Dr Ramasamy Saravanan

Gastroenterologist
MBBS, MRCP

Practising at

Spire Regency Hospital Macclesfield

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Ramasamy Saravanan at Spire include:

Gastroenterology

Professional profile

Dr Saravanan qualified from Kilpauk Medical College (Madras, India) in 1994. He underwent senior house officer training in general medicine at various UK hospitals (Royal Gwent Hospital, North Staffordshire Hospital & Walsgrave Hospital Coventry and subsequently completed his training in Gastroenterology and General Medicine at the Mersey Deanery (Royal Liverpool Hospital, Arrow Park Hospital and Leighton Hospital in Crewe). Dr Saravanan under took advanced therapeutic endoscopy fellowship training at St Michaels Hospital (Centre for advanced therapeutic endoscopy and gastrointestinal cancer) Toronto, Canada and successfully completed this international fellowship from the University of Toronto in 2007. He was appointed as Consultant Gastroenterologist at Macclesfield District General Hospital in March 2010 and also works at Spire Regency Macclesfield.

Dr Saravanan has keen interest in training and education and is the Course Director /Organiser of the TECNA training course which is run nationally (www.tecnainfo.com).

Clinical Interests

Bowel disease
Colonoscopy
Endoscopy
Gastrointestinal cancer
Liver disease
Inflammatory bowel disease

Investigation and management of dyspepsia, anaemia, IBS and change in bowel habits Diagnosis and long term management of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease) Diagnosis and long term management of chronic liver disease ( Fatty liver /alcohol related liver disease, autoimmune disease and other liver conditions) Diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal endoscopy (gastroscopy and colonoscopy) Endoscopic mucosal resection upper & lower GI Gastrointestinal cancer