Ramon Kumar M.D. 903-***-****
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Employment History
**/****-******* ********** ************** cardiologist, Dallas Regional Medical center Mesquite Tx
07/2012–11/2023 Practicing interventional cardiologist Christus Trinity Mother Frances Tyler Tx
Medical director Mother Frances Cath Lab 2012-2017
2011-2012 Interventional cardiologist Cleveland Clinic/Akron General Education/Training
2010-2011 Interventional Cardiology Fellow
Chief Interventional Cardiology Fellow (Fall 2010) Texas Heart Institute, St.Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 2007-2010 Cardiology Fellow
Texas Heart Institute, St.Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 2004-2007 Internal Medicine Internship and Residency Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
2000-2004 Doctor of Medicine
UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
1996-2000 Bachelors of Science, Biochemistry, Magna Cum Laude Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Cardiology Training/Certification
Interventional Cardiology, ABIM Certified
Peripheral Interventional, COCATS II
General Cardiology, ABIM Certified
Echocardiography, COCATS II with TEE Experience
Nuclear Cardiology, COCATS II
Coronary CT Angiography, COCATS II
Honors
Chief Interventional Fellow, 2010
Harvard Medical Student Outstanding Resident Teacher Award, 2007
Phi Lambda Upsilon (Vice President), 1999-2000
Harold Jeskey Chemistry Award and Scholarship, 1999
Outstanding Graduate in Biochemistry, 2000
Phi Beta Kappa, 1998
Alpha Epsilon Delta, 1998-2000
Presentations
Akron General Cardiovascular Invitational Sympsium 7/11, Akron. Oral Presentaion.
"Contemporary Advances in Coronary and Peripheral Endovascular Intervention."
Concepts in Contemporary Cardiology Symposium 04/2010, Houston. Oral Case Presentation. “Cardiogenic Shock during Acute MI requiring IABP and Tandem Heart support as a bridge to multivessel surgical revascularization.”
Pathway Endovascular Course 01/2010, Phoenix. Oral Case Presentation. “Use of Jetstream G2 for treatment of calcified subtotal SFA tandem lesions.”
Endovascular Summit 12/2009, Buenos Aires. Oral Case Presentation. “Miraculous Saves: Threatened Closure of Renal Artery after Wire Dissection”
AHA meeting 11/2006, Dallas. Poster Presentation and article citation in TheHeart.org “TIMI 28 Clarity Substudy: Adjuvant clopidgrel improves late infarct related artery when used with non-fibrin specific thrombolytics.”
AHA meeting 11/2006, Dallas. Oral Abstract Presentation. “Comparison of outcomes using sirolimus-eluting stenting in diabetic versus nondiabetic patients with comparison of insulin versus non-insulin therapy in the diabetic patients.” Select Publications
Kumar, R.; Fish R.D. “Use of Weeping Balloon Technique for Treatment of Intracoronary Thrombus during Myocardial Infarction.” Abstract (PI Dr.Richard D. Fish)
Ott, D.; Kumar, R et.al. "Reoperative myomectomy via the left ventriclar apex in a patient with left ventricular obstructive cardiomyopathy." Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2010
Kumar, R et.al. “Comparison of outcomes using sirolimus-eluting stenting in diabetic versus nondiabetic patients with comparison of insulin versus non-insulin therapy in the diabetic patients.” Am J Cardiology, 2007 Oct 15; 100(8):1187-91 (PI Dr.Donald Cutlip). Select Work Experience
- 7/12-interventional cardiologist 2012-current Trinity Mother Frances
-7/11-7/12 Interventional Cardiologist at Akron General
- 2003-2004 Tutor/Teacher's Assistant for medical students, UT Southwestern - 2001 Wound Healing study, Dept Otolaryngology, UT Southwestern - 1999-2000 MCAT Instructor at The Princeton Review, Dallas Tx
- 1997-2000 Synthesis of beta-lactamase inhibitors, Dept of Organic Chemistry, SMU Activities and Interests
Family, music, traveling, jogging, weight lifting, reading
Volunteer at India House Community Clinic, Houston, Texas, 2008-present Recruitment for both internal medicine residency (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School) and cardiology fellowship (2007-2011, Texas Heart)
Professional Societies
- Member American College of Cardiology