Srinath Ramaswamy, MD

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Overview

Srinath Ramaswamy, MD, is an Assistant Professor in Neurology in the Division of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease. He specializes in the management of vascular neurological conditions, with specific clinical and research interests in stroke in the young, cryptogenic stroke, and cerebral small vessel disease. Dr. Ramaswamy completed initial training in India, obtaining his medical degree (MBBS) followed by postgraduate residency (MD) in internal medicine. He then completed neurology residency at the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, where he was elected chief resident. He completed a vascular neurology clinical fellowship at the Columbia University/NewYork Presbyterian Hospital program and continued at Columbia University for an additional year of research training under the National Institute of Health StrokeNet training program. He conducts clinical research and has published first author and co-author manuscripts in vascular neurology. He is also passionate about quality improvement and advancing systems of care for emergency stroke treatments at the CUMC/NYP Comprehensive Stroke Center. Dr. Ramaswamy is board-certified in general neurology and vascular neurology. He holds a certification for the use of Transcranial Doppler and Carotid Ultrasound in his clinical practice (RPNI, Registered Physician in Neurovascular Interpretation). He is a member of the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Neurology.

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor in Neurology

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Gender

  • Male

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Insurance Accepted

Affinity Health Plan

  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Amida Care

  • Special Needs

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • EPO
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care

Fidelis Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Healthfirst

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

MVP Health Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid Managed Care

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

WellCare

  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • MBBS, 2013 Thanjavur Medical College, India
  • DrMGR, 2013 Medical University, India
  • MD, 2017 awaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India
  • Internship: 2020 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY
  • Residency: 2023 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY
  • Fellowship: 2024 CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
  • Fellowship: 2025 CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Honors & Awards

  • Resident of the year, Neurology, 2023
  • Resident of the year (research), Neurology, 2022
  • Best graduating resident, Internal Medicine, 2017

Research

Dr. Ramaswamy’s research focuses on cerebral small vessel disease and stroke in the young, specifically, sub-groups such as pregnancy-postpartum state and non-atherosclerotic vasculopathies, including Moyamoya disease and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. He is also interested in and collaborates on cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of clinical correlations of the imaging markers of cerebral small vessel disease and the use of predictive modeling to identify individuals with small vessel disease. He is involved in multicenter national-level trials as a primary or sub-site investigator at Columbia University.