Professional background

MB BS (Hons), FRCA, FFPMRCA, PhD (UCL)

I am a Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and UCLH, London, UK.

I completed my training in anaesthesia rotating between the King’s College London, University College London, Chase Farm and Barnet and the Royal Free Hospitals. My Advanced Pain Medicine fellowship was based at the Imperial School, London and I held appointments at Chelsea and Westminster, Hillingdon and The Royal Marsden Hospitals. I went further supplementing my sub-specialty pain training with attachments to Guys’ and St Thomas’ hospitals (advanced neuromodulation) and Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA (interventional management of headaches) before taking up my current permanent post as a consultant.

My clinical activities are centered around the multidisciplinary management of acute, chronic and cancer pain. Pain Management Service offers individualised care for people with musculoskeletal, neuropathic, chronic or cancer-related pain. Our team provides a comprehensive approach to diagnosing, treating and relieving pain through a combination of minimally invasive interventional, pharmacological, and rehabilitative approaches. We work together to offer treatment plans tailored to each individual patient’s needs with the aim of reducing or eliminating pain and enabling patients to achieve the highest possible level of function.

Conditions commonly referred to me:

Musculoskeletal Pain

Whiplash

Soft tissue (sports) injuries – upper/lower limb, trunk

Chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain (primary and secondary to other injuries)

Chronic pain following surgery (including post mastectomy pain)

Neck pain

Back pain

Knee pain including chronic postoperative pain and denervation

Shoulder pain

Hip pain including denervation approaches

Prolapsed/bulging discs

Sacroiliac joint disorders

Trochanteric bursitis

Spinal stenosis

Facet joint syndrome

Failed back surgery syndrome

Plantar fasciitis

Chronic abdominal pain

Peripheral vascular disease

Sports and exercise related injuries

Persistent pain after surgery

Poorly controlled acute pain

Pelvic pain (male and female)

Vulvodynia

Prostate pain

Testicular pain

Bladder pain syndromes

Pelvic floor dysfunction

Medical management of endomentriosis and related disorders

Chronic pelvic pain

Pudendal neuralgia

Obturator nerve injury post sling insertion

Cancer pain

Chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy

Neuropathic Pain

Orofacial pain

Trigeminal neuralgia

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Chronic pain related to neurological and neurodegenerative disorders

Central pain syndrome

Phantom limb pain

Post herpetic neuralgia

Peripheral / polyneuropathy

Meralgia paraesthetica and other nerve entrapment syndromes

Interventional management of primary and some forms of secondary headache (e.g. postdural puncture, occipital neuralgia, cervicogenic headache, trigeminal neuralgia)

Personalised Pain Medicine tailored to suit your genetic makeup and preferences

Second opinion in complex cases

Rare / unexplained / inherited pain conditions

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

Wide range of X-ray and CT-guided injections targeting peripheral structures including nerves and nerve roots and central (axial) blockade.

• Cancer pain
• Back and neck pain
• Persistent pain after surgery
• Poorly controlled acute pain
• Neuropathic pain 
• Pain in urogenital area / pelvic pain (male and female)
• Personalised Pain Medicine tailored to suit your genetic makeup and preferences 
• Second opinion
• Rare / unexplained / inherited pain conditions