Ravi Kiran Ghanta, M.D., FACS
Professor and Associate Chief
Positions
- Professor and Associate Chief
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
- Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency
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Baylor College of Medicine
- Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Independent Fellowship
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Baylor College of Medicine
- Olga Keith Wiess Chair of Surgery
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Baylor College of Medicine
- Chief, Cardiac Surgery
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Ben Taub Hospital
- Director, ATLAS AI Program
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Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
- Review Committee, Thoracic Surgery
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Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
- Executive Council
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Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
Addresses
- Ben Taub Hospital (Hospital)
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1504 Taub Loop
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 873-3440
- St Lukes-Denton Cooley (Hospital)
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Room: SLDC-C-330
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Education
- Residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
- Boston
- Thoracic Surgery
- Residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
- Boston
- General Surgery
- MD from Harvard Medical School
- Boston
- Honors: Biomedical Optics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- BS from Cornell University
- Ithaca
- Applied & Engineering Physics
Certifications
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Honors & Awards
- 2020 - 2025 Top Doctor: Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Houstonia Magazine
- Merril Presidential Scholar
- Cornell University
- John Mannick Award
- Brigham & Women’s Hospital
- Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Award
- Ethicon Research Scholar
- American Association of Thoracic Surgery
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Development of Enduring Educational Materials
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Norton Rose Fullbright Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation
- Baylor College of Medicine
- STAR Award for Excellence in Patient Care
- Baylor College of Medicine
Professional Interests
- Adult Cardiac Surgery
- Heart Failure
- Heart Transplantation
- Aortic Surgery
Professional Statement
Dr. Ravi Ghanta is Professor and Associate Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). He also serves as Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Ben Taub General Hospital. A native of Louisiana, he received his MD from Harvard Medical School and completed his general and thoracic surgery training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
At BCM, Dr. Ghanta leads a high-volume clinical practice encompassing the full spectrum of cardiothoracic surgery, with particular expertise in ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, adult congenital heart disease, and complex aortic surgery. He is deeply committed to surgical education, serving as Program Director for the BCM Thoracic Surgery Residency and Fellowship Programs, and takes pride in training the next generation of cardiac surgeons to operate with skill and precision.
Dr. Ghanta is a surgeon-scientist and Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Translational Therapeutics, as well as Director of the ATLAS AI Surgery Program. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts and currently serves as lead PI on three NIH R01 grants. His research focuses on developing and translating novel technologies from bench to bedside to advance the field of surgery and improve patient outcomes.
At BCM, Dr. Ghanta leads a high-volume clinical practice encompassing the full spectrum of cardiothoracic surgery, with particular expertise in ischemic heart disease, valvular heart disease, adult congenital heart disease, and complex aortic surgery. He is deeply committed to surgical education, serving as Program Director for the BCM Thoracic Surgery Residency and Fellowship Programs, and takes pride in training the next generation of cardiac surgeons to operate with skill and precision.
Dr. Ghanta is a surgeon-scientist and Principal Investigator of the Laboratory for Translational Therapeutics, as well as Director of the ATLAS AI Surgery Program. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts and currently serves as lead PI on three NIH R01 grants. His research focuses on developing and translating novel technologies from bench to bedside to advance the field of surgery and improve patient outcomes.
Websites
ATLAS AI
Applied sTatistics and machine Learning for the Advancement of Surgery
Selected Publications
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Natural History of Coexistent Mitral Regurgitation Following Aortic Valve Replacement " JTCVS. ;
Pubmed PMID: 26876419. -
Staged Hybrid Repair of Extensive Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms Secondary to Aortic Dissections: Mid-term Outcomes " Journal of Vascular Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 26432283. -
Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement provides equivalent outcomes at reduced cost compared with conventional aortic valve replacement: A real-world multi-institutional analysis " Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. ;
Pubmed PMID: 25680751. -
R.K. Ghanta and J.A. Kern. " Staged Hybrid Repair for Extent II Thoracabdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections. " Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascula. ;
Memberships
- American College of Surgeons
- Fellow
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- American Heart Association
- Southern Thoracic Surgery Association
- American College of Cardiology
- Association for Academic Surgery
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
- Chair, National In-Training Exam Committee
Funding
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Cell Based Immunomodulation to Promote Post-Infarct Myocardial Infarction
#RO1HL163258 - Grant funding from National Institutes of Health
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Leveraging Machine Learning for Dynamic Prediction and Mitigation of Acute Kidney Injury after Cardiac Surgery
- National Institutes of Health
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Cell Based Immunomodulation to Suppress Lung Inflammation and Promote Repair
- National Institutes of Health
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