Qualifying in medicine in 1983, Professor Ramakrishnan undertook comprehensive training in plastic surgery in Australia and has been practicing reconstructive and cosmetic plastic surgery since 1987. He is, amongst others, a member of the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Professor Ramakrishnan is a visiting Professor at Anglia Ruskin University. He also has a major role as trainer in microsurgery and was the inaugural tutor in Plastic Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Director of St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns. He is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and The Archives of Plastic Surgery.