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About Dr Ashish Gulve
Personal Profile
Dr Gulve is a Consultant in Pain Management and Anaesthesia at Woodlands Hospital in Darlington. He sees NHS, self-pay and insured patients.
He qualified from Amravati University, India in 1990 before completing three years of post-graduate training in Anaesthesia in Mumbai. Later in 1993, he qualified as a Consultant Anaesthetist. Dr Gulve then worked in premiere medical institutes in India. He moved to the UK in 1997 and undertook further specialist training across London, the Midlands and Newcastle upon Tyne. He completed advanced pain training at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough and then worked as an Instructor in Pain Management at the Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, USA for over a year. He has been a Consultant in Pain Management & Anaesthesia in the NHS since 2006.
He is President of the Neuromodulation Society of UK & Ireland and Honorary Treasurer of the British Pain Society. He has had many other national roles in the past. Dr Gulve is specialised in interventional pain management and has particular expertise in neuromodulation. He mentors younger colleagues and teaches and trains pain professionals in the UK and across Europe. Dr Gulve is involved in a number of research trials and has many national and international presentations (>300) and publications (6 book chapters and > 28 papers) to his credit. He is a respected key opinion leader in his field across the UK, Europe and across the world.
He is skilled in all of the mainstream interventional and non-interventional pain management techniques such as:
- Epidural injections (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, caudal)
- Facet joint injections (cervical, thoracic, lumbar)
- Nerve root blocks (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral)
- Percutaneous automated mechanical discectomy
- Peripheral nerve blocks
- Radiofrequency procedures (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sympathetic ganglia)
- Sacroiliac joint injections & radiofrequency
- Spinal cord stimulation for all the indications
- Sympathetic blocks (celiac plexus, stellate, splanchnic, lumbar, hypogastric, ganglion impar etc)
- Trigger point injections
In his spare time, Dr Gulve enjoys DIY, travelling and spending time with his family and friends.
Clinical Interests
- Sciatica (pain, tingling, numbness or weakness in the bottom, back of the leg and/or foot and toes)
- Brachialgia (arm pain)
- Other spinal nerve problems
- Chronic low back pain
- Thoracic (mid and upper back) and neck pain
- Headaches
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Neuropathic pains after any kind of surgery
- Cancer pain
- Neuralgias
- Muscle pain (sprains, fibromyalgia, muscular tender points)
- Coccygodynia (pain coming from coccyx)
- Interventional pain management
- Failed back surgery syndrome
Professional Memberships
- The British Pain Society
- International Association for Study of Pain
- The Neuromodulation Society of UK & Ireland
- World Institute of Pain
- European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy
- British Medical Association
- American Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine
- International Spinal Intervention Society
