Dr Asish Gulve

FFPMCAI, DPMed, FCARCSI, MD, MBBS

Consultant in Pain Management

After qualifying as a medical doctor, he completed three years of postgraduate training in anaesthesia in Mumbai. He qualified as a consultant anaesthetist in 1993 and worked in the premiere medical institutes in India.

In 1997, Dr Gulve moved to the UK and completed further specialist training across London, the Midlands and Newcastle upon Tyne. He completed his advanced pain training at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough. He 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.

In addition to his consultancy work, Dr Gulve is involved in a number of research trials. He has given many national and international presentations and has contributed to publications on pain management.

He is skilled in all 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

Outside of work, Dr Gulve enjoys DIY, travelling and spending time with his family and friends.