sub-specialities
- Pain management
- Sciatica
- Spinal injury & pain
- Neuralgia
- Complex pain syndromes
- Fibromyalgia
- Joint pain
- Pain after surgery
Training & Background
| Qualifications: | BM (Southampton), FRCA |
| Year first qualified: | 1983 |
| GMC number: | 2821221 |
| Clinic times: | By appointment |
Dr Bakhshi qualified in medicine from the University of Southampton, in 1983. Early involvement in pain management setting the path for a career which has added much to his field and to medical best practice.
His specialist training took place at The Royal London and Great Ormond Street Hospitals. The knowledge gained enhanced by an eighteen month research fellowship in pain management, at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
Dr Bakhshi was added to the GMC’s Specialist Register for Anaesthetics in 1996. Taking up consultancy posts which now include acting as the senior consultant in charge of a multidisciplinary pain clinic, at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
Procedures provided to his patients include epidurals for chronic pain relief and facet joint denervation. Dr Bakhshi has a specialist interest in the management of conditions bringing neuropathic pain, such as trigerminal, or post-herpatic neuralgia.
His knowledge of techniques such as radio frequency denervation, or nerve stimulation can be valuable to patients. Above all, the individual care Dr Bakhshi provides is a testimony to his understanding of the way pain can change lives.
Research & Teaching
Dr Bakhshi believes that spreading the word on good pain management is important. He has helped to train GPs, anaesthetists and other specialists, along with supporting community based, multi-disciplinary teams.
He has developed and expanded interventional techniques for chronic and neuropathic pain. Along with creating clinical guidelines covering his field and acting as a tutor for the Faculty of Pain Medicine, at the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
Research projects Dr Bakhshi has been directly involved in include, the effects of intravenous fluid replacement during day case anaesthesia, the activity of varying metabolites of morphine and the risk of hypoxaemia (low blood oxygen levels) after abdominal surgery.
He is an active member of the British Pain Society and continues to dedicate time to help ensure that all patients receive good support to manage pain.
