Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
MBBS, MS, DNB (Gen Surg), FRCS (Gen Surg), FRCS (CTh)
Overview
Areas of expertise
Medico-Legal experience
Mr Rammohan has been preparing medico-legal reports for a number of years. He has undergone his expert witness training. He is registered with APIL, AVmA, National Crime Agency (NCA) and the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. He enjoys a full medico-legal practice representing both claimants and defendants in actions relating to both personal injury and clinical negligence. His Claimant/Defendant ratio split is approximately 90/10. He can usually turnaround reports within 6-8 weeks, sooner if required.
Clinical Practice & Experience
Mr Rammohan has been a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at the Wythenshawe Hospital; part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust Wythenshawe Hospital since 2011. He is a specialist in minimal-access thoracic surgery having previously completed an international fellowship in minimal access thoracic surgery in Edmonton, Canada. He is a former President of the Royal College of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Section.
Clinical Interests
Mr Rammohan has a clinical interest in VATS lobectomies, VATS thymectomies, diagnostic lung and pleural disease, lung cancer, trauma and sepsis, surgical management of emphysema – endobronchial and VATS, endobronchial therapy for air leaks, cosmetic chest wall correction and airway interventions.
Research Interests
Mr Rammohan initiates and supervises several clinical research projects and quality improvement audits which have culminated in presentations at various national and international forums. These include the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Royal Society of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Section.
Summary of Publications
Mr Rammohan has published numerous scientific papers, articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals on topics including the role of thoracic surgery in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and surgery for mesothelioma/lung cancer.
Teaching & Training
Mr Rammohan is the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (SCTS) Thoracic Surgery Deputy National Audit Lead. He is a Royal College Tutor and oversees the core trainees at Wythenshawe Hospital. He is a member of the Regional Training Committee in the North West for cardiothoracic surgery and sits on the Question Writing Group for the Joint Committee for the FRCS (C-Th) examination. 
Prizes and Awards
Top 30 candidate in the National Board Exams (1983)
Raitt Dunhill Memorial Medal in Physiology (1984)
G.V. James I Prize in Clinical Surgery (1986)
Certificate of Honour in Microbiology (1986-87)
Colonel Thayumanaswamy Prize in Orthopaedics (1987)
Savalai Sethuraman Gold Medal in Paediatric Medicine and Surgery (1988)
First in Tamil Nadu State, India, in the Public Service Commission Exams (Total
Candidates about 7800) (1989)
Lung volume reduction series from Castle Hill, Medal for the Best Presentation at the
Thoracic Scholarship awarded by the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Great Britain & Northern Ireland: International Minimal Access Fellowship (2010)
Memberships of Professional Bodies & Learned Societies
Member of the National Thoracic Subcommittee; reporting to the National Executive.
Deputy National Audit Lead for Thoracic Surgery, Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
Co-Chair of the Optimal Treatment Pathway for Lung Cancer, Greater Manchester Cancer Pathway Board.
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