Research Interests

• Diagnosis of congenital heart disease
• Duchenne muscular dystrophy
• Ventricular function

Selected Publications

• Echocardiographic characteristics of perimembranous ventricular septal defects associated with aortic regurgitation., Eapen RS, Lemler MS, Scott WA, Ramaciotti C J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2003 Mar 16 3 209-13
• Comprehensive assessment of patent ductus arteriosus by echocardiography before transcatheter closure., Ramaciotti C, Lemler MS, Moake L, Zellers TM J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002 Oct 15 10 Pt 2 1154-9
• Fenestration improves clinical outcome of the fontan procedure: a prospective, randomized study., Lemler MS, Scott WA, Leonard SR, Stromberg D, Ramaciotti C Circulation 2002 Jan 105 2 207-12
• Endothelial cells regulate cardiac contractility.,Ramaciotti C, Sharkey A, McClellan G, Winegrad S Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 1992 May 89 9 4033-6
• Importance of (perimembranous) ventricular septal aneurysm in the natural history of isolated perimembranous ventricular septal defect.,Ramaciotti C, Keren A, Silverman NH Am. J. Cardiol. 1986 Feb 57 4 268-72

Professional Activities

Professional Associations and Affiliations

• American Heart Association
• American Society of Echocardiography

Awards & Honors

• Ann Newman Fellowship Award - Awarded as most outstanding fellow by staff of Division of Cardiology/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (1990)
• Premio Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Awarded for graduating in top 3% (1977)

Appointments & Locations

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Locations

Children’s Medical Center Dallas