Name: Dr. Bhaskar Basu MB BS, D.Orth, MRCS, FEBPRM (Fellow of European Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation)

Position with special Interests: Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine, Specialist in Amputee Rehabilitation. Consultant in hyper-acute rehabilitation (poly-trauma rehabilitation), Neurorehabilitation and musculoskeletal rehabilitation.

Contact details: info@pacerehab.com  Tel: 0161 428 5500

Location: Based at Bredbury (Cheshire)

Posts:

• Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine and Clinical Lead in Acute Trauma Rehabilitation
• Consultant in Amputee Rehabilitation (Specialised Ability Centre, Manchester)
• University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM)
• Consultant in Neurorehabilitation, Trafford General Hospital, Manchester
• Consultant in Neurorehabilitation, Ashbrook Neurorehabilitation, Rochdale, Manchester
• Member of the National Clinical Guideline Development Group (GDG) for Trauma Service Delivery (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence NICE / National Clinical Guideline Committee NCGC / Royal College of Physicians) 2014-2015
• Member of SIGAM (Special Interest Group for Amputee Medicine) and SIG Trauma (for Major Trauma) British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine
• BSRM Amputee and Prosthetic Rehabilitation Standards and Guidelines document 2015: author and co-author of number of chapters
• Honorary Lecturer in Salford University

Career: Dr Basu qualified as a Doctor in 1997 from the University of Calcutta in India. Following his post-graduation, he had further training in Rehabilitation Medicine from North West Deanery in Manchester. He is a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at University Hospital of South Manchester. His NHS Amputee Medicine practice is based at Specialised Ability Centre Manchester (Sub-regional Centre for Amputee Rehabilitation), providing the Consultant service for the patients with amputation from various causes, for the people with congenital limb deficiency and for complex prosthetic rehabilitation need including post amputation pain phenomenon. He also provides the inpatient amputee rehabilitation service at Wythenshawe Hospital, Wigan Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary (including the children’s hospital).

Dr Basu is the selected Member of the National Clinical Guideline Development Group (GDG) for Trauma Service Delivery (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence NICE |NCGC | Royal College of Physicians) 2014-2015. He also holds Honorary Lecturer post in Salford University. He is one of the major contributors for BSRM Amputee and Prosthetic Rehabilitation Standards and Guidelines document 2015 (not published yet).

He also has special interest in Spasticity management including Botulinum Toxin Chemodenervation, Neurorehabilitation including Stroke Rehabilitation, Hyper-acute Rehabilitation, Poly-trauma Rehabilitation, Traumatic brain injury, Spinal cord injury Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. He is the Clinical Lead for the Acute Rehabilitation following Major Trauma at UHSM and serves a very important part of the team providing a comprehensive and specialist Neurorehabilitation service for complex patients in Greater Manchester Neurorehabilitation pathway.

Dr Basu is regular contributor to professional journals, and has taken an active interest in a number of rehabilitation and educational projects for Salford, Manchester University and UCLAN. He has a wealth of teaching experience and regularly presents at national and international meeting. He has a number of published articles in leading journals. He teaches undergraduate, postgraduate medical professionals and Allied Health Professionals in various settings and is faculty for many different courses and workshops. He is an educational supervisor for trainees in rehabilitation Medicine and serves in the specialist training select committee (STSC) for Rehabilitation Medicine of Health Education North West.

In addition to his National Health Service work, He has been working with Pace Rehabilitation as a specialist in Amputee Medicine and as the Consultant in Neurorehabilitation for Ashbrook Neurorehabilitation, Manchester. He regularly contributes to “independent Rehabilitation Report” for holistic assessment of complex rehabilitation needs (Medical and Medico-legal). His passion in all aspects of rehabilitation that can improve the functional and physical capacity is well appreciated.

Membership: General Medical Council, British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, Royal College of Medicine, British Medical Association, Medical Defence Union, Special Interest Group in Amputee Medicine (SIGAM) of BSRM and Special Interest Group in Major Trauma (SIG Trauma) of BSRM.

Other: In addition to his career and academic activities, he enjoys painting, drawing cartoon, watching football and playing cricket.

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