Fabio Ramponi, MD, MPhil

Dr Ramponi is an adult cardiothoracic and vascular surgeon who joined the cardiac surgery faculty at Yale University – School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. Dr Ramponi is interested in all aspect of adult cardiothoracic surgery with particular emphasis on advanced coronary surgery technique (off-pump, total arterial, anaortic strategy), complex valvular pathology and aortic disease.

Dr Ramponi graduated in Medicine from the University of Milan defending a dissertation thesis on the role of aortoplasty for the management of aneurysms of the ascending aorta.

He trained in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the University of Milan and completed the Endovascular Surgery Fellowship at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney under the mentorship of the late Dr Geoff White. His final dissertation was on the emerging role of 3D imaging in planning vascular and endovascular surgical procedures.

Subsequently he trained in Cardiothoracic Surgery in Australia rotating through the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Westmead Children Hospital and The Townsville University Hospital.

Finally he completed the Advanced Coronary Surgery Fellowship at Mount Sinai St Luke in New York City under the mentorship of Dr John Puskas.

He is board certified in Vascular Surgery by the European Board of Vascular Surgery (FEBVS) and in Cardiothoracic Surgery by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS).

In May 2022 Dr Ramponi graduated from the University of Sydney completing a Master of Philosophy degree focused on operative strategies to prevent cerebrovascular complications in patients presenting with concomitant critical coronary and carotid artery disease.