Mr Ram Venkatesh
Qualifications
MB BS, MS (Orth), DNB (Orth), FRCS, FRCS (Tr & Orth)
GMC number: 4654537
Practicing since: 1990
Specialties
Orthopaedic surgery
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About
Mr Venkatesh graduated in medicine from Madras, India in 1991 and then did a masters programme in orthopaedic surgery in Calcutta. There he was awarded the Presidents Gold medal by the West Bengal Orthopaedic Association.
Mr Venkatesh them completed his higher surgical training in the UK on the Wessex rotation. During this period he trained extensively in knee replacement, lower limb arthoplasty and foot and ankle surgery. He trained as a senior registrar under Mr Neil Thomas, the then President of BASK and subsequently did a 16 month fellowship in knee surgery at Royal Bournemouth Hospital. His fellowship period involved a high volume of soft tissue knee work, total knee, uni-compartmental knee and revision knee arthroplasty.
Mr Venkatesh has special interests on meniscal repair, cartilage salvage surgery, knee ligament reconstruction, achieving high flexion in knee arthroplasty and management of knee osteoarthritis in young patients, minimal invasive surgery and accelerated rehabilitation.
Mr Venkatesh specialises in the following treatments, tests and scans at Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital:
- Arthroscopy
- Knee arthroscopy
- Knee replacement
- Knee replacement revision
- Knee surgery (ACL repair)
- Tibial osteotomy
- Unicompartmental (partial) knee replacement surgery
Personal interests
Mr Venkatesh enjoys walking, badminton and more recently golf. He follows international cricket and premiership football closely. He also has an avid interest in music, travel and antiques.
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Ram Venkatesh at Nuffield Health
- Knee replacement revision
- Knee surgery (ACL repair)
- Platelet Rich Plasma Treatment (PRP)
- Knee replacement
- Knee arthroscopy
- Chondroplasty
- Osteotomy
- Arthroscopy
- Tibial osteotomy
- Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation
- Patellofemoral joint replacement
- Patella stabilisation
- Cartilage reconstruction
- Arthroplasty
Locations Mr Ram Venkatesh works with
Related experience
Research
Research interests / papers include:
- Long term outcomes in knee arthoroplasty
- Acheiving high flexion in knee replacements
- Graft fixation in ACL reconstruction
- Knee rehabilitation
Memberships
- Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow
- British Orthopaedic Association
- British Association for Surgery of the Knee
Other post held
- Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds