General surgery resident
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Ramadan is a fifth-year categorical general surgery resident at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, raised in Kobe, Japan, and has Lebanese roots. He completed his undergraduate studies at Emory University, double majoring in Biology and Economics. He received his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, where he graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha and Gold Humanism Honor Society honors.
Dr. Ramadan has a strong interest in surgery-related health policy and health disparities research. Currently in his second year in the lab, he is working with Dr. Grace Wang to investigate the impact of state and national health policy on healthcare disparities and outcomes in vascular surgery. Simultaneously, he is enrolled in Penn’s Master of Science in Health Policy Research and Healthcare Leadership in Quality programs, supported by Dr. Rachel Werner's federal T32 grant in Postdoctoral Training in Health Services Research. He is a new committee member on the SVS Performance Measures Committee and serves in leadership roles at the Center for Surgical Health and Penn Global Surgery Group. He plans to pursue a career in academic vascular surgery.