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Consultant Profile

Dr Joshua Adedokun

Name:
Dr Joshua Adedokun MBBS, DA, FRCA, FCARCSI, FPMRCA
Practising at:
Spire Manchester Hospital
Specialties:
  • Anaesthetics
    • Pain management
Current NHS and /or university posts:

Pain Medicine Consultant, North Manchester General Hospital

Year of first medical qualification:
1990
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

British Pain Society (BPS)
World Institute of Pain (WIP)
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS)
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)
British Medical Association
Northwest Pain Society
North of England Pain Society

 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
0161 232 2261
Private secretary telephone number:
0161 226 1811
Private secretary fax:
0870 706 4640
Private secretary email address:
Availability:
Friday and Tuesday evenings
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:

Dr. Adedokun became a Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland in 2004, in the same year became a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetist. He was granted Fellowship by assessment of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists in 2009.

Dr. Adedokun was appointed as a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Pain Medicine at the Pennine Acute NHS Trust (North Manchester General Hospital) in May 2007.
 
Dr. Adedokun`s practice is currently based at the North Manchester General Hospital Pain Management Unit, which is a dynamic, progressive and multi-disciplinary unit.   He has extensive experience in a wide range of  chronic pain conditions such as Cervical spinal, Neck pain, Whiplash syndromes and Brachialgia, Thoracic spinal, lumbar spinal  and sciatic pain.

His experience  also includes  other chronic  pain conditions such Atypical facial pain, Trigeminal neuralgia, Post herpetic neuralgia, and other neuropathic pain syndromes, Complex headaches, Complex Regional  Pain Syndrome, Cancer pain, Musculo-skeletal injuries/ pain, Repetitive strain injuries, Fibromyalia, Chronic Myofascial  Pain Syndrome, Shoulder  Pain, Abdominal and Pelvic  Pain Syndromes.
 
Dr. Adedokun`s private consulting rooms are at the Spire Manchester Hospital, with admitting rights to treat patients with a wide range of  chronic pain conditions.
 
Dr. Adedokun varied interests include management of neuropathic pain especially Trigeminal neuralgia, chronic abdominal pain syndromes and Musculoskeletal pain syndromes.  Radiofrequency techniques for spinal and root pains.

Dr. Adedokun is actively involved in local Foundation and Higher Specialist Pain Training, he is an active member of the Pain Training Action Group; he organises the annual Chronic Pain Study Day for trainees and GPs.  He is also a Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Observational Pain Medicine.

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