Dr. Sowmya Ramanan V.

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

प्रकाशन

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.