Ramen H. Chmait, MD

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Title:

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  • Director, Los Angeles Fetal Therapy

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Specialties:

  • Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Sub-specialties:

  • Fetal Surgery

Background:

Ramen Chmait, MD is Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Southern California's Keck School of Medicine.  After completion of a maternal-fetal medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Diego, Dr. Chmait joined the Fetal Surgery Program at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida, where he gained extensive experience in operative fetoscopy and invasive perinatology.  Dr. Chmait has served as director of Los Angeles Fetal Therapy (www.LosAngelesFetalTherapy.org) within the CHLA-USC Institute for Maternal-Fetal Health since 2006.  In this capacity he has provided surgical treatment to hundreds of unborn children.  Dr. Chmait also directs a research program devoted to understanding fetal disease and investigating potential treatment modalities.


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Education:

  • University of California, Riverside, University of California, Los Angeles

Internships:

  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles, California, July 1996 - June 1997

Residencies:

  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Los Angeles, California, July 1997 - June 2000

Fellowships:

  • University of California, San Diego
  • Maternal - Fetal Medicine, San Diego, California, July 2000 - June 2003.

Board Certification:

  • Board Certified in OB/GYN, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Diplomat No. 9004053M
  • Board Certified in Maternal and Fetal Medicine, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology Diplomat No. 9004053M
  • Drug Enforcement Agency Certification

Professional Society Memberships:

  • The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 2007 to present
  • International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2003 to present

Awards:

  • Light of Hope Award, Fetal Hope, 2008
  • Fellows Teaching Award, UCSD Department of Reproductive Medicine, 2003
  • Resident Research Award, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Award, 2000
  • Holmstrom-Tawa Award for Academic Excellence in OB/GYN, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center Award 1996-2000

Languages:

  • English