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 Education: 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

Sagittal spine length moderately correlates with pulmonary function for the timing of definitive fusion in growth-friendly graduates with early onset scoliosis: Author Collaboration PS, Holloway MB, El-Hawary R, Ritzman TF, Rundell AN, Steiner RP, Mishreky A, Hurry JK, Proto-Newton M, Zhang TJ, Yazici M, Yaszay B, Yankey K, Yang S, Wu N, Wrubel D, Wilson N, White K, Welborn M, Weinstein S, Warner B, Wang S, Vorhies J, Vitale M, Vialle R, Van Nortwick S, Upasani V, Turtle J, Tuason D, Truong W, Tice A, Thompson G, Thometz J, Tetreault T, Tanaka T, Szczodry M, Swarup I, Sukkarieh H, Sturm P, Stone J, St. Remy C, Sponseller P, Speirs J, Snyder B, Smith J, Ramo B, McIntosh A, Johnston C, Johnson M, Brooks J, Braga B Spine deformity 2026 Jul 14 1405-1415
Operative and post-operative complications for patients with implanted programmable devices undergoing surgery for early-onset scoliosis: a multicenter study: Author Collaboration PS, Truong WH, Berg JJ, Ramo BA, Brooks JT, Andras LM, Cahill PJ, Li GY, Fitzgerald RE, Morgan SJ Spine deformity 2026 Mar 14 637-644
Enabling Technologies for Pedicle Screw Placement in Pediatric Spine Surgery: Author Collaboration PS, Nicholson KS, Christianson EA, Catanzano AA, Tuason DA, Bauer D, Montgomery B, Catanzano A, Clement C, Ouellet J, Weinstein S, Louer C, Segar A, Shah S, Morash K, Shaw A, Karlen J, Hughes M, Shirley O, Jea A, Wilson N, Baldwin M, Kruyt M, Cotton K, Orland K, Torrey L, Holmes J, Roberto RF, Braga B, Rushton P, Huang E, Hryniuk SS, Lebel D, Plachta S, Baldwin K, Bezuidenhout L, Kulubya E, Simmonds A, Oh T, St. Remy C, Meyer L, Henstenburg J, Mathew S, Keil L, Rathjen K, Sucato D, Johnston C, McIntosh A, Ramo B, Johnson M, Brooks J Journal of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America 2026 Feb 14
Defining anatomical landmarks for simulated juxtapedicular screw placement for posterior spinal fusion in adolescent patients with scoliosis: Jamnik AA, Pirkle S, Devito DP, Murphy JS, Ramo BA, Fletcher ND Spine deformity 2026 Jan 14 175-185
Connective tissue disease patients do not have higher rates of PJK compared with idiopathic EOS following growth friendly instrumentation: Author Collaboration PS, Shaw KA, Woodhams W, Smith J, Sponseller P, Pahys J, Vitale M, Ramo B Spine deformity 2026 Jan 14 111-117
PROMIS Anxiety scale is responsive in assessing suicide risk in adolescents with spine concerns: Zapata KA, Gale EB, Roberts CM, Merida PR, Jo C, Ramo BA Spine deformity 2026
Are We on the Same Page? Defining Consensus for Pediatric Open Fracture Management Among Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Centers: Livingston KS, Schwab E, DeSilva S, Morris M, Williams DN, Shore BJ, Arkader A, Baldwin KD, Beebe AC, Blumberg TJ, Copley LA, De SD, Denning JR, Goldstein RY, Heyworth BE, Hill JF, Johnson ME, Kadado AA, Laine JC, Larson JE, Lempert NL, Li Y, May CJ, Mcgraw-Heinrich JA, McLaughlin D, Meyer ZI, Miller ML, Moore-Lotridge SN, Murphy JS, Owen JK, Ramalingam WG, Ramo BA, Riccio AI, Rosenfeld SB, Sanders J, Schoenecker JG, Sheffer BW, Sigrist EJ, Souder CD, Spence DD, Stepanovich MT, Swarup I, Truong WH, Upasani V Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics 2026
Surgery partially mitigates a 2-decade decline in health-related quality of life for adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis undergoing spinal fusion at 2 years: Jamnik AA, Datcu AM, Lachmann E, Rathjen K, Johnson M, Thornberg D, Jo CH, Ramo B Spine deformity 2025 Nov 13 1861-1869
Concurrent validity of PROMIS metrics with the EOSQ-24 in early onset scoliosis: Zapata KA, McGinley JJ, Jo CH, Ramo BA Spine deformity 2025 Nov 13 1959-1967
Perspectives on quality-of-life priorities for caregivers and children with neuromuscular, syndromic, and skeletal dysplasia scoliosis: a CPCHILD questionnaire analysis: Monroig-Rivera C, Thornberg D, Sucato D, Rathjen K, McIntosh AL, Ramo B Spine deformity 2025 Nov 13 2031-2044

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