Arun Bhaskar MBBS, MSc, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FFICM, FIPP, EDPM

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.

Dr. Bhaskar graduated from the University of Kerala, India and completed his specialist training at the Northwest Deanery, UK.  He started his consultant career at the world-renowned cancer hospital, The Christie in Manchester where he established the Pain service.

Dr. Bhaskar has been involved with several clinical trials in cancer pain, and neuropathic pain in cancer including chemotherapy-induced neuropathy.  He has been involved in developing novel techniques for the interventional treatment of pain including intractable cancer pain.

Dr. Bhaskar is on the faculty of many courses, including the European Pain School, and is an examiner for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine and also the FIPP examination for the World Institute of Pain. Dr. Bhaskar was also the past-Chair of the Northwest Pain Clinicians, a UK member of the scientific committee for the European Pain Federation, EFIC 2017, and was also the Co-chair of the International Meeting of the Spinal Interventional Society, London 2018. Dr. Bhaskar has also represented the Faculty of Pain Medicine in the Palliative Medicine SAC, Royal College of Physicians.

Dr. Bhaskar writes a regular column in the Pain News and serves as a section editor for the Journal of Observational Pain Medicine.  He regularly publishes in peer-reviewed journals and has been a member of several guidelines development groups for pain management including interventional management of pain, opioids and cannabinoids.

Dr. Bhaskar is currently based in the south of England with practices in London and his NHS commitment is as Head of Service at the Pain Management Centre at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London.