Dr Lourdes Gaspar

Qualifications

MBCHB, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA

GMC number: 3322675

Practising since: 1989

Specialties

Anaesthetics

Consultation times

  • Wed AM
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About

Dr Lourdes Gaspar is a Pain Medicine Consultant and has over 26 years’ experience working in pain management services. He was Lead Clinician in Chronic Pain at a Specialist NHS Orthopaedic Hospital in the UK for over 15 years.

Dr Gaspar is a Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine in the UK served on the Executive Board of the UK Division of the World Institute of Pain (WIP) from 2010 to 2014 after passing the internationally recognised Fellowship in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP). He has been an invited speaker at Pain Medicine meetings/conferences at both a local and national level. Furthermore, he has taught at internationally recognised cadaveric workshops as a demonstrator to aspiring Pain Specialists.

Dr Gaspar considers it important that chronic pain sufferers are empowered to develop psychological and emotional self-management coping strategies. He is the founder of ACT for PAIN, a unique online supported self-management chronic pain program.

Dr Gaspar specialises in:

  • optimisation of pain medication
  • interventional pain procedures
  • addressing the emotional distress caused by chronic pain.

Special interests

All areas of chronic pain.

Treatments and tests offered by Dr Lourdes Gaspar at Nuffield Health

  • Lumbar sympathetic blocks
  • Drug and medication monitoring
  • X-Ray Guided Facet Joint Injection
  • Trigger Point Injections
  • Spinal anaesthetic
  • Pain clinic
  • Epidural anaesthetic
  • Dorsal root ganglion block

Locations Dr Lourdes Gaspar works with

Related experience

Research

Gaspar, L. (2013). The chronic pain specialist in court: how advances in pain research necessitate pain specialists as expert witnesses. Pain News - British Pain Society. 1 (March), p55–58.

Shetty, A, Goroszeniuk, T, Pang, D, Bhaskar A, Gaspar, L. (2013). ‘A novel stimulating probe for external neuromodulation in body cavities’. Poster presentation and abstract presented and published at the International Neuromodulation Society conference proceedings, Berlin - Germany, June 2013.

Shetty, A, Gaspar, L, Goroszeniuk, T. (2012). ‘Successful treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in leg with External Neuromodulation. American Neuromodulation Society Conference Proceedings, Las Vegas- USA, December 2012.

Memberships

  • Royal College of Anaethetist and Faculty of Medicine
  • World Institute of Pain
  • London Pain Forum

Declaration

Dr Lourdes Gaspar does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.

Dr Lourdes Gaspar does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.

Dr Lourdes Gaspar does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.