Dr. Ramesh Iyer

Dr. Ramesh Iyer attained fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2008. His sub-speciality interest is in breast and endocrine surgery although he has a broad range of general surgical practice performing open and laparoscopic elective and emergency surgeries.

He is a member of the breast section of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a founding member of Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand (BreastsurgANZ). He has a particular interest in the evidence based treatment of breast cancers and offers comprehensive treatment for breast cancers including sentinel node biopsies by the hot and blue technique. He also has special interest in thyroid and parathyroid operations.

He is a senior lecturer at university of Queensland and is the discipline academic supervisor for general surgery at the Ipswich clinical school. He has research interests in his field of practice and actively participates in various clinical trials.

The services offered :

Breast surgery for breast cancers , benign conditions, breast biopsies etc.
Endocrine surgery for thyroid and parathyroid conditions.
Laparoscopic procedures for various conditions such as gallbladder, herniae, appendicectomies, bowel resections
Vareity of General surgery procedures such as excision of lumps, hernia surgery, bowel cancers,excision of skin cancers, varicose veins, pilonidal sinus ingrown toe nail excision vasectomies and others.
Acute surgical emergency procedures through St. Andrews Ipswich Private Hospital and Ipswich General Hospital.