Melbourne · Hernia & bariatric surgery
Consulting rooms on both sides of the city — North Balwyn in the east and Williamstown in the west — with surgery at John Fawkner Private Hospital in Coburg. The everyday hernias, the bariatric work, and the complex abdominal walls other surgeons send on.
Where you'll be seen
Consulting rooms at 345 Doncaster Road, Balwyn North — serving Melbourne's eastern suburbs.
North Balwyn rooms →Consulting rooms at 87 Ferguson Street — serving the inner west and bayside.
Williamstown rooms →Surgery at John Fawkner Private Hospital, 275 Moreland Road — the principal operating hospital.
John Fawkner Private →What Ram treats
The common groin hernias — open and keyhole repair, and when each fits.
Read the guide →Hernias through the front of the abdomen, often at an old scar.
Read the guide →Large, recurrent and loss-of-domain hernias — the centre of the practice.
Read the guide →Hernias of the stomach through the diaphragm, with or without reflux.
Read the guide →Small midline defects at or above the navel.
Read the guide →Sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass and OAGB, with proper follow-up.
Read the guide →Referrals
Ram founded the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgeons Community — now around 6,000 members — and sits on the Executive Committee of the Australia & New Zealand Hernia Society. Complex and recurrent hernia referrals are accepted from across Melbourne, regional Victoria and interstate. For patients travelling from another state, an initial consultation can often be arranged by phone or video to limit travel, with surgery and review coordinated around the trip. GPs and specialists can find referral details, turnaround times and direct contact on the information for GPs page.
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