External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Professor Ramakrishnan has a major role as trainer in microsurgery and was an inaugural tutor in Plastic Surgery at RCS of England and the Director of St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Archives of Plastic Surgery. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Research interests
Professor Ramakrishnan has numerous publications/presentations at national and international meetings. Main areas of research and audit are in microsurgical techniques, service delivery and microcirculation in free flaps. He is visiting Professor at Anglia Ruskin University
Personal interests
Professor Ramakrishnan enjoys Cricket and spending time with his family.
Languages spoken
English and Tamil
Publications
2016
Pre-operative computed tomography angiography for planning DIEP flap breast reconstruction reduces operative time and overall complications
Authors: Edmund Fitgerald O’Connor, Warren Matthew Rozen, Muhammad Chowdhry, Bassam Band, Venkat V Ramakrishnan, Matthew Griffiths
Source: Gland Surgery April 2016
Stacked and bipedicled abdominal free flaps for breast reconstruction: considerations for shaping
Authors: Nakul Gamanlal Patel, Warren Matthew Rozen, Whitney T.H. Chow, Muhammad Chowdhry, Edmund Fitzgerald O’Connor, Hrsikesa Sharma, Matthew Griffiths, Venkat V Ramakrishnan
Source: Gland Surgery April 2016
Three routine free flaps per day in a single operating theatre: principles of a process mapping approach to improving surgical efficiency
Authors: Dan Marsh, Nakul Gamanlal Patel, Warren Matthew Rozen, Muhammed Chowdhry, Hrsikesa Sharma, Venkat V Ramakrishnan
Source: Gland Surgery April 2016
BOOK CHAPTERS:
‘Breast Reconstruction-Your Choice’
Authors: Dick Rainsbury & Virginia Straker Published 2008
Class Publishing ISBN 978-1-85959-197-0. Chapter ‘Reconstruction of the Nipple and Areola’ by Venkat V Ramakrishnan and Diana E.M Slade-Sharman
Breast, Endocrine and Surgical Oncology
Editor Brendon J Coventry Published 2014 ISBN 978-1-4471-5421-1. Chapter ‘Breast Surgery’
2015
Correspondence and Communications – Chyle leak after axillary lymph node dissection
Authors: Whitney T.H. Chow, Warren Matthew Rozen, Nakul Gamanlal Patel, Venkat V Ramakrishnan
Source: Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery: JPRAS January 2015
A multidisciplinary team approach minimises prophylactic mastectomy rates
Authors: D.R. Leff, C.Ho, H. Thomas, R. Daniels, L. Side, F. Lambert, J. Knight, M. Griffiths, M. Banwell, J. Aitken, G. Clayton, S. Dua, A. Shaw, S. Smith, V. Ramakrishnan
Source: European Journal of Surgical Oncology
