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Dr Sami Alawad

Anaesthetics 06037761

  • Bupa Platinum consultant
  • Fee assured
  • Open Referral network
Overview
Bupa Platinum consultant
Fee assured
Open Referral network

Specialises in

  • Pain medicine

Offers

  • Face-to-face consultations
  • Video and telephone consultations

About me

I completed my specilaist training in anaesthesia at Barts and the London School of Anaesthesia. I then completed my advanced pain medicine fellowship training at Whipps Cross and St Bartholomew’s hospitals in London. I completed my training in 2012 and was appointed a consultant in pain medicine at Barts and The London NHS Trust for three years. I am currently an appointed consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at Medway NHS Foundation Trust.

Areas of interest

I am a consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management.

I have a praticular interest in spinal pain management including neck pain, back pain, brachiagia and sciatica.

I provide treatment for the following chronic pain conditions:

- Chronic Back Pain including pain from the facet joints and the intervertebral discs.
- Sciatica nerve pain.
- Chronic neck pain including pain from the facets joints.
- Brachialgia or cervical nerve root pain.
- Chronic Headache.
- Chronic Shoulder and arm pain.
- Myofascial Pain.
- Neuropathic pain including complex regional pain syndrome, post shingles pain and chronic post-surgical pain.



I carry out the following intervention procedures:

; Facet joints injections.
; Lumbar epidurals and lumbar nerve root injections.
; Cervical nerve root blocks.
; Radiofrequency ablation and pulsed radiofrequency techniques.
; Botox treatment for chronic migraine.

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Procedures completed

  • A5743

    Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) CERVICAL - (1-5)

  • Q1703

    Impedance controlled bipolar radiofrequency ablation for menorrhagia (including hysteroscopy) - (1-5)

  • V2540

    Posterior excision of disc prolapse (including microdiscectomy +/- decompression) - lumbar region (1 or 2 levels) - (1-5)

  • J1830

    Laparoscopic cholecystectomy - (1-5)

  • T6782

    Repair of distal biceps tendon - (1-5)

  • V2562

    Decompression for central spinal stenosis (3 or more levels) - (1-5)

  • W3717

    Minimally invasive hip replacement - unilateral - (1-5)

  • W5200

    Unicompartmental knee replacement - unilateral - (1-5)

  • T2021

    Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia requiring mesh - unilateral - (1-5)

  • A5755

    Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - (1-5)

  • F3440

    Tonsillectomy - adult (and bilateral) - (1-5)

  • Q0751

    Laparoscopic subtotal hysterectomy, +/- oophorectomy, +/- ureterolysis - (1-5)

  • T2002

    Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia - unilateral - (1-5)

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