Dr Alex Kumar BSc FRCA

Dr Alex Kumar is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management with Honorary Consultant appointments at King’s College Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. 
 

He qualified from Bart’s and The London and undertook specialty training in Anaesthetics and Pain Management both in the UK and abroad with fellowships in acute pain at St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, and in chronic pain at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. 

Alex’s area of expertise is in the use of pain medicine to enable rehabilitation to improve function and quality of life. This is achieved by using a truly holistic, multidisciplinary approach, tailoring intervention, medication, and pain therapies in partnership with the patient. 

Alex lives in London with his wife a Gastroenterologist, and their three young children. Away from London they can be found either in Devon or in the mountains. 

SPECIALIST INTERESTS

Acute and Chronic Pain Medicine to enable Rehabilitation after Injury and Trauma, Spinal Medicine and Interventional Pain Medicine

SPORTING INTERESTS

Running, Cycling and Backcountry Skiing