Dr Niraj Gopinath

Practising at

Spire Leicester Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Niraj Gopinath at Spire include:

Pain management

• Injection treatment for chronic migraines
• Epidural injections
• Neuralgia (nerve pain) treatment
• Joint pain treatment (joint injections)
• Facet joint injections
• Pain management injections for back and facet joints

Other treatments

Professional profile

My practice at Spire Leicester Hospital mirrors my NHS practice, where I lead the Multidisciplinary Facial Pain Clinic at Leicester Hospitals. My main focus is on chronic abdominal pain, facial pain and headache.

I treat Abdominal Pain including abdominal myofascial pain syndrome (AMPS), anterior cutaneous entrapment syndrome (ACNES), visceral abdominal pain syndrome (VAPS) and abdominal migraine.

I have a special clinical interest in Headaches including Migraine, Occipital Neuralgia, Cluster Headache and Tension Type Headache.

Facial Pain conditions I treat include Trigeminal Neuralgia, Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain (TNP), and Temporomandibular Joint Pain.

I also have an interest in sacroiliac joint pain, coccygeal pain, post-surgical pain including hernia pain, facet joint pain and shoulder joint pain. Nerve pain (Neuropathic pain) including post amputation phantom pain, Shingles (post herpetic neuropathy) and diabetic neuropathy. I also manage Fibromyalgia, Spinal stenosis and Whiplash induced pain.

I am involved in Clinical Research in Pain Medicine. I lead the Clinical Research Unit in Pain Medicine at University Hospitals of Leicester. I am also involved in teaching and hold the post of Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester.

Qualification and professional memberships

MBBS / Kerala University, India / 1995
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science

MD Anaesthesia / Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) / 2000
Doctor of Medicine

Fellow of Royal College of Anaesthetists / Royal College of Anaesthetists, London / 2005
FRCA

FFPMRCA / London / 2010
Fellow of Faculty of Pain Medicine Royal College of Anaesthetists

Professional memberships

The World Institute of Pain
The Royal College of Anaesthetists

Current NHS posts

Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia, University Hospitals of Leicester.

Research and Publication

My current research includes abdominal myofascial pain syndrome, headaches and trigeminal neuropathic pain.

Articles

View my recent publications

Personal Profile

I love spending time with my family and I enjoy gardening.

I am involved in charitable work and am a Trustee in a UK based Charitable Trust (Anugraham Charitable Trust). The Trust is involved in education, healthcare and emergency relief work.

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