Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam M.B.B.S.

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Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam M.B.B.S.

Medical Specialties

  • Nephrology (kidney)
  • Liver transplant and evaluation
  • Transplant surgery
  • Urology

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Languages

  • English
  • Tamil

About Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam

Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam, M.D., M.B.B.S., is a UW professor of Surgery and Urology. 

Dr.  Bakthavatsalam loves using all his medical knowledge and skills to deliver compassionate care to patients with organ failure (kidney, liver and pancreas). He is honored and blessed to work and take care of the people and the families donating "gifts of life" who are the foundation of the field of transplantation.

Dr. Bakthavatsalam earned his M.D. at Madras Medical College in India. His interests are abdominal organ transplantation (liver, kidney and pancreas) including living donation, dilaysis access, complex retroperitoneal and uro-oncologic surgery and surgery for portal hypertension.

Personal Interests

In his free time, Dr. Bakthavatsalam enjoys photography.

Education and Training

  • Stanley Medical College
    Master, 1988
  • Madras Medical College
    Medical education, 1984
  • UW - Dept. of Surgery
    Fellowship, Multi-Organ Transplantation
  • Beaumont Hospital
    Residency
  • Beaumont Hospital
    Residency
  • Whittington Hospital
    Residency
  • Old Church Hospital
    Residency
  • St. Margaret's Hospital
    Residency
  • District General Hospital
    Residency