Dr Norman Kufakwaro is a Consultant in Pain Medicine and Neuromodulation at Barts Health NHS Trust. He specialises in management of a wide array of chronic pain conditions using cutting-edge techniques in pain management. A large component of his work is assessing pain, making judgements on causality, clinical course and likely prognosis of painful conditions. His main interests are spinal pain, sciatica, nerve pain, cancer pain, chronic headache, abdominal and pelvic pain. His areas of special interest are non-invasive back pain management, wearable peripheral neurostimulation, radiofrequency and neuromodulation, spinal cord stimulation and spinal injections. In his NHS work, he assesses over 50 patients and performs 20 pain relieving procedures a week.

Dr Kufakwaro trained in London at Barts & The London School of Anaesthesia and Guys & St Thomas’ Hospital. He was awarded various scholarships in medical school for academic excellence including the prestigious Malvern Trust Scholarship. During his pain training in the London Deanery Pain Medicine Rotation, he was selected to be the representative for London Pain Trainees.

Dr Kufakwaro actively participates in research and audit projects in his clinical field. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international meetings. He holds memberships in the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists, Fellow of Expert Witnesses, Medical Protection Union, World Institute of Pain, North American Neuromodulation Society and British Pain Society. He likes to teach and attends leading national and international meetings. His most recent teaching was on assessment and management of complex regional pain syndrome to orthopaedic surgeons. His most recent meeting was in the International Neuromodulation Society, London.