In his clinic, Dr Rayen, with enough background medical knowledge about you from the referral letter and medical notes, takes carful history and does necessary examination, if needed with the help of chaperone. He orders necessary investigation, tries to come to diagnosis and offers full and simple explanation to you about your condition. He tries to achieve pain management holistically with medication advice and adjustment, physiotherapy, injections and psychological therapies. He performs pain relieving injections including epidural injection, facet joint injections, different nerve blocks and joint injections, both under x-ray and ultrasound. He is an expert in using ultrasound for many pain-relieving injections and one of the first to introduce ultrasound guided injections in chronic pain and anaesthesia in Birmingham, UK.

Dr Rayen qualified as doctor in India in 1991 and obtained Diploma in Anaesthesia (DA) in 1994 from Dr MGR Medical University, India after finishing two-year structured course and examination at Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India. He was awarded Diploma in Anaesthesia (DA) in 1997 and fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) in 1998 by The Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK. He was granted Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA) in October 2007. He obtained Masters in Science (MSc) in Pain Management from Leicester University, UK in 2008.

Dr Rayen is interested in medical education and teaching. He continues to teach medical students, junior doctors, GP’s, consultants, nurses and other allied healthcare professionals. He has been an Instructor in Advanced Life Support course, run by Resuscitation Council (UK) for more than 10 years. He has also been an Instructor in Generic Instructor Course run by Resuscitation Council (UK) and Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) aimed at teaching potential instructors in Advanced Life Support course. It is a standardised national course teaching the principles of adult learning. He was awarded Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education by Dundee University in 2014. To recognise the highest professionalism and dedication in teaching, Higher Education Academy, UK conferred Dr Rayen Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), of United Kingdom.

Dr Rayen has been an examiner for Final FRCA examinations of The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London UK since 2015. Prior to that he was Primary FRCA examiner of The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London UK between 2012 – 2015.

Dr Rayen has presented and chaired sessions at local, national and international educational meetings at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Faculty of Pain Medicine and the British Pain Society. He has been a faculty in local, national and international courses teaching interventional pain techniques using x-rays and ultrasound. He is the founder and one of the regular faculty members on Birmingham Ultrasound in Regional Anaesthesia course at City Hospital Birmingham since its inception in 2005. He was the founder, course director and faculty of ‘Conscious Sedation course’ and ‘Radiology for Anaesthetists course’ at City Hospital. He has been a faculty in ‘Coventry Regional Anaesthesia and Workshop and Lectures - CRAWL’ course since 2015 teaching ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia technique. Dr Rayen was the founding Chair of West Midlands Pain Forum, a forum of Pain Management Consultants in West Midlands.

Dr Rayen has published in national and international journal on chronic pain management subjects. Dr Rayen was the Editor of Pain News, the official newsletter of British Pain Society and co-opted member of Council of British Pain Society between 2014 - 18. Prior to this he was a regular columnist writing on various pain management related medical articles in Pain News between 2010 and 2013.

In his clinic, Dr Rayen, with enough background medical knowledge about you from the referral letter and medical notes, takes carful history and does necessary examination, if needed with the help of chaperone. He orders necessary investigation, tries to come to diagnosis and offers full and simple explanation to you about your condition. He tries to achieve pain management holistically with medication advice and adjustment, physiotherapy, injections and psychological therapies. He performs pain relieving injections including epidural injection, facet joint injections, different nerve blocks and joint injections, both under x-ray and ultrasound. He is an expert in using ultrasound for many pain-relieving injections and one of the first to introduce ultrasound guided injections in chronic pain and anaesthesia in Birmingham, UK.

Dr Rayen qualified as doctor in India in 1991 and obtained Diploma in Anaesthesia (DA) in 1994 from Dr MGR Medical University, India after finishing two-year structured course and examination at Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India. He was awarded Diploma in Anaesthesia (DA) in 1997 and fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) in 1998 by The Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK. He was granted Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA) in October 2007. He obtained Masters in Science (MSc) in Pain Management from Leicester University, UK in 2008.

Dr Rayen is interested in medical education and teaching. He continues to teach medical students, junior doctors, GP’s, consultants, nurses and other allied healthcare professionals. He has been an Instructor in Advanced Life Support course, run by Resuscitation Council (UK) for more than 10 years. He has also been an Instructor in Generic Instructor Course run by Resuscitation Council (UK) and Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) aimed at teaching potential instructors in Advanced Life Support course. It is a standardised national course teaching the principles of adult learning. He was awarded Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education by Dundee University in 2014. To recognise the highest professionalism and dedication in teaching, Higher Education Academy, UK conferred Dr Rayen Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), of United Kingdom.

Dr Rayen has been an examiner for Final FRCA examinations of The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London UK since 2015. Prior to that he was Primary FRCA examiner of The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London UK between 2012 – 2015.

Dr Rayen has presented and chaired sessions at local, national and international educational meetings at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Faculty of Pain Medicine and the British Pain Society. He has been a faculty in local, national and international courses teaching interventional pain techniques using x-rays and ultrasound. He is the founder and one of the regular faculty members on Birmingham Ultrasound in Regional Anaesthesia course at City Hospital Birmingham since its inception in 2005. He was the founder, course director and faculty of ‘Conscious Sedation course’ and ‘Radiology for Anaesthetists course’ at City Hospital. He has been a faculty in ‘Coventry Regional Anaesthesia and Workshop and Lectures - CRAWL’ course since 2015 teaching ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia technique. Dr Rayen was the founding Chair of West Midlands Pain Forum, a forum of Pain Management Consultants in West Midlands.

