Hon Consultant, Pain Management Centre, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust
London, UK
Biography
Dr Arun Bhaskar’s clinical interests include cancer pain and management of complex pains. He has a special interest in opioid management in pain patients. He has been involved with several clinical trials and in developing novel interventional techniques for cancer pain. Dr Bhaskar is the Hon. Secretary of the World Society of Pain Clinicians and an elected member of the Council of the British Pain Society and Neuromodulation Society of UK and Ireland. He chairs the Communications Committee of the British Pain Society and is council liaison for interventional, neuropathic pain and headache special interest groups (SIGs). Dr Bhaskar also serves as an advisor to NICE.
Disclosures
- Astellas Pharma
- Bayer
- Cosman/Optimus
- Grunenthal
- GW Pharma
- Indivior
- Napp
- Neurotherm/St. Jude
- Secretary, World Society of Pain Clinicians
- Elected Council Member, British Pain Society
- Chair, Communications Committee
- Cancer Pain Committee
- Neuropathic pain SIG – council liaison
- Interventional SIG – council liaison
- Headache SIG – council liaison
- Website and publications
- Elected Council Member, Neuromodulation Society of UK & Ireland
- Faculty of Pain Medicine representative, Specialist Appointments Committee, Palliative Medicine, Royal College of Physicians
- Member, joint Task-force BPS-APM
- NICE – Member GDG, Care of the Dying
- Advisor on Interventional procedures
- Advisor on Cancer Pain
- Member, Steering Group, North of England Pain Group
- Immediate-past Chair, Northwest Group of Pain Clinicians
- Council member, Manchester Medical Society
- Executive Council Member, London Pain Forum
- Medical Advisory Committee, The Christie Clinic