Brandon Ramo, M.D. - Faculty Profile

Biography

Brandon Ramo, M.D., is the Medical Director of Ambulatory Care at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and is an associate professor at the UT Southwestern Medical School. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Georgia, his medical education at Washington University, and attended Vanderbilt University for his internship and residency. Ramo completed a fellowship in pediatric orthopedics at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

Education

Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine (2005)
Internship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2006), General Surgery
Residency: Vanderbilt Orthopaedic Institute (2010), Orthopedic Surgery
Fellowship: Texas Scottish Rite Hospital GME (2011), Orthopaedics

Publications

Rib-on-Pelvis Deformity and Reported Pain in Neuromuscular Early-Onset Scoliosis: Desai VM, Bowen M, Anari JB, Flynn JM, Brooks JT, Snyder B, Ramo B, Li Y, Andras LM, Truong WH, Fitzgerald R, El-Hawary R, Roye B, Yaszay B, Kwan KY, McIntosh A, Nelson S, Gupta P, Erickson M, Garg S, Cahill PJ Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2024 Nov 44 e929-e937
How do implants overlying the spine influence “The Law of Diminishing Returns” in early-onset scoliosis patients?: Mitchell SL, Heyer JH, Anari JB, Baldwin KD, Kodali P, Ramo BS, Flynn JM, Fitzgerald R, Truong W, Li Y, Andras L, Brooks J, Cahill PJ Spine deformity 2024 Sep 12 1493-1500
The effect of antibiotic-impregnated calcium sulfate beads and Medical Optimization Clinic attendance on the acute surgical site infection rate in high-risk pediatric neuromuscular and syndromic scoliosis patients: Reddy Y, Jamnik A, Thornberg D, Datcu AM, Lachmann E, Johnson M, Ramo B, McIntosh AL Spine deformity 2024 Jul 12 1089-1098
Health-related quality of life and clinical outcomes for magnetically controlled growing rod patients after treatment termination: Jamnik AA, Shaw KA, Thornberg D, McClung A, Jo CH, Ramo B, McIntosh A Spine deformity 2024 May 12 853-863
Back pain and disability according to early onset scoliosis etiology in children younger than 10 years: Zapata KA, Devkumar D, Ma Y, Jo CH, Ramo BA Spine deformity 2024 Mar 12 481-488
The Oswestry Disability Index is reflective of pain interference and mobility in children: Zapata KA, Carreon LY, Jo CH, Ramo BA Spine deformity 2024 Mar 12 329-334
The Effect of Implant Density on Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Fusion: Results of the Minimize Implants Maximize Outcomes Randomized Clinical Trial: Author Collaboration MI, Larson AN, Polly DW, Sponseller PD, Kelly MP, Richards BS, Garg S, Parent S, Shah SA, Weinstein SL, Crawford CH, Sanders JO, Blakemore LC, Oetgen ME, Fletcher ND, Kremers WK, Marks MC, Brearley AM, Aubin CE, Sucato DJ, Labelle H, Erickson MA, Polly DW, Sponseller PD, Kelly MP, Richards BS, Garg S, Parent S, Shah SA, Weinstein SL, Crawford CH, Sanders JO, Blakemore LC, Oetgen ME, Fletcher ND, Marks MC, Aubin CE, Sucato DJ, Labelle H, Erickson MA, Glassman SD, Lenke LG, McIntosh AL, Carreon LY, Dolan LA, Nuckley DJ, Luhmann S, Karol L, Rathjen K, Johnston C, Ramo B Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2024 Feb 106 180-189
Repeat surgical interventions following “definitive” instrumentation and fusion for idiopathic scoliosis: a 30-year update: Jamnik AA, Datcu AM, Lachmann E, Patibandla SD, Thornberg D, Jo Ch, Morris WZ, Ramo B, Johnson M Spine deformity 2024 Jan 12 99-107
Radiographic and clinical outcomes after definitive spine fusion for skeletally immature patients with idiopathic scoliosis: Jamnik AA, Grigoriou E, Kadado A, Jo CH, Boes N, Thornberg D, Tran DP, Ramo B Spine deformity 2024 Jan 12 149-157
Do Children With Medicaid Insurance Have Increased Revision Rates 5 Years After Posterior Spinal Fusions?: Moore HG, Patibandla SD, Mcclung AM, Grauer JN, Sucato DJ, Wise CA, Johnson ME, Rathjen KE, Mcintosh AL, Ramo BA, Brooks JT Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2023 Nov 43 615-619

Honors & Awards

Angela S. M. Kuo Award, Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America Grant, 2018 Recipient for Health Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Patients with Early Onset Scoliosis.
(2018)
The T. Boone Pickens Annual Fellows Spine Research Award
(2011)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Board of Orthopaedics Surgeons Certification (2007)
AO North America Basic Principles and Techniques of Operative Fracture Management (2007)
Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America
Scoliosis Research Society