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Andre Ramdon, M.D.
Vascular Surgeon Andre Ramdon, M.D., Joins UAMS
| LITTLE ROCK — Andre Ramdon, M.D., a fellowship-trained, board-certified vascular surgeon, has joined the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) as an associate professor in the College of Medicine’s Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery.
He is seeing patients in the vascular and endovascular surgery clinics at UAMS and Baptist Health.
“Dr. Ramdon brings excellent experience in both open and endovascular procedures,” said Mohammed Moursi, M.D., director of the division. “He has a special interest in lower limb preservation and a vast knowledge base concerning the most advanced techniques to save limbs affected by artherosclerotic occlusive disease.”
Ramdon received his medical degree in 2004 from the University of the West Indies in Mona, Jamaica. He completed a junior residency in orthopaedics at Mandeville Regional Hospital in Jamaica, followed by general surgery residencies at the University of Pennsylvania. He completed a vascular surgery fellowship at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York.
He participated in advanced limb-salvage treatment in Italy and endovascular aortic treatment in Germany. He also served as an attending vascular surgeon at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia and as a clinical assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
While there, he contributed to a 25% reduction in amputations, as well as to the start of a complex endovascular aortic care program.
UAMS is the state’s only health sciences university, with colleges of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Health Professions and Public Health; a graduate school; a hospital; a main campus in Little Rock; a Northwest Arkansas regional campus in Fayetteville; a statewide network of regional campuses; and eight institutes: the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Jackson T. Stephens Spine & Neurosciences Institute, Harvey & Bernice Jones Eye Institute, Psychiatric Research Institute, Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging, Translational Research Institute, Institute for Digital Health & Innovation and the Institute for Community Health Innovation. UAMS includes UAMS Health, a statewide health system that encompasses all of UAMS’ clinical enterprise. UAMS is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in the state. UAMS has 3,275 students, 890 medical residents and fellows, and five dental residents. It is the state’s largest public employer with more than 12,000 employees, including 1,200 physicians who provide care to patients at UAMS, its regional campuses, Arkansas Children’s, the VA Medical Center and Baptist Health. Visit www.uams.edu or uamshealth.com. Find us on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube or Instagram.
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