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Ram Nirula, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

  • Dr. Nirula's clinical interests lie in general surgery with a specific interest in chronic pain from rib fractures, hernias, abdominal wall reconstruction, emergency and urgent surgical conditions.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery - Primary
    Academic Divisions General Surgery

    Patient Rating

    4.6/5

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    Patient Comments

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    September 04, 2022

    Very patient with the patient and his wife was the doctor.

    May 30, 2022

    Dr seemed to care little about my situation. My wife said, "we just want to get him (me) healthy." Dr replied, "well, that's not going to happen." It was very disappointing.

    January 22, 2022

    The Dr. Told me he would contact mt with his decision once imageing was available to him. No body has called, It has ben about 2 weeks.

  • Dr. Nirula's clinical interests lie in general surgery with a specific interest in chronic pain from rib fractures, hernias, abdominal wall reconstruction, emergency and urgent surgical conditions.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Surgery -Primary
    Academic Divisions General Surgery

    Research interests

    Education history

    Fellowship Surgical Critical Care - University of Washington Harborview Medical Center Fellow
    University of Washington M.P.H.
    Residency General Surgery - Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Resident
    General Surgery - Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Intern
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Manitoba M.D.
    Life Sciences - Queen's University, Kingston B.A.