Carlo G. B. Ramirez, M.D.

Title:		Assistant Professor
Address:		1100 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone:		215-955-4888

About Dr. Ramirez
Dr. Ramirez is a multi-organ transplant surgeon with extensive expertise in deceased and living related kidney and liver transplant, small-bowel transplant as well as liver and pancreatic resection and surgery of the bile duct.

Dr. Ramirez came to Jefferson from the University of the Philipines - Philipines General Hospital (UP-PGH) Medical Center of Manila where he served as Chief of the Division of Organ Transplantation in the Department of Surgery and Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery. Additionally, he was Chairman of the Department of Organ Transplantation at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City (Philippines).

Board certified in Surgery in 1992, Dr. Ramirez was Instructor in Surgery at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute in Pittsburgh in 1994-95. Subsequently, he accepted a position at the King Fahad National Guard Hospital in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) as Consultant Liver Transplant Surgeon and Deputy Director of the Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepato-Biliary Surgery.

His research interests include non heart-beating donors and steroid-free immunosuppression in transplantation.

Dr. Ramirez is a member of numerous professional and scientific societies including the International Liver Transplant Society, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Transplant Society, and Association for Academic Surgery.

He completed a clinical fellowship in multi-organ transplantation at the Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Ramirez has personally participated in over 180 liver transplants, 270 kidney transplants, and authored 30 publications.

Education:

• BS: University of the Philippines (UP), College of Arts & Sciences, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
• MD: University of the Philippines, College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Postgraduate Training:

• Internship: UP- Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Medical Center, Manila, Philippines
• Residency: General Surgery, Department of Surgery, UP-PGH Medical Center, Manila, Philippines
• Clinical Fellowship: Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery, T.E. Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, PA
• Observer Training: Living Donor Liver Transplantation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan