Bio
Dr. Stephen R. Ramee is a proud Army Brat and graduated with a B.A. in Political Science
from Vanderbilt University in 1974 and an MS in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown
in 1976. He then graduated AOA from George Washington University Medical School in
1980. Dr. Ramee joined the US Army in 1977 and completed his residency and fellowship
training at Letterman Army Medical Center from 1980 thru 1985. He had several positions
in the Army finishing as the Director of the Catheterization Laboratory at Walter
Reed Army Medical Center in 1988. Dr. Ramee came to the Ochsner Clinic in 1988 with
his three colleagues from Walter Reed: Drs. Chris White, Herman Price, and Tyrone
Collins to help rebuild the Cardiology Department at Ochsner.
Dr. Ramee served at Ochsner as the Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab and
the Section Head of Interventional Cardiology from 1992 to 2010. Since 2010, Dr. Ramee
has been the Medical Director of the Gayle and Tom Benson Heart Valve Center at Ochsner
Medical Center. He has collaborated with his colleagues in Interventional Cardiology,
Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Anesthesia, Imaging Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology, and
Electrophysiology and Heart Transplantation to create a world class Heart Valve Center
and growing Adult Congenital Heart Center. The Heart Valve Center has been awarded
the highest rankings for TAVR by the US News and World Reports and has developed growing
and excellent Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion
programs. These are collaborative efforts involving RN’s, MD’s, and APP’s from all
of the aforementioned cardiac subspecialties. World-class cardiac valve surgery and
catheter based valve repair and replacement are our passion.
Dr. Ramee has been Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Interventional
Cardiology, and Interventional Vascular Medicine. He has authored hundreds of manuscripts
and scientific papers in the field of interventional cardiology. His major research
interests have centered on research and development of interventional cardiology devices
and techniques. He has participated in over 200 clinical trials and hundreds of live
demonstration angioplasty courses. He has been a leader in the field of coronary and
non-coronary revascularization and trans-catheter therapy for heart valve
disorders. Dr. Ramee has performed revascularization and heart valve procedures on
every continent except Antarctica. He and his colleagues have performed many firsts
in their field over his career. Dr. Ramee still maintains an active clinical referral
practice for complex coronary intervention and non-surgical treatment of valvular
heart disease.
He is a former Chair of the Benson Heart Valve Center at Ochsner, Board of Trust Member
for the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Intervention (SCAI) and Master (MSCAI).
He served as Co-Program Director of Peripheral Angioplasty and All That Jazz for 20
years. He is the past-Chair of the Interventional Council of the American College
of Cardiology (ACC). He is also past Governor of the Louisiana ACC, founding Program
Director of the Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program at Ochsner.
Dr. Ramee’s goal in joining LCMC and LSU Health Science Center is to develop a system-wide
Structural Heart and Heart Valve Center for all patients in the Gulf South. With the
collaboration of our physicians, administrators, philanthropy, and patients, this
heart valve center will be a long lasting beacon of hope to all patients in our region
with complex heart valve disease and provide a research, training, and referral center
for decades to come for physicians in the Gulf South.
Education
Undergraduate:
1970-1974
Vanderbilt University- B.A.
Nashville, TN
Graduate:
1975-1976- M.S.
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Medical:
1976 - 1980 M.D.
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Internship:
1980-1981- Internal Medicine
Letterman Army Medical Center
San Franscisco, CA
Residency:
1981-1983- Internal Medicine
Letterman Army Medical Center
San Franscisco, CA
Fellowship:
1983-1985- Cardiology
Letterman Army Medical Center
San Franscisco, CA
Affiliated Hospitals & Clinics
Research
FMD Registry: FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY; Investigator
Sponsored
PI: Christopher White, MD
Sub-PI: Christopher J White, MD; Stephen R Ramee, MD; Tyrone Collins, MD; James S Jenkins,
MD; John P Reilly, MD; Arthur Grant, MD
December 22, 2008 - Present
