Dr Shankar Ramaswamy

MBBS MD FFPMANZCA FRCA FFPMRCA EDRA CER CLI RES

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Languages: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil

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Specialties

  • Anaesthetics
  • Pain Medicine

Areas of Interest

  • Neuropathic pain and MSK conditions
  • Neuromodulation
  • Regenerative medicine

St Vincent’s Private Hospital Werribee, VIC

St Vincents Private Hospital
240 Hoppers Lane
Werribee VIC 3030

T: 03 8862 0000

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Precision Brain, Spine & Pain
T5/31-37 Keilor Road
Essendon North VIC 3041

T: 03 8862 0000

F: 03 9816 8564

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Precision Brain, Spine & Pain
260 Cotham Road
Kew VIC 3101

T: 03 8862 0000

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Craigieburn Specialist Consulting
Level 2/420-440 Craigieburn Rd
Craigieburn VIC 3064

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Biography

Dr Ramaswamy is a highly trained Pain Specialist and Anaesthetist who has held positions at leading private and public hospitals in the UK.

He has held leadership and academic appointments in Pain Management and Anaesthesia and has been actively involved in research and publications.

He holds an Honorary Senior Lectureship with the University of Edinburgh and is the course director for their MSc Pain Management program.

Dr Ramaswamy has extensive expertise in managing patients with acute, chronic and cancer pain. He treats a wide variety of conditions including neck pain, back pain, post-surgical pain, headache, facial pain, chronic musculoskeletal and joint pain, fibromyalgia, CRPS and neuropathic pain, abdominal and pelvic pain, sports injuries, cancer pain and whiplash.

His clinical interests include CT and ultrasound guided injections for spinal pain, headaches, joint pain and other neuropathic and musculoskeletal conditions; neuromodulation (neuraxial and peripheral) for a variety of neuropathic pain conditions; and regenerative medicine, including PRP injections.

Dr Ramaswamy offers WorkCover, TAC, DVA, Defence, private and uninsured or self-funded consultations, as well as independent medico-legal assessments.

Dr Ramaswamy is fluent in Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil, and has a good understanding of Punjabi and Urdu.

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