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Not Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Pain medicine
About me
Dr Haag qualified in 1996 at University of Tübingen, Germany. After finishing his M.D. he completed his post-graduate training in the UK which included a rotation in Anaesthesia in Merseyside and a Pain Fellowship in Liverpool.
In 1997 he was appointed as a Consultant, leading a progressive multi-disciplinary Pain Service at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, North Wales. In January 2026 he was appointed as a Lead Consultant at The Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (NHS) in Oswestry with the task to set up and lead a world class multi-disciplinary pain service.
He has a strong interest in interventional pain medicine which he teaches widely at national and international courses. He successfully co-runs an international cadaver workshop on Radiofrequency techniques at the University of Leiden, NL currently 4 times a year. With a strong commitment for better research in Pain Medicine he set up the National Spinal RF Registry. In 2018 he was made Visiting Professor for Social & Life Sciences at Glwndyr University, Wrexham where he is involved in teaching Master and PhD degree students. He is actively involved in pain research on a national and international level.
Areas of interest
Interventional Pain Medicine (image guided injections into joints and spine, trigger point injections etc); extensive Radio-frequency (RF) procedures, including cooled RF; Back pain; non-surgical management of Knee, Hip and Shoulder pain; Neuropathic pain; Headache and facial pain, incl. Trigeminal Neuralgia; widespread body pain conditions (Fibromyalgia); Pain Management Programme; close interdisciplinary relations with spinal, orthopaedic, general Surgery and Rheumatology.
Medical secretaries
- Sharon Powell
- Spire Yale Hospital Wrexham Technology Park Croesnewydd Rd Wrexham LL13 7YP
- 01978 268036
- sharon.powell2@spirehealthcare.com
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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A5765
Neurolytic Root Block (Radiofrequency denervation, Thermocoagulation, Cryotherapy or Phenol, including Rhizolysis) +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - ()
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A5745
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) LUMBAR - ()
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A7352
Local anaesthetic blockade of named major nerve or plexus +/- Image guidance (as sole procedure) - ()
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A5743
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) CERVICAL - ()
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A5790
Sacroiliac joint injection under image guidance (and bilateral) - ()
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A7300
Radiofrequency (including pulsed denervation), cryoprobe or phenol for permanent lesion of named peripheral nerve +/- image guidance - ()
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A5763
Neurolytic Root Block (Radiofrequency denervation, Thermocoagulation, Cryotherapy or Phenol, including Rhizolysis) +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) CERVICAL - ()
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A5766
Neurolytic Root Block (Radiofrequency denervation, Thermocoagulation, Cryotherapy or Phenol, including Rhizolysis) +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) CAUDAL - ()
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A5210
Epidural injection (lumbar) - ()