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

Back pain disability and PROMIS scores in children with hyperkyphosis are worse than children with idiopathic scoliosis: Zapata KA, Nadolny C, Lovrich E, Ma Y, Ramo BA Spine deformity 2025
Delayed-Onset Neurologic Changes Following Posterior Spinal Fusion A Case Series: Fletcher ND, Harris H, Fabregas J, Vorhies JS, Sponseller PD, Lonner BA, George SG, Garg S, Lovejoy JF, Vitale MG, Ramo BA, El-Hawary R, Jain VV, Bauer JM Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2025
Pain catastrophizers undergoing posterior spinal fusion (PSF) for idiopathic scoliosis have lower preoperative SRS-30 scores but do not require increased postoperative narcotics: Tran E, Thornberg D, Datcu AM, Jo C, Ramo B Spine deformity 2025
Development of Consensus-Based Best Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative and Postoperative Care of Pediatric Patients With Spinal Deformity and Programmable Implanted Devices: Truong WH, Matsumoto H, Brooks JT, Guillaume TJ, Andras LM, Cahill PJ, Fitzgerald RE, Li Y, Ramo BA, Soumekh B, Blakemore LC, Carter C, Christie MR, Cortez D, Dimas VV, Hardesty CK, Javia LR, Kennedy BC, Kim PD, Murphy RF, Perra JH, Polly DW, Sawyer JR, Snyder B, Sponseller PD, Sturm PF, Yaszay B, Feyma T, Morgan SJ Spine 2024 Dec 49 1636-1644
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
Management of Syndesmotic Injuries in Children and Adolescents: Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeons: Author Collaboration CS, Williams CE, Stewig B, Lee SW, Shore BJ, May CJ, Janicki J, Hedequist D, Heyworth B, Brighton B, Denning JR, Ramalingam W, Murphy JS, Sanders J, Goldstein RY, Koehler R, Baldwin K, Jennifer Laine L, Truong W, Spence D, Schoenecker J, Beebe A, Rickert KD, Upasani VV, Blumberg T, Lindberg A, Hill J, Rosenfeld SD, Copley LA, Johnson M, Ramo B, Riccio AI, Swarup I, Li GY, Miller M Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Global Research and Reviews 2024 Aug 8
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

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