
Claudio Ramaciotti, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English,

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 - Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology
Conditions
- Coarctation of the Aorta
- Coronary Artery Conditions
- Heart Murmur
- Heterotaxy Syndrome
- High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
- Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Pediatric Tricuspid Atresia
- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Truncus Arteriosus
- d-Transposition of the Great Arteries (d-TGA)
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Diagnosis of congenital heart disease
- Duchenne muscular dystrophy
- Ventricular function
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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
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Professional Activities
- American Heart Association
- American Society of Echocardiography
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialist, (2010, 2012-2020)
- Texas Super Doctors 2008-2017, Texas Monthly Magazine
- Ann Newman Fellowship Award 1990, Awarded as most outstanding fellow by staff of Division of Cardiology/Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Premio Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 1977, Awarded for graduating in top 3%