Dr. Rithesh Ram is Director of the Cumming School of Medicine’s Longintudinal Intergrated Clerkship.
Both Drs Rithesh and Veronique Ram accept learners.
Are you a medical student or family medicine resident interested in an elective with our clinic? Please email the Rural Electives Coordinator at: rmelect@ucalgary.ca
Dr. Véronique Dorais Ram is the recipient of the 2020 Dr. Spencer McLean Peer-to-Peer Teaching Award. Click here to read more about it.
Patients experiencing mental health concerns can book an appointment with one of our physicians to discuss their concerns and ensure appropriate referrals, if needed.
Our physicians are available to perform minor procedures, from suturing lacerations to mole removals. Some examples of minor procedures we can perform in-house are:
- Joint injection
- Laceration repair
- Punch biopsy
- Mole removal
- IUD removal
- IUD insertion
Nurse Practitioners (NP) have been part of Healthcare teams for many years and Riverside Medical is excited to introduce this role to Drumheller.
What can the NP do for me, the patient?
An NP is a health care professional that has completed further specialty training, usually a masters or PhD level education in a specialty area such as family practice.
NPs are able to provide a full range of care including health assessments, routine health screening (PAP exams, blood work), diagnosis, disease management (diabetes, high blood pressure, COPD, kidney disease, etc), procedures (mole/lipoma removal, IUD insertion, removal of sutures, wart/skin tag treatment), medication prescriptions (new, renewals, narcotics) referral and interpretation of diagnostic investigations (CT, ultrasound, x-ray, MRI), referral to specialists, completion of forms (sick notes, WCB, disability).
