Carlos Almeida Ramos, M.D.

Professor

(713) 441-1450

Email

caramos@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor: Medicine
Center for Cell and Gene Therapy
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Member: Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Houston Methodist Hospital (Clinic): 6565 Fannin St. A6-080
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 441-1450
caramos@bcm.edu

Education

M.D. from Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon: 07/1994 - Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine: 06/2003 - Houston, Texas, United States; Internal Medicine

Fellowship at University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center: 06/2007 - Houston, Texas, United States; Blood and Marrow Transplantation

Fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: 07/2006 - New York, New York, United States; Hematology & Oncology

Internship at Hospital de Santa Maria: 12/1996 - Lisbon, Portugal

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology

American Board of Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

Websites

VIICTR

Selected Publications

Kopp HG, Avecilla ST, Hooper AT, Shmelkov SV, Ramos CA, Zhang F, Rafii S. " Tie2 activation contributes to hemangiogenic regeneration after myelosuppression. " Blood. 2005 Jul 15; 106 (2) : 505-13.
Pubmed PMID: 15817675.
Ramos CA, Saliba RM, de Pádua L, Khorshid O, Shpall EJ, Giralt S, Patah PA, Hosing CM, Popat UR, Rondon G, Khouri IF, Nieto YL, Champlin RE, de Lima M. " Impact of hepatitis C virus seropositivity on survival after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for hematologic malignancies. " Haematologica. 2009 Feb ; 94 (2) : 249-57.
Pubmed PMID: 19144658.
Ramos CA, Saliba RM, de Pádua Silva L, Khorshid O, Shpall EJ, Giralt S, Patah PA, Hosing CM, Popat UR, Rondon G, Nieto Y, Champlin RE, de Lima M. " Resolved hepatitis B virus infection is not associated with worse outcome after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. " Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant.. 2010 May ; 16 (5) : 686-94.
Pubmed PMID: 20056165.
Kopp HG, Hooper AT, Broekman MJ, Avecilla ST, Petit I, Luo M, Milde T, Ramos CA, Zhang F, Kopp T, Bornstein P, Jin DK, Marcus AJ, Rafii S. " Thrombospondins deployed by thrombopoietic cells determine angiogenic switch and extent of revascularization. " J. Clin. Invest.. 2006 Dec ; 116 (12) : 3277-91.
Pubmed PMID: 17143334.
Ramos CA, Asgari Z, Liu E, Yvon E, Heslop HE, Rooney CM, Brenner MK, Dotti G. " An inducible caspase 9 suicide gene to improve the safety of mesenchymal stromal cell therapies. " Stem Cells. 2010 Jun ; 28 (6) : 1107-15.
Pubmed PMID: 20506146.
Gerdemann U, Keukens L, Keirnan JM, Katari UL, Nguyen CT, de Pagter AP, Ramos CA, Kennedy-Nasser A, Gottschalk SM, Heslop HE, Brenner MK, Rooney CM, Leen AM. " Immunotherapeutic strategies to prevent and treat human herpesvirus 6 reactivation after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. " Blood. 2013 Jan 3; 121 (1) : 207-18.
Pubmed PMID: 23152545.
Ramos CA. " Striking the right balance: optimizing conditioning regimens for unrelated donor bone marrow transplant for severe aplastic anemia. " Biol. Blood Marrow Transplant.. 2012 Jul ; 18 (7) : 975-6.
Pubmed PMID: 22609845.
Savoldo B, Ramos CA, Liu E, Mims MP, Keating MJ, Carrum G, Kamble RT, Bollard CM, Gee AP, Mei Z, Liu H, Grilley B, Rooney CM, Heslop HE, Brenner MK, Dotti G. " CD28 costimulation improves expansion and persistence of chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells in lymphoma patients. " J. Clin. Invest.. 2011 May 2; 121 (5) : 1822-6.
Pubmed PMID: 21540550.
Kamble RT, Guo S, Ramos CA, Carrum G. " Acute gout at engraftment following hematopoietic transplantation. " Am. J. Hematol.. 2011 Nov ; 86 (11) : 961-2.
Pubmed PMID: 21948346.
Ramos CA, Dotti G. " Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-engineered lymphocytes for cancer therapy. " Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2011 Jul ; 11 (7) : 855-73.
Pubmed PMID: 21463133.
Gurkan E, Patah PA, Saliba RM, Ramos CA, Anderson BS, Champlin R, de Lima M, Lichtiger B. " Efficacy of prophylactic transfusions using single donor apheresis platelets versus pooled platelet concentrates in AML/MDS patients receiving allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. " Bone Marrow Transplant.. 2007 Sep ; 40 (5) : 461-4.
Pubmed PMID: 17589530.
Ramos CA, Zheng Y, Colombowala I, Goodell MA. " Tracing the origin of non-hematopoietic cells using CD45 PCR restriction fragment length polymorphisms. " BioTechniques. 2003 Jan ; 34 (1) : 160-2.
Pubmed PMID: 12545553.
Kopp HG, Ramos CA, Rafii S. " Contribution of endothelial progenitors and proangiogenic hematopoietic cells to vascularization of tumor and ischemic tissue. " Curr. Opin. Hematol.. 2006 May ; 13 (3) : 175-81.
Pubmed PMID: 16567962.
Ramos CA, Venezia TA, Camargo FA, Goodell MA. " Techniques for the study of adult stem cells: be fruitful and multiply. " BioTechniques. 2003 Mar ; 34 (3) : 572-8, 580-4, 5.
Pubmed PMID: 12661162.
Bowman TV, McCooey AJ, Merchant AA, Ramos CA, Fonseca P, Poindexter A, Bradfute SB, Oliveira DM, Green R, Zheng Y, Jackson KA, Chambers SM, McKinney-Freeman SL, Norwood KG, Darlington G, Gunaratne PH, Steffen D, Goodell MA. " Differential mRNA processing in hematopoietic stem cells. " Stem Cells. 2006 Mar ; 24 (3) : 662-70.
Pubmed PMID: 16373690.
Venezia TA, Merchant AA, Ramos CA, Whitehouse NL, Young AS, Shaw CA, Goodell MA. " Molecular signatures of proliferation and quiescence in hematopoietic stem cells. " PLoS Biol.. 2004 Oct ; 2 (10) : e301.
Pubmed PMID: 15459755.
Gerdemann U, Christin AS, Vera JF, Ramos CA, Fujita Y, Liu H, Dilloo D, Heslop HE, Brenner MK, Rooney CM, Leen AM. " Nucleofection of DCs to generate Multivirus-specific T cells for prevention or treatment of viral infections in the immunocompromised host. " Mol. Ther.. 2009 Sep ; 17 (9) : 1616-25.
Pubmed PMID: 19584818.
Ramos CA, Bowman TA, Boles NC, Merchant AA, Zheng Y, Parra I, Fuqua SA, Shaw CA, Goodell MA. " Evidence for diversity in transcriptional profiles of single hematopoietic stem cells. " PLoS Genet.. 2006 Sep 29; 2 (9) : e159.
Pubmed PMID: 17009876.
Ramos CA, Narala N, Vyas GM, Leen AM, Gerdemann U, Sturgis EM, Anderson ML, Savoldo B, Heslop HE, Brenner MK, Rooney CM. " Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6/E7-specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes for Adoptive Immunotherapy of HPV-associated Malignancies. " J. Immunother.. 2013 Jan ; 36 (1) : 66-76.
Pubmed PMID: 23211628.

Languages

Spanish, French, Portuguese