Lourdes S Gaspar: Consultant Pain Specialist, Harley Street, London

Specialist in pain management, expertise in chronic pain interventions, particularly lumbar back pain with associated nerve root problems.

Dr Lourdes Gaspar MB CHB, FRCA, FIPP is a Consultant Specialist in Pain Medicine. He is the Lead Clinician in Chronic Pain Medicine at a specialist orthopaedic hospital with a reputation for excellence in treating musculoskeletal disorders. Dr Gaspar also consults privately at the following hospitals in London: BMI/Phoenix Weymouth Hospital, 9 Harley Street, Highgate Hospital and Fitzroy Square Hospital (BMI).

Dr Gaspar currently sees over 300 new patients and carries out 5-600 X-ray-guided spinal pain interventions a year. He is the only one of 30 pain physicians in the UK holding the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP). This is awarded after rigorous examination by the World Institute of Pain. This has become established as the benchmark for excellence in interventional pain practice. 

Dr Gaspar’s previous training and experience includes a clinical lectureship in chronic pain medicine at the University of Liverpool. He has a broad experience of chronic pain problems and provides a comprehensive range of treatments. Dr Gaspar specialises in the management of lumbar back pain with associated nerve root problems.

Dr Gaspar is an invited speaker at Pain Medicine meetings and conferences at both a local and national level.

Dr Gaspar’s pain management clinic in Harley Street, London

Dr Gaspar’s clinic aims to:

• Reduce the intensity of the pain in patients through the careful use of drugs and pain interventions

• Increase the overall physical function and mobility of each patient

• Address the emotional impact that the pain may be having on the patient
  
  

An integral part of Dr Gaspar’s clinical practice is a personal telephone follow-up service which allows prompt feedback in relation to any treatment strategies that he employs. His telephone consultations also help to build trust and confidence with his patients. 

Ultimately, it is Dr Gaspar’s hope to help patients feel much more in control of their pain problems.

Dr Gaspar's Website

Dr Gaspar has designed a website to help educate patients about all aspects of modern pain medicine. The website contains easy-to-follow animations that explain pain problems and the available treatment strategies.

Please visit: www.PainMedicineSpecialist.co.uk

Telephone follow-up service for pain management

Dr Gaspar’s telephone follow-up service has been set up to allow prompt feedback about any treatment strategies that he employs. 

If Dr Gaspar prescribes a drug or changes the dosage, he rings his patients up to see what effects it's having. Dr Gaspar wants to know whether the patient is tolerating it well or whether they are experiencing any unpleasant side effects. It may be that the drug is not working at all in which case he will look for an alternative strategy. Dr Gaspar ensures that all the drugs he prescribes are properly monitored. It usually takes several phone calls over 4-6 weeks to safely establish someone on a particular drug. 

Dr Gaspar makes a follow-up telephone consultation to all patients who have had a pain interventional procedure, usually at two weeks. He has a detailed discussion with the patient about what effect the intervention has had on the individual's pain condition and also discusses reducing the pain medications at that time.

Dr Gaspar uses these phone calls to educate patients as to what they can expect from their drugs and procedures and when and how they should seek further guidance and help. 

He follows all consultations with a letter to the patient's GP and other related specialists, and sends a copy to the patient as well so that everyone is kept informed. Taking absolute responsibility is fundamental to Dr Gaspar's practice.

Dr Gaspar does not charge for his telephone follow up service.