Dr Rayen has published in national and international journal on chronic pain management subjects. Dr Rayen was the Editor of Pain News, the official newsletter of British Pain Society and co-opted member of Council of British Pain Society between 2014 - 18. Prior to this he was a regular columnist writing on various pain management related medical articles in Pain News between 2010 and 2013.

Dr A T Arasu Rayen obtained MBBS degree and qualified as a Doctor of Medicine at Madurai Kamaraj University in India in 1991. He was awarded Diploma in Anaesthesia by Dr MGR Medical University in India in 1994 and Diploma in Anaesthesia by Royal College of Anaesthetists, London in 1997. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 1998 and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2007. He was obtained MSc in Pain Management at Leicester University in 2008.

He has been a consultant at the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Hospitals, Birmingham practising in chronic pain management and anaesthesia from June 1992. In chronic pain management, he has been working within a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, psychologists and physiotherapists dealing with variety of patients.

He runs my private practice at the BMI Priory Hospital since 2002. In addition to this, he has also been practicing at West Midlands Hospital, Halesowen, West Midlands and Rowley Hall Hospital at Stafford since May 2012.

He has over 15 years of experience in the clinical management of a wide range of clinical presentations with chronic pain using medication-based, interventional pathways and multidisciplinary pathways. He has been providing the Court with expert opinion in matters of personal injury and medical negligence since 2002.

He currently prepares up to 2 – 3 pain management reports for the UK courts each month, both in chronic pain and anaesthesia. Currently his medicolegal practice involves claimant, defence and medical negligence.

He has attended several training courses for expert witnesses over the years. He has been a member of Birmingham Medico Legal Society, attending medico legal meetings conducted by the Society (http://www.bmlsinfo.org/)

Dr A T Arasu Rayen has completed annual appraisals since the appraisal system was established in or around 2003. I was appraised at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust most recently.

In 2018, his responsible officer submitted a positive recommendation about his revalidation. The GMC approved his recommendation and he was revalidated. His licence to practise continues and his next revalidation date is 2nd January 2024.

In his clinic, Dr Rayen, with enough background medical knowledge about you from the referral letter and medical notes, takes carful history and does necessary examination, if needed with the help of chaperone. He orders necessary investigation, tries to come to diagnosis and offers full and simple explanation to you about your condition. He tries to achieve pain management holistically with medication advice and adjustment, physiotherapy, injections and psychological therapies. He performs pain relieving injections including epidural injection, facet joint injections, different nerve blocks and joint injections, both under x-ray and ultrasound. He is an expert in using ultrasound for many pain-relieving injections and one of the first to introduce ultrasound guided injections in chronic pain and anaesthesia in Birmingham, UK.

Dr Rayen qualified as doctor in India in 1991 and obtained Diploma in Anaesthesia (DA) in 1994 from Dr MGR Medical University, India after finishing two-year structured course and examination at Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India. He was awarded Diploma in Anaesthesia (DA) in 1997 and fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) in 1998 by The Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK. He was granted Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA) in October 2007. He obtained Masters in Science (MSc) in Pain Management from Leicester University, UK in 2008.

Dr Rayen is interested in medical education and teaching. He continues to teach medical students, junior doctors, GP’s, consultants, nurses and other allied healthcare professionals. He has been an Instructor in Advanced Life Support course, run by Resuscitation Council (UK) for more than 10 years. He has also been an Instructor in Generic Instructor Course run by Resuscitation Council (UK) and Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) aimed at teaching potential instructors in Advanced Life Support course. It is a standardised national course teaching the principles of adult learning. He was awarded Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education by Dundee University in 2014. To recognise the highest professionalism and dedication in teaching, Higher Education Academy, UK conferred Dr Rayen Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), of United Kingdom.

Dr Rayen has been an examiner for Final FRCA examinations of The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London UK since 2015. Prior to that he was Primary FRCA examiner of The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London UK between 2012 – 2015.

Dr Rayen has presented and chaired sessions at local, national and international educational meetings at the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Faculty of Pain Medicine and the British Pain Society. He has been a faculty in local, national and international courses teaching interventional pain techniques using x-rays and ultrasound. He is the founder and one of the regular faculty members on Birmingham Ultrasound in Regional Anaesthesia course at City Hospital Birmingham since its inception in 2005. He was the founder, course director and faculty of ‘Conscious Sedation course’ and ‘Radiology for Anaesthetists course’ at City Hospital. He has been a faculty in ‘Coventry Regional Anaesthesia and Workshop and Lectures - CRAWL’ course since 2015 teaching ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia technique. Dr Rayen was the founding Chair of West Midlands Pain Forum, a forum of Pain Management Consultants in West Midlands.

Dr Rayen has published in national and international journal on chronic pain management subjects. Dr Rayen was the Editor of Pain News, the official newsletter of British Pain Society and co-opted member of Council of British Pain Society between 2014 - 18. Prior to this he was a regular columnist writing on various pain management related medical articles in Pain News between 2010 and 2013.