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Basel Ramlawi, MD

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System Chief of Cardiac Surgery for Main Line Health; Co-director of Lankenau Heart Institute · Lankenau Heart Institute

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Region🇺🇸 Wynnewood, PA · Northeast · United StatesSpecialtyThoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)FocusCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments+4
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Basel Ramlawi is System Chief of Cardiac Surgery for Main Line Health; Co-director of Lankenau Heart Institute at Lankenau Heart Institute. OpenAlex indexes 359 publications with 11,361 citations (h-index 44); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 5 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) profiles in the findmyKOL directory.

Data verified 13 Oct 2026

Overview

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Basel Ramlawi, MD, is System Chief of Cardiac Surgery for Main Line Health at Lankenau Heart Institute, Main Line Health. The public record shows 359 publications with 11,361 citations (h-index 44), centered on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 30 companies.

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2026 · Life (Basel, Switzerland)
  • Top research focus: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
  • Open Payments reporting from 30 companies

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease1 trialAtrial Fibrillation1 trialMitral Valve Insufficiency1 trialAortic Valve Insufficiency1 trialAortic Valve Stenosis1 trialConstriction, Pathologic1 trialCoronary Artery Disease / ACS

Research focus

OpenAlex concept fingerprint
Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics

Drugs & molecules

across trials, industry payments and publications
FLOSEALClinical trials—Industry payments1Publications—

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
AtriCure, Inc.Clinical trials1Industry payments39JenaValve Technology, Inc.Clinical trials1Industry payments1Medtronic, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments827Corcym IncClinical trials—Industry payments75Abbott LaboratoriesClinical trials—Industry payments64Boston Scientific CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments49Edwards Lifesciences CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments34Artivion, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments28W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments24AbiomedClinical trials—Industry payments16ShockWave Medical, IncClinical trials—Industry payments14Baxter HealthcareClinical trials—Industry payments9Cook Medical LLCClinical trials—Industry payments6Getinge USA Sales, LLCClinical trials—Industry payments6Bolton Medical IncClinical trials—Industry payments4Paladin Technology SolutionsClinical trials—Industry payments4KLS-Martin L.P.Clinical trials—Industry payments3LivaNova USA, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments3Medtronic CardiovascularClinical trials3Industry payments—Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments3Arthrex, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments2Ethicon US, LLCClinical trials—Industry payments2Imperative Care, IncClinical trials—Industry payments2Lsi Solutions IncClinical trials—Industry payments2Centerline Biomedical Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1KCI USA, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1Solventum CorporationClinical trials—Industry payments1Viz.ai, Inc.Clinical trials—Industry payments1

Scholarship

indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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359publications

Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 18 in PubMed.

11,361citations

Total citations across indexed works.

44h-index

Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 112.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
5clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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30companies · 2021–2025

Companies reporting payments to CMS. Facts, not judgments.

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0NIH grants

Federally funded research awards.

Contact

An office address from a public listing. This research profile has no federal registry record to draw from.

Office address

100 East Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096

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Clinical trials

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

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Industry payments

Updated 14 Oct 2026

30 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:

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NIH funding

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Publications

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

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Most-cited works

by citation count (OpenAlex)
  1. 01
    Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Self-Expanding Valve in Low-Risk Patients
    Article3,675 citations2019
    doi.org ↗
  2. 02
    Vascular Graft Infections, Mycotic Aneurysms, and Endovascular Infections: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
    Article571 citations2016
    doi.org ↗
  3. 03
    Derivation and Validation of a Preoperative Prediction Rule for Delirium After Cardiac Surgery
    Article499 citations2008
    doi.org ↗
  4. 04
    Self-Expanding or Balloon-Expandable TAVR in Patients with a Small Aortic Annulus
    Article303 citations2024
    doi.org ↗
  5. 05
    Factors Associated With Primary Graft Failure After Heart Transplantation
    Article262 citations2010
    doi.org ↗
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Network

Updated 14 Oct 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

Serge Sicouri146Michael J. Reardon76Massimo Baudo63Dimitrios E. Magouliotis57Aleksander Dokollari54Yoshiyuki Yamashita53Frank William Sellke52Gianluca Torregrossa48Michel Pompeu Sá41Neal S. Kleiman35Francesco Cabrucci32Munir Boodhwani31Jef Van den Eynde29Eric Gnall29Scott Goldman29Shigetoshi Mieno29Ozgun Erten27John K. Forrest26Francis P. Sutter26Gilbert H.L. Tang25Cesario Bianchi25William A. Gray24G. Michael Deeb22Thomas Modine22Roberto Rodriguez21Jun Li Feng21Steven Joseph Yakubov20Andrew V. Xanthopoulos20Tsuyoshi Kaneko19Syed Zaid19Neel Raj Sodha19Hemal Gada18Walid K. Abu Saleh18Paul M. Coady17Kareem Bedeir17Massimo Bonacchi17Joshua D. Rovin16Mubashir A. Mumtaz16Hasan Asif Ahmad15Brian A. Bruckner15

Online presence

Updated 14 Oct 2026

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Owned accounts

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  • LinkedIn

    linkedin.com/in/basel-ramlawi-md-139b9824

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  • LinkedIn

    linkedin.com/in/basel-ramlawi-md-139b9824

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  • Other

    azure-tm.mainlinehealth.org/find-a-doctor/basel-ramlawi

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Background & recognition

Updated 14 Oct 2026

Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

degrees and training on record

Editorial & leadership roles

journal and society appointments
  • Member

    American Association for Thoracic Surgery

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →schulich.uwo.ca ↗
  • Member

    Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →schulich.uwo.ca ↗
  • Member

    Heart Valve Society

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →schulich.uwo.ca ↗
  • Member

    International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →schulich.uwo.ca ↗
  • Member

    International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →schulich.uwo.ca ↗
  • Member

    Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →schulich.uwo.ca ↗

Awards & honors

honors on the public record
  • Vivien Thomas Award

    American Heart Association

    verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →schulich.uwo.ca ↗
  • Alley-Sheriden Award

    Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →schulich.uwo.ca ↗

Secondary affiliations

appointments beyond the home institution
  • Chief Resident in Cardiac Surgery

    Western University (now Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry)

    2006
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  • Advanced Valve and Aortic Center

    Valley Health System (Founding Director)

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