C. Venkata S. Ram

C. Venkata S. Ram is a doctor and pioneer in field of Hypertension. Currently, he is the Director, Apollo Institute for Blood Pressure Management, Apollo Hospitals and Professor, Apollo Medical College, Hyderabad, India. In 2013, S. Ram was awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India for his contributions to the field of medicine, for his work in hypertension and prevention of heart disease. ^{[1] [2]}

Bio

C Venkata S. Ram graduated from Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, India in the year 1971. He was trained at Brown University in Providence, USA, and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. He Served on the faculty of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA for over 30 years. He also served as the director of hypertension clinics at Parkland, and St.Paul University Hospitals, Dallas, USA. ^[3]

Books

He is the author of more than 340 publications and four books on Hypertension.

• Ram CVS. Hypertension: A Clinical guide. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis group, Boca Raton,London, and New York, 2014.

• Ram CVS. Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease: Current and Emerging Concepts. Euromed Communications passfield, U.K, 2014.

• Ram CVS. Hypertension and Clinical Cardiology; Euromed Communications, passfield, U.K, 2013.

• Ram CVS, Kaplan NM. Individualized Therapy of Hypertension. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, Basel, Hong Kong, 1995.

See also

• List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–2019)

References