Ravishankar Rao Baikady MBBS, FRCA, DA, DipNB

Dr. Ravishankar Rao Baikady is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. He specialises in the management of major cancer surgeries and also as a peri-operative physician in anaesthesia focussing on pre-operative risk assessment to improve patient outcomes after major cancer surgeries. His research projects include peri-operative anaemia management, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, Anaesthesia for major cancer surgery and evidence-based management of major haemorrhages.

In addition to research interests, Dr Rao Baikady actively promotes evidence-based practices toward anaemia and haemorrhage management. As part of the patient blood management programme, Dr Rao Baikady initiated anaemia management in cancer surgery with intravenous Iron infusion, blood conservation strategies and education for health professionals. He is a key opinion leader in anaemia management in major surgery. Dr R Rao Baikady has produced journal publications in this area and is currently involved in various multicentre research projects. He regularly organises international educational programmes on ‘Bleeding, Clotting and Haemorrhage’ in collaboration with the Association of Anaesthetists in the UK and Ireland and ‘Anaesthesia for major surgery’.

Dr Rao Baikady is also elected council member of the Association of Anaesthetists in the UK and Ireland since 2016.