Dr Udaya Chakka

Dr Chakka has completed medical school in 1997 and achieved a Masters in Anaesthesia (India). Having relocated to the UK, he has completed speciality training in Anaesthesia at various hospitals in the North East of England.

Dr Chakka has subsequently specialised in Chronic Pain medicine through Advanced Pain Training and successfully accomplished Neuromodulation fellowship from Leeds Teaching Hospitals. He is also trained in cancer pain management.

He works as a Chronic Pain Consultant at UHCW and is the clinical lead for chronic pain services at UHCW.

Clinical Interests

His treatment is tailored to cater to individual needs and uses comprehensive, evidenced-based management to provide the best quality of care.

• Spinal pain
• Disc pain
• Nerve pain/neuropathic pain
• Radicular pain/sciatica
• Shoulder pain
• Persistent knee pain
• Widespread pain including fibromyalgia
• Occipital neuralgia
• Facet joint injections
• Medical branch blocks
• Sacroiliac joint injections
• Radio-frequency procedures
• Nerve root injections
• Epidural injections
• Caudal blocks
• Sympathetic blocks
• Occipital nerve and peripheral nerve blocks
• Lignocaine infusions

Professional Memberships

• GMC
• RCoA
• IASP
• ESRA