Clinical expertise

Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy is a pain medicine and neuromodulation consultant, specialising in the management of spine pain and spinal cord stimulation, neuropathic pain, musculoskeletal pain, facial pain, headache, and advanced interventional pain procedures.

He regularly treats patients with conditions such as:

• cervical and upper neck pain
• chronic abdominal pain
• chronic pelvic pain
• facial pain and headache disorders
• interstitial cystitis
• leg pain (sciatica)
• mechanical back pain
• musculoskeletal pain syndromes
• neuropathic pain
• peripheral nerve pain syndromes
• post-surgical spine pain syndrome
• severe chronic lower back pain
• spinal cord injury-related pain
• upper arm and shoulder pain

He performs treatments such as:

• cervical epidural and facet joint injections
• dorsal root ganglion stimulation
• image-guided pain relief procedures
• lumbar epidural steroid injection
• lumbar epiduralysis
• lumbar facet joint denervation / medial branch radiofrequency treatment
• lumbar facet joint injection
• neuromodulation and spinal cord stimulation
• peripheral nerve stimulation
• plexus blocks
• sacroiliac joint injection
• selective nerve root block
• spinal nerve root block
• sympathetic nerve blocks

Biography

Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy received a Bachelor of Medicine (MB) from the University of Bashrah, Iraq in 1983 before being awarded a fellowship with the Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK in 1994. He completed a fellowship in Pain at the Toronto University, Canada in 1997 and was named honorary research associate for neurological science at the Walton Centre in 1998. He went on to a fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists UK in 2007 before completing a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice from World Institution of Pain in 2009.

Dr Al-Kaisy is an internationally renowned consultant in pain medicine and neuromodulation, widely recognised as one of the world’s leading experts in the management of complex spinal pain and neuropathic pain disorders. With more than three decades of clinical, academic, and research excellence, he has played a pioneering role in advancing modern neuromodulation and interventional pain medicine both in the UK and internationally. He has received multiple national and international awards in recognition of his outstanding contribution to pain medicine, innovation, education, and clinical research. This includes being voted Hospital Doctor of the Year for the category of pain management in 2001.

Adnan has served as consultant in pain medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust for over 22 years and was clinical lead of one of the UK’s foremost multidisciplinary pain management and neuromodulation centres for 14 years. He is also a reader in pain medicine at King’s College London, where he leads highly specialised care for patients with severe and disabling chronic pain conditions.

Research interests

Dr Adnan Al-Kaisy has a particular research interest in chronic lower back pain, neuropathic pain, neuromodulation, and evidence-based interventional pain management. His work focuses on improving outcomes and quality of life for patients living with disabling chronic pain conditions through the application of the best available clinical evidence and innovative treatment approaches.

He has contributed extensively to research involving spinal cord stimulation, dorsal root ganglion stimulation, focal neuropathic pain, and minimally invasive treatments for persistent spinal pain syndromes. His academic work includes involvement in prospective clinical studies, pragmatic randomised controlled trials, and multidisciplinary pain management research.

A globally respected educator, innovator, and researcher, Dr Al-Kaisy has authored and co-authored more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific publications, book chapters, and international guidelines. His research has significantly influenced contemporary practice in neuromodulation and evidence-based chronic pain management, helping improve the quality of life of patients suffering from some of the most challenging and debilitating pain conditions worldwide.