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Dr Sarah Akol Aturia is a Pain Management Specialist and Consultant Anaesthetist working in Milton Keynes University Hospital with a private practice at BMI The Saxon Clinic and BMI The Chiltern Hospital. Her NHS and private practices encompass all aspects of acute, chronic and cancer pain with a special interest in Spine, Musculoskeletal, Whiplash Injuries, Neuropathic, Chronic Post-Surgical and Pelvic Pain and Fibromyalgia. She is also the Lead Clinician for Acute Pain at Milton Keynes University Hospital Trust.

Dr Aturia strongly believes that early intervention is vital to prevent progression to a chronic state. She adopts a holistic approach with a tailored management plan and where relevant, the involvement of a multidisciplinary team. She concentrates on combining techniques to target pain with emphasis on rehabilitation-physiotherapy and psychological techniques where appropriate. Her focus is to reduce the impact of pain and ultimately improve one's quality of life, and long term physical and emotional wellbeing.

Dr Aturia graduated in 1996, completed higher specialist training in the Oxford School of Anaesthesia, obtaining the FRCA and FFPMRCA. She underwent a one year Pain Fellowship at The Royal Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia. She lectures undergraduates at the University of Buckingham Medical School and is a lecturer for the Essential Pain Management (EPM) Programme. EPM an initiative of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists designed to improve pain assessment and management in developing countries. She also prepares and provides medicolegal reports.