Dr. Rajiv Chawla

Qualifications

• MD (Physician)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Anaesthesiology (DA)
• FCARCSI, College of Anaesthetists RCSI, Dublin, Ireland
• FRCA, The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London U.K.
• Postgraduate Certificate in Pain Management, Cardiff, U.K.
• FFPMRCA, The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London U.K.
• FFPMANZCA, Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Professional Memberships

• The British Pain Society (BPS)
• Interventional Pain Management Special Interest group (IPM SIG)
• The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
• IASP SIG on Pain of Urogenital Origin
• International Neuromodulation Society (INS)
• Neuromodulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (NSANZ)

Positions

• Former Consultant Pain Specialist, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool
• Former Head, Pelvic Pain Clinic, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Member of a multidisciplinary pain management team

Publications

• Restorative Neurostimulation for Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain –Three Year Results from the United Kingdom, Post Market Clinical: Thomson S, Love-Jones S, Sharma M, Vajramani G, Williams A, Chawla R, Eldabe S Follow-up Registry. British Journal of Pain June 23, https://doi.org/10.1177/20494637231181498
• Development of an interdisciplinary specialist facial pain management programme; Tetlow J, Ainsley C, Twiddy H, Derbyshire G, Chawla R. British Journal of Pain. 2022 Apr;16(2):161-169. doi: 10.1177/20494637211027607. Epub 2021 Jul 19. PMID: 35419193; PMCID: PMC8998525.
• Restorative Neurostimulation for Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain: Results from a Prospective Multicentre Longitudinal Cohort: Thomson S, Chawla R, Love-Jones S, Sharma M,Vajramani G, Williams A, Eldabe S Pain Ther (2021) 10:1451–1465, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40122-021-00307-3
• Experiences and Outcomes of Attending a Facial Pain Management Program: A Qualitative Study; Ainsley C, Bradshaw A, Murray C, Goss N, Harrison S, Chawla R. Journal Oral Facial Pain Headache. 2021 Summer;35(3):208-217. doi: 10.11607/ofph.2858. PMID: 34609379.
• Classical Predictors Do Not Predict Success with Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Pelvic Pain; A Retrospective Review in a Single Center. M Kashif, A Goebel, V Srbljak, R Chawla, M Draper, A Cox, M Sharma. Pain Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 5, May 2019, Pages 1059–1062.
• Female chronic pelvic pain: The journey to Diagnosis and beyond. Twiddy H, Bradshaw A, Chawla R, Johnson S, & Lane N. Pain Manag 2017.Epub: 11 Jan 2017.
• The development and delivery of a Female Chronic Pelvic Pain Management Programme: a specialised interdisciplinary approach. Twiddy H, Lane N, Chawla R, Johnson S, Bradshaw A, Aleem S, & Mawdsley L. (2015). British Journal of Pain. Nov; 9(4): 233-4.
• High-Frequency (10 kHz) or Conventional Spinal Cord Stimulation for Complex Neuropathic Pain Patients: M. Sharma, A. Cox, B. Costello, J. Blundell, A. Stockley, J. Dunwoodie, M. Draper, S. Aseri & Chawla R (2015). North American Neuromodulation Society: Abstracts.
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Recent updates (2014) Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, 14 (2), pp. 79-84. Ganty P. & Chawla R.
• Percutaneous balloon compression for trigeminal neuralgia: Does shape of the balloon matters. Rajiv Chawla, ML Sharma. Indian Journal of pain2009; 23: 252-55.