Dr Subramaniam Ramakrishnan

After completing his undergraduate studies in medicine, Dr Subramaniam Ramakrishnan spent more than 15 years in the speciality of gastroenterology and general medicine. In 2007, he was appointed as a consultant with a specialist interest in all aspects of endoscopy, gastroenterology, liver and pancreatic disease. He is currently the endoscopy lead at the endoscopy unit at Warrington Hospital, with a keen interest in service development, teaching, training and research. He has performed over 8000 diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that includes gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and ERCP with excellent success rates and high patient satisfaction scores.

Subramaniam is also the lead for advancing quality programme (AQuA) for the trust and participate actively in achieving a high quality of care across both medical and surgical divisions of the hospital.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Bowel problems - polypectomy and colorectal screening
• Gastroenterology - abnormal liver function tests, gastroesophageal, gastrointestinal endoscopy (gastroscopy), gastrointestinal radiology, gastrointestinal tract and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy
• General medicine - chronic fatigue and palliative care, scans and investigations - bone density scanning (DEXA), MRI scan, diagnostic endoscopy and CT colonoscopy, colitis, Crohn's disease, IBS, jaundice, iron deficiency anaemia, rectal bleeding, cancer of gullet, stomach, pancreas and liver
• Gastroenterology 
• Bowel disease 
• Colonoscopy 
• Coloproctocology 
• Endoscopy 
• Gastrointestinal cancer 
• Gastrointestinal pathology 
• Gastrointestinal surgery 
• Inflammatory bowel disease 
• Liver disease 
• Motility disorder 
• Nutrition 
• Obesity 
• Pancreatology 
• Gastrointestinal 
• Coloproctology 
• Endoscopy 
• Liver disease 
• Pancreatology 
• Bowel cancer 
• Upper gastrointestinal cancer 
• Palliative medicine