31 January 2020
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Bushey Hospital
Treatment restrictions due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
As part of our longstanding relationship, we are proud to be dedicating our resources to the NHS at this important time. As a result many of our treatments are currently suspended and we are reviewing all planned procedures and consultations. We are making every effort to talk to impacted patients and apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Dr Rama Vancheeswaran
Consultant Respiratory and General Physician
FRCP, PhD
Practising at
Spire Bushey Hospital
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Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Rama Vancheeswaran at Spire include:
Respiratory medicine
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I have been a consultant from 2006 with expertise in all respiratory conditions including cough, airways disease ie COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, sleep disorders (insomnia, obstructive sleep apnoea and central disorders), interstitial lung disease, infection, smoking, lung cancer and pulmonary embolic disease.
I trained at various London teachin hospitals including the Brompton, St Mary's, Hammersmith with my MSc from Brunel University in Immunology and a PhD from the Royal Free/Brompton and UCL in the Immunopathogenesis of Scleroderma and Fibrosing Alveolitis.
I provide outpatient and in-patient services for patients with all the conditions noted above and general medicine. I provide experiences, friendly, high-quality, patient centred complex care in a patient orientated fashion. I am a patient ambassador for the British Lung Foundation where communication and patient care is paramount to all consultations. I also provide interventional procedures if needed including pleural procedures and bronchoscopy. I have outstanding patient satisfaction survey scores collected over my 10 year consultant career.
Clinical Interests
Respiratory medicine
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Qualification and professional memberships
Professional memberships
British Thoracic Society Advisory Group Member
British Lung Foundation Ambassador
Royal College of Physicians
Current NHS posts
Dr Rama Vancheeswaran, FRCP, MSc Immunology, PhD is currently employed as a Respiratory and General Physician at the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
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My other interests are in academic research, NHS improvement, patient education and teaching for all health providers.
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