Dr Kavita Poply

Dr Kavita Poply is a highly accomplished and respected professional in the field of Pain Medicine and Neuromodulation. Currently serving as a consultant in Pain medicine and Neuromodulation at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Associate Professor at Queen Mary University, London. She has dedicated her career to advancing medical education and research in pain management and Neuromodulation and is providing exceptional care to her patients. 

She has been accredited with the Fellowship of Royal College of Anaesthetics and Faculty of Pain Medicine (FRCA, FPM RCA), London. She earned Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from Queen Mary University of London.

Her area of expertise encompasses a wide range of painful conditions, including headaches (migraine, cluster headache, and facial pains), trigeminal neuralgia, back pain, sciatica, neck pain, brachialgia, CRPS, fibromyalgia, shingles/pleuritic pain, shoulder, knee, hip and ankle joint pains, musculoskeletal pains, chronic abdominal, chronic pelvic pain, chronic groin pain (post-surgical/neuropathic), chronic anal pain, vulvodynia, cancer pain, bruxism and nonsurgical treatment for foot corns/callosities pain etc. 

Dr Poply is well-versed with the pain interventions and routinely performs various pain procedures, such as, Medial branch block, Dorsal root block, Epidurals, Radiofrequency (RF) treatments, Trigger point injections, Peripheral nerve blocks, Genicular nerve block and RF (knee pains), Intercostal nerve block and RF (shingle and chronic pleuritis), Stellate ganglion/Splanchnic nerves/Coeliac plexus/Ganglion of impar blocks, Botox infiltration (chronic migraine, bruxism and musculoskeletal pains), Intravenous lignocaine/Ketamine infusions (Fibromyalgia) and Platelet rich plasm therapy for joint pains. She also offers the latest and advanced antiCGRP therapies to headache patients.

Dr Poply is highly skilled in the advanced stimulation therapies (Spinal cord stimulator, Multifidus stimulator, Peripheral nerve stimulator) for the multiple refractory painful conditions, such as Back pain with or without Sciatica, Neck pain with or without brachialgia, CRPS, Diabetic neuropathy, Osteoarthritic knee/Hip Pain, Ankle pain, Pelvic, Perianal and Groin pain as a conservative and minimally invasive surgical option. Her neuromodulation expertise extends into occipital nerve stimulation for chronic migraine with autonomic symptoms and cluster headaches.  Her clinical practice is entirely based on authentic evidence-based practices founded on research and education. Her commitment to the patient's well-being is evident through the excellent feedback she receives. 

Apart from her clinical roles, Dr Kavita Poply is running various research projects including NIHR trial and actively contributes to the medical community through various leadership positions and educational roles. She serves as the Program Lead for the "PGcert in Neuromodulation and Pain Management program" at Queen Mary University, London and Co-director for the Executive Education Program In Neuromodulation (EEPIN), City university of London.  She is successfully running these programs with international faculty collaboration across the globe.

Dr Poply's dedication to medical education extends her role beyond the geographical boundaries in the Education Committees, Examinership and Pain journal's editorship.