Dr Arun Bhaskar
Dr Bhaskar is a leading consultant in pain medicine who holds a special interest in complex pain, including neuropathic pain, cancer pain, visceral and pelvic pain, pain interventions, and neuromodulation.
Bio
Dr. Bhaskar is a distinguished consultant in pain medicine with an extensive background in cancer and neuropathic pain. A graduate of the University of Kerala, India, he completed his specialist training at the Northwest Deanery in the UK. He began his consultant career at The Christie in Manchester, where he established the hospital's Pain Service.
With a strong focus on clinical research, Dr. Bhaskar has contributed to numerous trials in cancer-related and chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain. His work includes pioneering interventional techniques for managing intractable cancer pain.
Dr. Bhaskar is actively involved in teaching and examination, serving on the faculty for several courses, including the European Pain School. He is an examiner for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine and the World Institute of Pain’s FIPP exam. Additionally, he has held influential roles, such as past chair of the Northwest Pain Clinicians and a member of the scientific committee for the European Pain Federation (EFIC) 2017. He has also represented the Faculty of Pain Medicine on the Palliative Medicine SAC of the Royal College of Physicians.
An accomplished writer, Dr. Bhaskar contributes a regular column to Pain News and serves as a section editor for the Journal of Observational Pain Medicine. He frequently publishes in peer-reviewed journals and participates in guidelines development groups focused on pain management, with a particular interest in opioid management for complex cancer pain and opioid dependence and cannabinoids.
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- MBBS - University of Kerala, India 1995
- Final FRCA Exam - Passed in London 2003
- FFPMRCA - Conferred in London 2008
- FFICM - Conferred in London 2011
- FIPP - Passed in Budapest 2011
- MSc in Pain Medicine - Cardiff University 2016
- EDPM - Conferred in Brussels 2019
- Most Compassionate Junior Doctor Sulabh C Arya Award, New Delhi, India 1995
- Cancer Team of the Year awarded by The BMJ Awards, London 2013
- Recognized for pioneering work in treating peritoneal metastasis of colorectal origin with Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (Clinical Lead for PTS Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine)
- Clinical Practice: Based at The London Clinic, currently on sabbatical from the Pain Management Centre, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
- Immediate Past-President of the British Pain Society with two prior elected terms on the Council of the British Pain Society
- Chairman of the UK Section of the World Institute of Pain
- Co-opted Member of the Board of The Faculty of Pain Medicine at the Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Honorary Secretary for:
- Neuromodulation Society of UK & Ireland
- World Society of Pain Clinicians
- UK Councillor for the European Pain Federation and Member of the Federation’s Task Force on Cancer Pain Management
- Co-chair of the OPEN Consensus Group for Opioid Analgesic Dependency, collaborating with specialists in Pain Medicine and Addiction Medicine
- Advisor to NICE on Interventional Procedures and Cancer Pain Management
- Faculty Member and Examiner:
- European Diploma in Pain Medicine
- FIPP examination for the World Institute of Pain
- British Pain Society - Immediate Past President
- World Institute of Pain - Section Chair, UK
- Neuromodulation Society of United Kingdom & Ireland - Honorary Secretary
- International Association for the Study of Pain - UK Councillor
- European Pain Federation - UK Councillor
- World Society of Pain Clinicians - Honorary Secretary
- International Neuromodulation Society - Member
- Spine Intervention Society - Member of the International Education Committee
- Royal College of Anaesthetists - Fellow