Who We Are

Dr.A.RAMAMOORTHY is hailing from a small village called Kaveripattinam in Krishnagiri district, one  of the backward districts of Tamil Nadu, INDIA. He was born in an agricultural family and had his school education in tamil medium in the primary school and board high school of Kaveripattinam. He was very studious in his school days and obtained first rank in final examination. He was immediately selected to St.Joseph's College, Trichy a prestigious institution of tamilnadu in pre university course. He was given merit Scholarship in the college for his high ranking marks. After this he was selected for M .B . B .S in Stanley Medical College and then continued his basic Medical Course at Coimbatore Medical College. In both these Institutions he was awarded with Merit Scholarship for his studies.

After finishing M.B.B.S he joined M.S.(General Surgery Course) at Stanley Medical College, Chennai. After completing the post graduate course, he was selected to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research ( JIPMER ) Pondichery for the post of senior Resident. After completing one year stay at JIPMER, he was selected for Tamil Nadu Medical Services as tutor in surgery in Coimbatore Medical College in 1981. Then he was promoted as Assistant Professor of Surgery at Coimbatore Medical College in the year 1988. He was promoted as Associate Professor of surgery at GMK Medical College, Salem in the year 2005. Then he was transferred back to Coimbatore Medical College in the year 2006 as Professor of Surgery. He retired in the year 2010 as Professor and HOD of Surgery from Coimbatore Medical College. During these periods he was a popular teacher and surgeon in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital. 

During his work in CMC Hospital he started showing interests in "Laparoscopic Surgery" a new field which was in infancy at that time . After taking a basic training in Laparoscopy at Gynaecology department at CMC hospital in the year 1985, he was first to apply this Technique in General Surgery at CMC Hospital. He was the first to do "Dual Trocar" Technique to take Liver Biopsy under direct Vision Laparoscopy.

From "Direct Vision Laparoscopy" this field moved on to "Video Laparoscopy". So he went to Singapore to have training and attended a workshop on Laparoscopic Chloecystectomy in the year 1990 at General Hospital, Singapore. After coming back from Singapore, he was one of the first persons in India to do various Laparoscopic Procedures like Appendicectomy, Cholecystomy, Adhesiolys,Ovarian Cystectomy, repair of hernias etc. 

Today with the experience of thousands of cases in Laparoscopy, he is one of the leading Laparoscopic surgeons in Tamil Nadu. He is training many youngsters in this new field and trying to spread the knowledge of Laparoscopy among Medical men and public as well. Dr.A.Ramamoorthy is conferred with Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Tamilnadu MGR Medical University, Chennai. And he was conferred Fellow of International College of Laparoscopic Surgeons at All India Institute of Medical Sciences,  New Delhi.

• Indian Medical Association
• Association of Surgeons of India.
• Indian Association of Gastro Intestinal Endosurgeons.
• Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia.
• Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India.
• Indian Hernia Society (IHS)
• Asia Pacific Hernia Society (APHS)
• Society of Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of India (SELSI)