Greater Colchester Area

Simon Thomson
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• Consultant in pain medicine and neuromodulation at PAIN & NEUROMODULATION CONSULTING LTD

Biography
  • Assessment and treatment of chronic (persistent) pain
    • Musculoskeletal pain
    • Neuropathic pain
  • Precision targeted injections and radiofrequency lesioning
  • Neuromodulation
    • Spinal cord stimulation
    • Multifidus nerve stimulation for back pain
  • Medicolegal Expert
  • Industry consultancy work

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Training & background
I qualified in 1983 from University of London and received my fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthesia in 1988. I started a NHS consultant post in 1992. I was one of the first in the UK to qualify as a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice and was a founding fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists. I served on the council of the British Pain Society until 2008.

I founded the Neuromodulation Society of UK and Ireland in 2000 and served as President of the International Neuromodulation Society from 2009 to 2015. Under my leadership flourished and is now the pre-eminent society for all matters concerning Neuromodulation

I have received grants from National Institute of Health Research and Industry to carry out pivotal research for chronic (persistent) pain using neuromodulation, precision radiofrequency ablation and targeted therapy

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