Ramesha Papanna, MD, MPH

Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Houston, Texas, United States

Ramesha Papanna, MD, MPH, is a Professor with Tenure at the division of Fetal Intervention at McGovern Medical School. He is the program director for the Fetal Intervention Fellowship and the co-director for The Fetal Center. Dr. Papanna is an internationally recognized physician for his research and presentations about improving outcomes following fetal intervention and investigating methods for the prevention of preterm delivery after fetal surgery.

Dr. Papanna received his medical degree in India and relocated to Houston where he received his master’s in public health from the School of Public Health at University of Texas Health Science Center. He completed his residency training at Rochester General Hospital with a research focus in the diagnosis of preeclampsia. He completed a fetal intervention fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, followed by a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at Yale University focusing on fetal membrane biology.

Dr. Papanna’s specialty interests include prevention of preterm delivery after fetal intervention and surgery. He is actively involved in the fetal intervention for conditions including twin-twin transfusion syndrome, fetal spina bifida and other fetoscopic-based and needle guided in-utero procedures. He is actively involved in multiple research studies, including the NIH-funded research investigating the efficacy of a patch made from human amniotic membrane and underwater adhesive as a sealant for fetoscopic membrane defects to prevent preterm premature rupture of membranes. He is investigating cryopreserved human umbilical cord patch as a regenerative matrix for in-utero spina bifida repair.

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Presentation(s):

• PG10 - Fetal Therapy: Controversies and Updates

  Tuesday, February 7, 2023
  8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

• How do we train the next generation of fetal therapists?

  Tuesday, February 7, 2023
  3:30 PM – 3:55 PM

• Closing Remarks with Q&A

  Tuesday, February 7, 2023
  4:45 PM – 5:00 PM

• 50 - Fetoscopic myelomeningocele(fMMC) repair with Human Umbilical Cord (fMMC-HUC) Compared with Open In-Utero MMC Repair(oMMC)

  Friday, February 10, 2023
  1:15 PM – 1:30 PM

• 52 - Mode of delivery and motor function in infants with myelomeningocele without in-utero repair

  Friday, February 10, 2023
  1:45 PM – 2:00 PM