Dr. Ramu is an Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiologist, with additional expertise in Cardio-Obstetrics and Cardio Oncology. She is being recruited from the Medical University of South Carolina where she served as Director of Cardio-Oncology and Co-Medical Director of the Cardiovascular ICU. In her new role at the University of Minnesota, she will serve as the Director of Cardio-Obstetrics program apart from continuing her Advanced heart failure and Cardio-Oncology practice. Dr. Ramu’s research interests include increasing the understanding of and reducing the impact of health-related disparities in patients with advanced heart failure, with a goal of reducing health inequities and improving the health of disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. This research spans the fields of advanced heart failure, Cardio-Obstetrics and Cardio-Oncology.