Chandra Ramamoorthy
Academic Appointments
- Professor - Med Center Line, Anesthesia
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Department of Anesthesia 300 Pasteur Dr MC 5640 H3589 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 723-5728 Fax (650) 736-9918Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-5728Alternate Contact Marianne Elserogy Administrative Associate Email Tel Work 650-724-1705Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Anesthesia
- Anesthesia, Pediatric
- Anesthesia, Pediatric Cardiac
- Pediatric cardiac anesthesia
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, LPCH (2001 - present)
- Leadership Council Member, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (2012 - present)
- Co-Chair, Heart Center Peer Review, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (2008 - present)
- President, Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (2009 - 2011)
- Inaugural Education Meeting, Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (2007 - 2007)
- Vice President, Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society (2006 - 2008)
Honors and Awards
- Women of Influence, Silicon Valley Business Journal (2013)
- Teacher of the year, Stanford University Medical Center (2003)
- Teacher of the year, Loyola University Medical Center (!989)
- Certificate of Merit in Pediatric Medicine, University of Madras, India (1978)
- University Gold Medal in Surgery, University of Madras, India (1977)
- Certificate of Merit in Ophthalmology, University of Madras, India (1976)
Professional Education
| Medical Education: | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, India (1979) |
| Board Certification: | Anesthesia, American Board of Anesthesiology (1988) |
| Fellowship: | Loyola University Medical Center IL (1988) |
| Fellowship: | Children's Hospital of Michigan MI (1987) |
| Fellowship: | Children's Hospital, England (1986) |
| Residency: | Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, U K (1985) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Neuro protection and neurologic outcomes in cardiac patients prior to and concurrent with cardiac surgery and catheterization
Clinical Trials
- Not Recruiting Study of Non-Invasive Regional Oxygen Saturations in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization
- Recruiting Pre-operative Prophylaxis With Vancomycin and Cefazolin in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Patients
- Not Recruiting Study of a Drug Called "Ketamine" and How Much is in the Bloodstream of Infants and Children Who Have Undergone Surgery. Ketamine is a standard-of- Care Medication Used in the Intensive Care Unit at Stanford for Sedation and Anesthesia.
Publications
- Home monitoring program reduces interstage mortality after the modified Norwood procedure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013
- Knowledge and Attitudes of Anesthesia Providers about Noncardiac Surgery in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Congenit Heart Dis. 2013
- Volatile anesthetic rescue therapy in children with acute asthma: innovative but costly or just costly?*. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2013; (4): 343-50
- Anesthesia-related cardiac arrest in children with heart disease: data from the Pediatric Perioperative Cardiac Arrest (POCA) registry. Anesth Analg. 2010; (5): 1376-82
- Perioperative complications in children with pulmonary hypertension undergoing general anesthesia with ketamine. Paediatr Anaesth. 2010; (1): 28-37
- Perioperative management of the morbidly obese adolescent with heart failure undergoing bariatric surgery. Paediatr Anaesth. 2012; (5): 476-82
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