Mark Alexander-Williams, MBBS, FRCA

Alexander-Williams, MBBS, FRCA, is a consultant with more than 20 years' experience in the field of pain management. He specialises in managing complex pain problems by employing diagnostic imaging techniques, injections and medicine management as part of a team approach. He works collaboratively with experts, including radiologists, surgeons, psychologists, physiotherapists and osteopaths.

Dr Alexander-Williams has been clinical lead in pain medicine at the Schoen Clinic since it opened and has been involved in the multidisciplinary team since its inception. Prior to leaving the National Health Service (NHS) in 2021, he was head of the department for six years and saw private and NHS patients in five different hospitals.

Dr Alexander-Williams currently sees over 300 new patients a year and takes referrals from primary care and all specialists, including specialist units in vascular anomalies, pelvic services, neurology and gastroparesis.

He is an expert in interventions, including Botox, radio frequency lesioning and pulsed radio frequency lesioning.

• Chronic pain
• Diskc pain
• Facet joint pain
• Muscular pain
• Nerve root pain
• Pain associated with other chronic diseases such as angina, arthritis, endometriosis, headache and pancreatitis.
• Pain involving the central or peripheral nervous system
• Post-traumatic pain
• Radicular pain such as brachialgia and sciatica
• Spinal pain

Dr Alexander-Williams treats all acute pain and chronic pain conditions. He specialises in interventional pain management for spinal conditions and holistic management for pelvic pain.

• Acute pain is something people experience when they injure themselves or have some form of trauma, such as an operation. It is also the body's way of warning when an underlying disease process may be developing, prompting someone to seek help. In the vast majority of people, the pain settles down as the body's healing processes take effect or when a disease is brought under control.
• Chronic pain is a persistent pain that continues after healing or is the result of ongoing damage.

Dr Alexander-Williams specialises in managing complex pain problems by employing diagnostic imaging techniques, injections and medicine management as part of a team approach. He works with experts, including radiologists, surgeons, psychologists, physiotherapists and osteopaths in a collaborative way.

He also specialises in interventional pain management for spinal conditions and holistic management for pelvic pain.

• MBBS, London University, 1987
• Completion of Specialist Training (CCST), September 1998

Publications include:

• Effects of methoxamine on blood loss and haemodynamic variables during transurethral prostatic resection under spinal anaesthesia [Letter]. J.M.Alexander-Williams. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 1995;74:628.
• Doxapram and the prevention of postoperative hypoxaemia. J.M.Alexander-Williams, A.J.Ogilvy, B.T.Langham, D.J.Rowbotham. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 1995;75:233P.
• Pulse oximetry: A practical review. C.D.Hanning, J.M.Alexander-Williams. British Medical Journal. 1995;311:367.
• The McCoy laryngoscope is superior to the Macintosh laryngoscope in patients with potential cervical spine injuries. S.C.Laurent, A.E.deMelo, J.M.Alexander-Williams. Anaesthesia. 1996;51:74.
• Effect of theophylline and forskolin on human respiratory cilia beat frequency in vitro. J.M.Alexander-Williams & T.A. Bedford. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 1996;77:685.
• Novel routes of opiate administration. J.M.Alexander-Williams, D.J.Rowbotham. Review article. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 1998;81:3.
• Paracetamol revisited: A review of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. B.Ward, J.M.Alexander-Williams. Acute Pain. 1999;2:139.
• Impact of an education programme on pain suffered and analgesia consumption. T.Kooner, D.Watkins, J.M.Alexander-Williams. Abstract published on Doctors.net.uk 2000.
• Machine malfunction. K.Mackrodt, M.Alexander-Wiliams (sic). Anaesthesia. 2001.
• Epidural infusions. L.Bannon, M.Alexander-Williams, D.Lutman. Anaesthesia. 2001;56.
• PCA diamorphine intranasal vs intravenous. M.Ward, G.Minto, M.Alexander-Williams. Anaesthesia. 2002;57:48.
• The Pakistan earthquake: A British trainee's experience. Injury. 2006;37:567. Ahmad MA, Naqui SZ, Shah N, Khan A, Alexander-Williams JM, Jaffery A.
• Stability of premixed syringes of diamorphine and hyperbaric bupivacaine. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. 2005;14:284. Hudson SJ, Jones MF, Nolan S, Ellis H, Duncombe R, Alexander-Williams JM.

• Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA)
• Fellow, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA)
• Member, British Pain Society
• Member, International Association for the Study of Pain