Specialties
Kidney care (nephrology), Liver transplant and evaluation, Transplant surgery, Urology
Languages
English, Tamil
Biography
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.
Transplant Services at UW Medical Center
1959 NE Pacific St. Seattle, WA 98195Heart and lung transplantation, Kidney and pancreas transplantation, Liver transplant (hepatology)
Liver Tumor Clinic at UWMC
1959 NE Pacific St., 3rd Floor Seattle, WA 98195Adenomas, Cancer care (pancreas), Cholangiocarcinoma, Gallbladder carcinoma
Kidney Care & Transplantation Services at UWMC
1959 NE Pacific St. Seattle, WA 98195Cancer care (pancreas), Kidney care (nephrology), Transplant surgery
Liver Transplant Clinic at UWMC
1959 NE Pacific St. Seattle, WA 98105Acute liver failure, End-stage liver disease/cirrhosis, Hepatocelluar carcinoma, Liver transplant and evaluation
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