About
Dr Debajit Phukan is a renowned consultant in anaesthetics and pain management in Surrey. He specialises in general anaesthesia, back and neck pain and sciatica. He is also an expert in neuropathic pain and pain conditions, particularly trigeminal neuralgia.
Dr Phukan qualified in medicine in 1995 from Dibrugarh University, India before obtaining a further diploma in anaesthetics from Delhi University. He later relocated to the UK where he pursued further training at St. George’s School of Anaesthesia in London. He is an appointed fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists with additional accreditation from the College’s faculty of pain medicine. He is also a recognised fellow in interventional pain practice at the World Institute of Pain, USA and achieved a diploma in regional anaesthesia and acute pain management from the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia in 2014.
Dr Phukan was appointed as a consultant in anaesthetics and pain management within Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in 2009. He sees private patients at Spire Gatwick Park Hospital, Ashtead Hospital and North Downs Hospital. He is a member of numerous esteemed societies, including the Spine Intervention Society and the British Pain Society.
Education
• MB BS, Bachelor of surgery, bachelor of medicine, Dibrugarh University, India (1995)• DA, Diploma, Anaesthetics, Delhi University (1997)
• FRCA, Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists (2005)• FIPP, Fellow, Interventional pain practice, World Institute of Pain, USA (2009)• FFPMRCA, Fellow, Faculty of pain medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists (2010)• EDRA, European diploma, Regional anaesthesia and acute pain management, European Society of Regional Anaesthesia (ESRA) (2014)
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List of Treatments
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Work Experience
• More than 25 years of experience• Consultant in anaesthetics and pain management, Spire Gatwick Park Hospital (present)
• Pain management consultant, Ashtead Hospital (present)• Pain management consultant, North Downs Hospital (present)• Consultant in anaesthetics and pain management, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust (2009 – present)
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Special Interest
• Back pain• Chronic pain
• CRPS• Epidural steroid injection• Facial pain• Headache• Head and neck pain• Interventional procedures• Joint pain treatment• Low back pain• Lumbar sympathectomy• Lumbar, thoracic, cervical facet joint medial branch block• Myofascial pain• Nerve root block• Neuropathic pain• Pain management, including injections• Peripheral nerve blocks• Persistent post-surgical pain• Radiofrequency procedures• Sacroiliac joint injection• Sciatica• Stellate ganglion block• Trigger point injection
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