About Alex Kumar
Alongside his position at Welbeck, Dr Alex Kumar holds Honorary Consultant appointments in Anaesthesia and Pain Management at King’s College Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where he established the London Major Trauma Pain Clinic.
Dr Kumar qualified from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, and completed specialty training in Anaesthetics and Pain Management both in the UK and overseas. He was selected for Fellowships with the Acute Pain Service at St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, followed by further training in the management of Chronic Pain at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London.
Alex’s expertise lies in the use of Pain Medicine to support rehabilitation, aiming to improve both function and quality of life. He adopts a truly holistic, multidisciplinary approach – tailoring interventions, medicines, and therapies in partnership with each patient. He has particular expertise in Spinal Medicine and advocates for the early multidisciplinary management of disc prolapse to facilitate a rapid return to function.
His time with the Pain Research Group at Imperial College deepened his understanding of pain following major trauma. He continues to publish in this area, with a specific focus on post-amputation pain.
Expertise
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Disc Prolapse
- Neck Pain
- Coccygeal Pain
- CRPS
- Post Traumatic Pain
- Post Surgical Pain
- Post Amputation Pain
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- 18+
- Languages spoken
- English
- Research highlights
Pain after combat injury in male UK military personnel deployed to Afghanistan https://www.bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(24)00098-9/fulltext
A systematic review of the prevalence of postamputation and chronic neuropathic pain associated with combat injury in military personnel https://journals.lww.com/pain/fulltext/2024/04000/a_systematic_review_of_the_prevalence_of.4.aspx
“I did not expect the doctor to treat a ghost”: a systematic review of published reports regarding chronic postamputation pain in British First World War veterans https://journals.lww.com/painrpts/fulltext/2023/12000/_i_did_not_expect_the_doctor_to_treat_a_ghost___a.3.aspx
- Professional memberships
Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
Associate Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine
Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
Member of the Association of Anaesthetists
Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain
Consultations and services
Insurers covered
- +4 more
- Cigna International
- Allianz Partners
- Healix
- Henner
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