About Us

Dr Ram

I am an NHS GP Partner and GP trainer who has done joint injections for over a decade. I qualified from the University of Liverpool 2008 with MBChB with Honours. I also have a PGCert in GP Education with Distinction. I have worked in Royal Liverpool Hospital in orthopaedics and accident and emergency, as well as St John Ambulance at Anfield and Goodison Park. My NHS work is in Woolton House Medical Centre, south Liverpool.

I am a great advocate of you, the patient, getting care as if you were a close relative- advising, treating and wanting the best for you. Impartial decision making is at the core

I am not an orthopaedic surgeon and so I do not have a vested interest in replacing a joint. I will tell you if having a steroid joint injection is likely to cause you more harm than good. Honesty and ethical principles of applying solid evidence-based, National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended treatments are integral to my work. The only evidence-based injection recommended by NICE is with steroid (I won’t use gold or sodium hyaluronate injections for this reason).

There is evidence that ultrasound guidance isn’t needed for a great outcome for steroid injections (Ekeberg OL, 2009) so by not using ultrasound guidance, the patient avoids paying an unnecessary premium. The excellent outcomes are borne out in my steroid injection feedback data.

I want you to regain independence to restart to enjoy your golf, walking football, boules, gardening, walking, grandparenting and holidaying, or even just simple things like having a good night’s sleep.

By doing this, you will feed your mental and physical health enabling you to live a long and fruitful life. Your family will be thankful.

Treatments

Personal

I am a keen football player and hope to keep playing as long as possible and supplement this with running to keep fit. I am married with 3 children who keep me on my toes!

Testimonials

Very polite and helpful

It was an excellent visit to doctor ram he was so helpful to my wife.

Very professional and reassuring.

Very helpful, empathetic and reassuring.

Dr Ram has the extra quality of an infinite patience and always takes the time to solve any problem via clear explanation. More so, he has a calming effect on any anxiety. I would say he is reassuring as well as totally honest. I am totally to have Dr Ram as my usual doctor.

Dr Ram, was so kind and very professional. I am a real worrier and was pleased at how he put me at ease and how he was concerned how I was coping.

Dr Ram is very good at putting the patient at ease and takes care to explain his treatment plan.

Dr Ram was very caring ,and took time to listen.

I was very happy with his care. Very good doctor.

The doctor was very caring and reassured me.

I was extremely nervous attending for my steroid injection but my Dr Put my concerns at ease and reassured me about the benefits whilst also being honest about the procedure and potential side affects. Dr was great at helping me focus on something other than the procedure and It was not as bad at all as I had anticipated. I left the surgery feeling very pleased and grateful for the service he had provided.

Amazingly helpful.

Really polite and made things simple to understand Really helpful.

The doctor was very polite and importantly put me at my ease. He was clear and concise. He did not talk down to me when outlining my treatment.

The doctor was courteous, helpful and polite. Pleased with the service.

I have had 2 consultations with Dr Ram and both have been excellent! I was immediately put at ease and listened to in a two way consultation as an individual! I would have no hesitation in consulting him again. I am really appreciative of the help and care he has given to me. Many thanks for the opportunity to say this.

Dr. Ram is brilliant. He is professional , inspires confidence , has outstanding personal skills and we are very lucky to have him. I could not speak more highly of him.

Very caring.

Made me feel entirely confident and at easy. Dr Ram was genuinely interested in my welfare making this a faultless consultation.

I would like to thank Dr Ram for such an amazing service you have just provided my dad with. I have just spoke to him and he has relayed how attentive Dr Ram was and he has just come aware feeling like he was listened to, examined and above all feels safe.

I have seen Dr Ram regularly over a period of approximately 12 months. He is always polite and courteous and is a doctorwho “listens”. So, although he provides excellent advice and guidance he also, fully involves his patient in the decision making process. He is very and is a doctor who you “can talk to”. There is no sense of being “rushed”. All of this builds confidence in the quality of care being given.