Claudio Ramaciotti, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Claudio Ramaciotti, M.D., is a pediatric 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. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in general pediatrics and pediatric cardiology.
Dr. Ramaciotti’s clinical interests include echocardiography, cardiac involvement in muscular dystrophy, and congenital heart disease.
Dr. Ramaciotti has been included in D Magazine’s list of Best Pediatric Specialists and named a Texas Monthly Super Doctor.
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 California, San Francisco (1985), 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
- Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Tricuspid Atresia
- 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%