Dr Sanjay Ramrakha
Qualifications MBBS (NSW) PhD FRACGP FACEM
Education and Training
MBBS University of NSW 1987
PhD University of Technology 2013
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 1998
Fellow of the Australasian College or Emergency Medicine 1999
Emergency Physician at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital since 1999
He has been providing service to the Centre of Digestive Diseases since 1998 and has performed more than 50,000 sedations for patients undergoing endoscopic procedures.
He has an interest in the development of oxygenation devices used in sedation and has also been involved in the development of a novel capsule bowel preparation. The latter product has been licensed to Salix Pharmaceutical (USA) in 2014.
He completed his PhD in 2013 entitled “Improving safety in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.”
He has been actively involved in other research and development of various trial conducted through the Centre for Digestive Diseases.
He has been involved in the teaching of nursing and medical staff. He holds the position of Senior Clinical Lecturer at Sydney University in association with his RPA appointment. He regularly addresses the GP nights conducted by the Centre and has poster presentations at Australian Gastro Week and Digestive Diseases Week.
The Centre for Digestive Diseases provides infusions of biologics and iron. He is responsible for this therapeutics.
Being a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners he is able to provide the assessment of suitable patients especially the aged who requires a preoperative assessment with regards to undertaking a bowel preparation.
He has been active participant and presenter at medical conferences in Australian and internationally.
Publications;
Take a letter … an audit of GP referrals in South West Sydney, Ramrakha S, Giles A. Aust
Fam Physician. 2001 Apr;30(4):395-8
Ciguatera Fish Poisoning – A Review, Ramrakha S Fiji GP 6:4 Dec 1999 540-1
Investigating the tolerability of four bowel Preparations-The Taste Test Ramrakha s,
Borody TJ, Wettstein A Saxon J, Pang G, et al Journal of Gas & HepVol 21 Supp 4 Oct
2006 A292
Entamoeba histolytica: Another Cause of Crohn’s Disease, Thomas J. Borody, Jordana
Campbell, Margaux Torres, Lauren A. Hills, Sahisha Ketheeswaran, Gerald Pang,
Sanjay Ramrakha
Nasal Vs Oro-Nasal Oxygenation and Capnography During Endoscopy,Sanjay Ramrakha
Thomas J. Borody, Kylie J. Herdman, Jordana Campbell, Loraine Holley
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Volume 67, Issue 5 , Page AB283, April 2008
M1060 Rapid and Superior Diagnosis of H. pylori Infection By 14C-Urea HeliprobeTM Test
Versus the PYtest®Thomas J. Borody,Antony, R. Wettstein,,Jordana Campbell,Margaux Torres,Lauren A. Hills,Kylie J. Herdman, G Pang, Sanjay Ramrakha Gastroenterology Volume 134, Issue 4, Supplement 1 , Pages A-329,April 2008
Making Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Safer Ramrakha, Sanjay Chand UTS Digital Theses (2012)
Due diligence – Refer to my PhD from University of Technology, Sydney titled Making Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Safer –Part B
“Fecal microbiota transplantation in the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection.” Thomas J. Borody, Sanjay Ramrakha UpToDate,