Consultant in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital
Faculty tutor and trainer in Pain Medicine.
Qualifications: MBBS, FRCA, EDIC, IDCC, FFPMRCA
Affiliations / memberships:
• Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine
• Fellow of Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Member of the British Pain Society
• Member of European pain federation
• Advanced life support trained (ALS)
Dr Ram Dhotarkar is an experienced Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain Management. He has over 10 years of experience in pain management.
He went to do prestigious Pain Fellowship from University College London and Stanmore Orthopaedic Hospital, after gaining experience at Oxford University hospitals. He works as a consultant at Royal Berkshire NHS foundation Trust .He has his private practice across Berkshire and South Buckinghamshire. He runs his pain clinics in Reading, Townlands Hospital (Henley) and High Wycombe.He has developed a good reputation in providing patients with optimal clinical care and is scored highly on rating of clinical effectiveness and patient satisfaction.
He has special interests in MSK and spinal pain, ultrasound guided pain interventions, spinal interventions, persistent post surgical pain including persistent pain post joint replacement.
Dr Dhotarkar believes that pain should be treated as early as possible to avoid chronicity. A thorough assessment is very vital, with multidisciplinary approach to get the best outcome. He offers interventional and non interventional treatments. Dr Dhotarkar employs a collaborative approach, he works with a team of highly skilled specialist pain physiotherapists and psychologists in partnership with patients to help manage their pain.He believes that pain management is best delivered using a patient centred holistic approach within a multidisciplinarary setting. He works in close collaboration with spinal surgeons.
He is a faculty tutor for the Royal College with keen interest in teaching. He teaches on national and international courses on ultrasound guided pain management interventions and regional anesthetic techniques.