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Dr Rafik Sedra

Consultant Chronic Pain Medicine

MBBch, FRCA, FCAI, FFPMRCA, EDAIC, Msc anaesthetics

Practises at:  The Princess Margaret Hospital

Dr Rafik Sedra

Personal Profile

Dr Rafik Sedra is a highly accomplished and experienced consultant in pain medicine andanaesthesia who specialises in lower back pain, neck pain, pelvic pain, post-operative pain, fibromyalgia and joint pain (shoulder, hip and knee pain). 

Dr Sedra, who notably obtained an MSc in anaesthesia, also possesses expertise in sciatica, regional anaesthesia, shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, cancer pain, chronic pain, and radiofrequency intervention, but to mention a few. Dr Sedra successfully undertook intensive and specialist training in chronic pain and anaesthetics at Oxford School of Anaesthesia and his chronic pain training at Guy’s & St Thomas' Hospital in London.

He has, to-date, published a significant amount of peer-reviewed articles in established medical journals, and is actively involved in teaching trainees on a daily basis. He is working at Frimley NHS trust and is a consultant in chronic pain and anaesthesia. He works regularly at pain clinics and has received great interest in interventional pain procedures. He believes that chronic pain is better managed through a holistic approach, which means managing biological, psychological and social aspects of pain.

Clinical Interests

  • Frozen shoulder 
  • Regional anaesthesia
  • Chronic back pain and sciatica 
  • Radiofrequency intervention 
  • Neck and arm pain 
  • Headaches 
  • Thoracic pain (including chronic herpetic neuralgia)
  • Post mastectomy pain syndrome 
  • Sciatica Modify 
  • CRPS 
  • Pelvic pain and pudendal neuralgia 
  • Coccyx pain (coccydynia) 
  • Fibromyalgia 

Professional Memberships

General Medical Council
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