MBBS, MD, FRCA, FFPMRCA, DESAIC, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA
Medical Training
- Trained and worked as Consultant Anaesthetist in India following MD (Anaesthesia)
- Moved to the United Kingdom in 2002 and worked within the NHS
- Clinical training and consultant roles across major UK university hospitals including:
- Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Salford Royal Foundation Trust
- University Hospital Aintree
- Northwick Park Hospital, London
- Walton Centre, Liverpool
- Completed advanced training in Pain Medicine at:
- Wirral University Teaching Hospitals
- Walton Centre, Liverpool
- Salford Royal Foundation Trust
- Lancaster Royal Infirmary
- Awarded FRCA, DESAIC, and Fellowship of Faculty of Pain Medicine (UK) during this period
Appointments
- Senior Medical Officer – Mackay Base Hospital
- Private Practice – Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Mackay
- Former Lead in Pain Medicine – Wirral University Teaching Hospitals, UK
- Lead Interventionalist – Department of Pain Management, Wirral University Teaching Hospital
- Lead Consultant – Pain Management Programme, Wirral University Teaching Hospital
Teaching & Academic Roles
- Lecturer in Anaesthetics – India
- Supervisor of Training in Pain Management – Wirral University Teaching Hospitals
- Lead for Pain Training Programmes involving:
- Medical students
- Anaesthetic trainees
- Pain Management Fellows
- Chair – Mersey Chronic Pain Group, UK
Clinical Interests
- Multidisciplinary management of chronic and persistent pain
- Biopsychosocial approach to pain assessment and treatment
- Interventional and non-interventional pain management
- Conditions treated include:
- Lower back and spinal pain
- Chronic post-surgical pain
- Shoulder and knee joint pain
- Cancer-related and non-cancer pain
- Procedures include:
- Diagnostic nerve blocks
- Radiofrequency procedures
- Intrathecal pump management
- Spinal Cord Stimulator management
Anaesthetic Experience
- Extensive experience in tertiary referral centres, including:
- Colorectal surgery – St Mark’s Hospital, London
- Head & Neck / ENT surgery – Northwick Park Hospital, University Hospital Aintree, Central Manchester University Hospitals
- Neurosurgery – Walton Centre and Royal Salford Hospital
- Maternity – Northwick Park Hospital London, St Mary’s Hospital Manchester, Liverpool Women’s Hospital
- Robotic Surgery – Wirral University Teaching Hospital
Specialty
- Pain Medicine / Management
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