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Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management

Complex cases may incur an additional fee and take longer to prepare a report (only after agreement)

Titles

  • Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management
  • Lead Pain Clinician

Expertise

  • All topics related to general, local, regional and neuraxial anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia for complex abdominal surgery (open and laparoscopic)
  • Acute post operative pain relief
  • Chronic pain management
  • Opioid dependence

Procedures

  • Anaesthesia for abdominal surgery and colorectal, urological, gynaecological, vascular, orthopaedics and trauma, ophthalmic and interventional radiology
  • Acute and chronic pain management

Most common conditions seen

  • Persistent pain after complex abdominal surgery
  • Analgesic misuse
  • Opioid dependence

Most common symptoms seen

  • Acute and chronic pain
  • Prolonged hospital stays
  • Anxiety relating to general, local or regional anaesthesia

Background

He was appointed Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management at Northwick Park and St Marks Hospital in Harrow, London in 1995. He was college tutor for the Royal College of Anaesthetists from 2008 to 2014.

Training

  • Kings College London/Kings College Hospital undergraduate
  • Medical/Obstetrics and Gynaecology/Paediatric/Anaesthesia training – King’s College, University College, St Thomas’, Great Ormond Street, St Bartholomew’s Hospitals, London
  • 1989 – USA scholarship as Visiting Professor at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas, USA

Clinical interests and areas of expertise

  • All topics related to general, local, regional and neuraxial anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia for complex abdominal surgery (open and laparoscopic)
  • Acute post operative pain relief
  • Chronic pain management
  • Opioid dependence

Research interests

  • Pain management and abdominal surgery
  • Opioid dependence

Qualifications

  • MBBS  Kings College Hospital 1979
  • DRCOG 1982
  • FFARCSI 1987
  • FRCA London 1987

GMC Number: 2491864

Date of Registration: 1980

Memberships

  • BMA
  • RCoA
  • AAGBI
  • Pain Society

Complex cases may incur an additional fee and take longer to prepare a report (only after agreement)

Titles

  • Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management
  • Lead Pain Clinician

Expertise

  • All topics related to general, local, regional and neuraxial anaesthesia
  • Anaesthesia for complex abdominal surgery (open and laparoscopic)
  • Acute post operative pain relief
  • Chronic pain management
  • Opioid dependence

Procedures

  • Anaesthesia for abdominal surgery and colorectal, urological, gynaecological, vascular, orthopaedics and trauma, ophthalmic and interventional radiology
  • Acute and chronic pain management

Most common conditions seen

  • Persistent pain after complex abdominal surgery
  • Analgesic misuse
  • Opioid dependence

Most common symptoms seen

  • Acute and chronic pain
  • Prolonged hospital stays
  • Anxiety relating to general, local or regional anaesthesia

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