Overview
Natarajan Ravendhran is a hepatologist specializing in the diagnosis, treatment and management of liver diseases. He received his medical degree from Stanley Medical College, University of Madras in India, completed his residency in internal medicine at what is now Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital in Maryland and a residency in surgery at Railway Hospital in Madras, India. Dr. Ravendhran performed fellowship training in hepatology under the mentorship of Eugene and Leon Schiff at the University of Miami. Additionally, he received fellowship training in gastroenterology and liver disease at the University of Missouri. Dr. Ravendhran received a master’s degree in business administration in medical services management from The Johns Hopkins University. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the American Gastroenterological Association, and is a member of the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Dr. Ravendhran is interested in exploring cholestatic disorders. He has participated in many clinical trials that focus on hepatitis B and C, in addition to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease trials. He enjoys teaching, rounding with fellows and seeing patients, and his motto is “Patients come first!”.
Dr. Ravendhran is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Enlarged Liver, and Endoscopy.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 22 peer reviewed articles and participating in 7 clinical trials. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE PDP
- PPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
- MEDICARE DISCOUNT CARD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER MEDICARE
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
Joppa Concourse STE 205, Lutherville, MD 21093
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Ravendhran has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
7 Clinical Trials
Victor Navarro is a Hepatologist and a Gastroenterologist in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Navarro is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Visceromegaly, Liver Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Navarro is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Gurakar joined Johns Hopkins from the Nazih Zuhdi Transplantation Institute at the Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where he was the chief of Hepatology Research and the program director of the Liver Transplantation Medicine/ Hepatology Fellowship. He served at various capacities in the Liver Medicine Section, since its first establishment in 1993. Dr. Gurakar's clinical interests include pre and post-transplant, clinical and endoscopic management of liver diseases and viral hepatitis. His research interests include bioartificial liver dialysis systems and application of total plasma exchange in the treatment of liver disorders. Dr. Gurakar is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hepatitis, Liver Failure, Alcoholic Cirrhosis, Liver Transplant, and Kidney Transplant.
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
Vikesh Singh is a gastroenterologist who specializes in pancreatology and pancreaticobiliary endoscopy. He evaluates and treats patients with inflammatory diseases of the pancreas, including acute and chronic pancreatitis and autoimmune pancreatitis as well as the complications of these diseases. After earning his medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Singh remained at Johns Hopkins to complete residency training in internal medicine. He pursued fellowship training in gastroenterology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and earned a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. He then returned to Johns Hopkins, where he completed a two-year advanced endoscopy fellowship with a focus on pancreaticobiliary endoscopy. Dr. Singh has been on the faculty at Johns Hopkins since 2008, and rose to the rank of professor in 2021. His research interests include acute and chronic pancreatitis, autoimmune pancreatitis, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, and novel methods to evaluate and treat abdominal pain. Dr. Singh is a member of the board of directors of the National Pancreas Foundation, chair of the Pancreatic Disorders Section of the American Gastroenterological Association, a councilor for the International Association of Pancreatology and a member of the inaugural medical advisory board for the Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome Foundation. Dr. Singh is highly rated in 27 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Acute Pancreatitis, Pancreatectomy, and Endoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- CirrhosisDr. Ravendhran isDistinguished. Learn about Cirrhosis.
- Enlarged LiverDr. Ravendhran isDistinguished. Learn about Enlarged Liver.
- HepatitisDr. Ravendhran isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis.
- Hepatitis BDr. Ravendhran isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis B.
- Hepatitis CDr. Ravendhran isDistinguished. Learn about Hepatitis C.
- MacroamylasemiaDr. Ravendhran isDistinguished. Learn about Macroamylasemia.
- Advanced
- Alcoholic CirrhosisDr. Ravendhran isAdvanced. Learn about Alcoholic Cirrhosis.
- Esophageal VaricesDr. Ravendhran isAdvanced. Learn about Esophageal Varices.
- JaundiceDr. Ravendhran isAdvanced. Learn about Jaundice.
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)Dr. Ravendhran isAdvanced. Learn about Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH).
- Experienced
- AscitesDr. Ravendhran isExperienced. Learn about Ascites.
- Autoimmune HepatitisDr. Ravendhran isExperienced. Learn about Autoimmune Hepatitis.
- Banti's SyndromeDr. Ravendhran isExperienced. Learn about Banti's Syndrome.
- Caroli DiseaseDr. Ravendhran isExperienced. Learn about Caroli Disease.
- CholangitisDr. Ravendhran isExperienced. Learn about Cholangitis.
- EndoscopyDr. Ravendhran isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.