Dr. Sowmya Ramanan V.
Additional Professor
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Academic Qualifications

MS, MRCSEd, FEBCTS, MCh (CVTS)

Professional Record

Training in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices and Transplant Oct 2022- Jan 2023

Fellow of European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (FEBCTS - Congenital) - 2022

Member of European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (MEBCTS - Adult and Congenital) - 2021

EACTS Francis Fontan Fellowship 2013

MCh CVTS 2011

MRCS Ed 2010

MS General Surgery 2007

MBBS 2002

Honors

Tata Trust Professional Development Grant - 2022

Awards

EACTS Francis Fontan Prize 2013

Dr. P.A. Abraham Memorial Gold Medal- General Surgery2001

Area of Interest

Pulmonary valve substitution

Ventricular Assist Devices

Cardiac Transplantation

Main stream integration of children with complex birth defects

Current Activities

Developmental outcomes of children with congenital heart defects

Fellowships

EACTS Francis Fontan Fellowship 2013 -14

Membership

World society of pediatric and congenital heart surgeons

Member of Royal college of Surgeons of Edinburg

Member of Society of pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeons (India)

Indian Medical Association

On-going Projects

Role of hydrogel in prevention of pericardial adhesions

Projects Completed

Intermediate term outcome assessment of children undergoing cardiac surgery

Professional Experience

Teaching experience in CVTS since 2011

No. of Publications

28 till date

Select Publications

Secondary infection of chylothorax with Serratia marcescens: a rare scenario post-cardiac surgery. Kumaran K, Ramanan S, Dharan BS. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020 Jan;36:71-3.

Conal branch from the left anterior descending artery in Tetralogy of Fallot. Ramanan S, Kotera SS, Babu S, Dharan BS. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2020 Mar;35(3):664-5.

Intracardiac relation of extrahepatic persistent right umbilical vein. Ramanan SV, Mohammed S, Dharan BS. Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021 May;37:354-6.

Intermediate-term neurodevelopmental outcomes and quality of life after arterial switch operation beyond early neonatal period. Ramanan, S., Sundaram, S., Gopalakrishnan, A., et al 2021. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 60(6), pp.1428-1436.

Pulmonary-valve replacement in adults: results with the Medtronic Freestyle valve S Ramanan, N Doll, D Boethig, N Tafer, A Horke, et al. The Annals of thoracic surgery 100 (3), 1047-1053

Pulmonary artery banding for univentricular heart beyond the neonatal period N Sasikumar, S Ramanan, KMS Rema, et al. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 22 (6), 660-666

Combined Nuss procedure and cardiac procedure through a left anterolateral thoracotomy F Roubertie, S Ramanan, et al The Annals of thoracic surgery 102 (6), e537-e539

Adult tetralogy repair: factors affecting early outcome in the current era S Ramanan, N Sasikumar, K Manohar, SS Ramani, RNS Kumar, ... Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 27 (9), 731-737

3D printing to model surgical repair of complex congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries RA Sahayaraj, S Ramanan, R Subramanyan, KM Cherian World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery 10 (3), 373-375

The warden procedure through a posterolateral thoracotomy approach S Ramanan, N Sasikumar, SRK Manohar, KM Cherian Texas Heart Institute Journal 41 (5), 499-501

Reviewer

Pediatric Cardiology

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Frontier.org

Publications

Article

1
Ramanan, S., Sundaram, S., Gopalakrishnan, A., Anija, D.V., Sandhya, P., Jose, D.S., Baruah, S.D., Menon, S. and Dharan, B.S.,, Intermediate-term neurodevelopmental outcomes and quality of life after arterial switch operation beyond early neonatal period. , European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, , 202, 60(6), pp.1428-1436.

Case Report

1
Kumaran K, Ramanan S, Dharan BS., Secondary infection of chylothorax with Serratia marcescens: a rare scenario post-cardiac surgery., Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. , 2020, Jan;36:71-3.
2
Ramanan S, Kotera SS, Babu S, Dharan BS., Conal branch from the left anterior descending artery in Tetralogy of Fallot. , Journal of Cardiac Surgery. , 2020, Mar;35(3):664-5
3
Ramanan SV, Mohammed S, Dharan BS., Intracardiac relation of extrahepatic persistent right umbilical vein. , Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. , 2021, May;37:354-6.