Email

ramanath@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor - Chief of Nephrology - Michael E. DeBakey VAMC

Medicine-Nephrology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

Baylor Clinic (Clinic)

6620 Main, Suite 1225
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-2500

Education

MD from Kilpauk Medical College

01/1991 - Chennai, India

Residency at Henry Ford Hospital

01/1998 - Detroit, MI United States

Internship at Henry Ford Hospital

01/1995 - Detroit, MI United States

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at Vanderbilt University

01/2001 - Nashville, TN United States

Transplant Nephrology

Fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital

01/2000 - Detroit, MI United States

Nephrology and Hypertension

Certifications

Nephrology

American Board of Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Interests

• Clinical: Kidney Transplantation, Infections in dialysis patients, Chronic Kidney Disease management, Hypertension, Acid-base disorders
• Research: Bone diseases after Kidney Transplantation, Biofilm/Infection in hemodialysis catheters

Professional Statement

Dr. Venkat Ramanathan is the program director for the Nephrology Fellowship training program at Baylor College of Medicine. He is board certified in Nephrology and has also completed ASN-accredited fellowship in kidney transplantation. In addition to seeing transplant patients in the private hospitals in the Texas Medical Center, he is also the Director for the Solid-Organ transplant program at Michael E. DeBakey VA medical center, Houston.

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