Profession

Retired Professor and Head : Department of Neuro and Spinal Surgery L.T.M. Medical College and Hospital, Sion, University of Mumbai .

Consultant Neuro & Spinal Surgeon to :

  • Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre
  • Shushrusha Citizens Co-op Hospital
  • Tata Memorial Hospital (Retired)
  • Central Railway Hospital (Retired)
  • Air India

Has dedicated to the development of Spinal Surgery

Pioneer Spinal Surgeon of India.

Has established school for Training Neuro and Orthopaedic Surgeons in Spinal Surgery. Has trained more than 3000 surgeons in Spinal Surgery. The programme is still going on actively.

Facilities in the School Library:

200 books and journals, 150 video cassettes, microsurgery training lab, VCR room to watch video cassettes without getting disturbed, museum of specimens, exhibition of concepts in spinal surgery of Dr. P.S. Ramani, clinical material, live operative demonstrations, cadaveric dissections, hands on practice, rounds, lectures and bed side teachings.

Holds annual workshops of live operative demonstrations & hands on workshop.

Has developed the Bone Bank to procure cadaveric bone

Has developed the technique of Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion, which has become World Famous, to stabilize an unstable Lumbar Spine.

Has developed the technique of IDSS (Internal Decompression for Spinal Stenosis) and Mircolumbar discectomy;Approach to DL burst Fractures; Cervical Spine reconstruction; Transclavicular approach.

Has popularized Smith Robinson operation using micro techniques for anterior cervical fusion.

Pioneer worker in Cranio facial oncological surgery at Tata Memorial Hospital.

Popularly called "PLIF Ramani" rather than P.S. Ramani .