Anuj Bhatia
MBBS, MD, DNB, MNAMS, FRCA, FFPMRCA, FRCPC, FIPP
Dr. Anuj Bhatia is an Assistant Professor in Department of Anesthesia at University of Toronto and a Staff Anesthesiologist in Departments of Anesthesia and Pain Management at University Health Network (UHN), Mount Sinai Hospital, and Women's College Hospital. He trained in acute and chronic pain management at New Delhi, Cambridge, and Toronto. He has completed clinical and research fellowships in pain management and regional anesthesia at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. He is now the director of Clinical Pain Services in Department of Anesthesia at UHN. His current clinical and research interests include pharmacological and image-guided interventional treatments for acute, chronic and refractory neuropathic pain. He has published several papers on these topics and he is engaged in trials evaluating impact of ultrasound guidance on interventional pain procedures.
University:University of Toronto
Principal Faculty:Faculty of Medicine
Principal Department/Program:Anesthesia and Pain Management
Principal Hospital Appointment(s):University Health Network
Telephone:647-801-5143
Fax Number:416-603-6494
E-mail Address:anuj.bhatia@uhn.ca
Top Awards:
(1) November 2010: Trainee Publication Prize 2010 awarded by the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK.
(2) December 2006: Best paper award at Annual meeting of Anglia Society of Regional Anaesthesia at Newmarket, UK.
(3) March 2002: Harold Youngman Medal (best paper award) for presentation at Annual Conference of East Anglia Association of Anaesthetists at Shuttleworth, UK.
Key Publications:
(1) Bhatia, A., Brennan, L. J., Abrahams, M. J., et al. (2008). Chronic pain in children in the United Kingdom: A survey of pain clinicians and general practitioners. Pediatric Anesthesia, 18, 957-66. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18673319
(2) Gofeld, M., Bhatia, A., Abbas, S., et al. (2009). Development and validation of a new technique for ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 34, 475-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19920422
(3) Bellingham, G., Bhatia, A., Chan, C. W., et al. (2012). Randomized control trial comparing pudendal nerve block under fluoroscopy and ultrasound guidance. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 37, 262-6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22430025
(4) Bhatia, A., Flamer, D., & Peng, P. (accepted for publication). Evaluation of sonoanatomy relevant to performance and safety of stellate ganglion block using anterior and lateral simulated approaches in 100 subjects. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.
(5) Bhatia, A., Lai, J., Chan, V., et al. (2010). Pneumothorax as a complication of ultrasound-guided supraclavicular approach for brachial plexus block: a case report. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 111, 817-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20508135

