Dr Arun BhaskarPain medicine in W1G Marylebone London
Dr Arun Bhaskar
MBBS MSc FRCA FFPMRCA FFICM FIPP
GMC: 4761448Professional statement
Dr Arun Bhaskar is a leading consultant in pain medicine in London, who holds a special interest in complex pain, including neuropathic pain, cancer pain, visceral and pelvic pain, pain interventions and neuromodulation. He also holds a particular interest in opioid management in complicated cancer pain, and opioid dependence and its management in the pain patient population. He practices in three clinics across London: The London Clinic, The OAD Clinic, and HCA at the Shard.
Dr Bhaskar, upon graduating from the University of Kerala, started his consultant career at The Christie in Manchester where he has been involved with several clinical trials in cancer pain and neuropathic pain in cancer, including chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain and developed novel techniques for interventional treatment of pain. Dr Bhaskar is on the faculty and examiner for many courses, including the European Pain School and the World Institute of Pain and regularly mentors colleagues, nationally and internationally. He publishes extensively, writes regularly on pain matters and serves as peer reviewer and section editor in several reputable journals. Dr Bhaskar is the Immediate Past President of the British Pain Society and has served two terms as an elected member of the Council of the British Pain Society and also chairs the Communications Committee, and additionally contributed to BPS’s ‘cancer pain management’ document in 2010. He is also the Honorary Secretary of the Neuromodulation Society of UK and Ireland and the Chairman of the UK Section, World Institute of Pain.
He is currently the co-chair of the Committee for the Cancer Pain Management Guideline and he is also the co-chair of the Neuromodulation Guidelines Committee. He also represents UK as Councillor at the European Pain Federation and is a member of the European Pain Federation Task Force on Cancer Pain Management. Dr Bhaskar is the Co-chair for the OPEN Consensus group for opioid analgesic dependency.
Dr Bhaskar, upon graduating from the University of Kerala, started his consultant career at The Christie in Manchester where he has been involved with several clinical trials in cancer pain and neuropathic pain in cancer, including chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain and developed novel techniques for interventional treatment of pain. Dr Bhaskar is on the faculty and examiner for many courses, including the European Pain School and the World Institute of Pain and regularly mentors colleagues, nationally and internationally. He publishes extensively, writes regularly on pain matters and serves as peer reviewer and section editor in several reputable journals. Dr Bhaskar is the Immediate Past President of the British Pain Society and has served two terms as an elected member of the Council of the British Pain Society and also chairs the Communications Committee, and additionally contributed to BPS’s ‘cancer pain management’ document in 2010. He is also the Honorary Secretary of the Neuromodulation Society of UK and Ireland and the Chairman of the UK Section, World Institute of Pain.
He is currently the co-chair of the Committee for the Cancer Pain Management Guideline and he is also the co-chair of the Neuromodulation Guidelines Committee. He also represents UK as Councillor at the European Pain Federation and is a member of the European Pain Federation Task Force on Cancer Pain Management. Dr Bhaskar is the Co-chair for the OPEN Consensus group for opioid analgesic dependency.
Clinics
The London Clinic
W1G Marylebone London, 145 Harley St, London , W1G 6DEMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 20 years of experience
- Consultant in pain medicine, London Bridge Hospital (present)
Subspecialties
- Arm pain
- Back pain
Professional memberships
- Fellow of Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Fellow of Faculty of Pain Medicine, RCoA
Education
- MSc in Pain Medicine, Cardiff University (2016)
- FIPP Passed in Budapest (2011)
Positions in organisations
- Immediate Past President, The British Pain Society (2023 – present)
- President, The British Pain Society (2019 – 2023)
Publications and conferences
- Contributing author to various textbooks and journals including book reviews and articles; also peer reviewer and an editorial member for several articles on pain and palliative care and anaesthesia for various organisations including NICE, NIHR, F1000 as well as several journals.
- Section Editor for Cancer Pain in Journal of Observational Pain Medicine (JOOPM)
Prizes and awards
- Cancer Team of the Year, for the pioneering work in treating peritoneal metastasis of colorectal origin with Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (Clinical Lead for PTS Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine), The BMJ Awards, London (2013)
- Most Compassionate Junior Doctor, Sulabh C Arya Award, New Delhi, India (1995)
Languages spoken
- English
- Urdu
Registration number: 4761448
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- A very compassionate doctor - who listens. My treatment has not finished yet.
- I found this doctor a good listener.When it came to treatment I was not satisfied particularly as I have been unable to find out what was injected and where.He went on leave but no record of my treatment could be found
- Dr Bhaskar has given me and my wife much of our life back that we had been missing for the last 10years due to her condition.
- The best doctor in uk