Dr Thomas Gilkes

Sub-specialties: Foot & Ankle, Head, Neck, Hip and Knee Disorders, Shoulder & Elbow, Spine, Pain Management, Orthopaedics, Pain Medicine, Musculoskeletal Pain Medicine, Muscular Pain, Arthritis.

Overview

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Overview

Dr Thomas Gilkes is a Consultant in Pain Medicine at OneWelbeck Orthopaedics specialising in acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain medicine.

About Dr Thomas Gilkes

Dr Gilkes graduated in the year 2000 from Dundee University with an MBChB qualification.

He completed his anaesthetic training at Barts and The London School of Anaesthesia where he developed an interest in Pain Medicine. He furthered this interest with a fellowship in Pain Medicine based at St. Mary’s Hospital attaining FFPMRCA status before settling into a consultant role at Homerton University Hospital and St. Bartholomew’s Hospital where he partakes in research activities. He is the lead Chronic Pain clinician at Homerton Hospital.

He is experienced in managing varied painful conditions including neuropathic pain, post-surgical pain, spinal pain and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome with skills in treating painful conditions with pharmacological and interventional therapies.

These include facet joint/medial branch blocks, epidural injections, nerve blocks and sympathetic blocks where appropriate. He is skilled in performing radiofrequency neuromodulation techniques.

He prides himself on being approachable and delivering the best possible care to his patients with an emphasis on listening and responding to his patients concerns.

He has experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams and established a novel multidisciplinary sickle cell clinic at his base hospital.

Areas of Expertise

Dr Thomas Gilkes is an expert pain consultant specialising in the following areas of pain medicine:

Musculoskeletal pain
Low back pain
Thoracic spine pain
Neck pain
Shoulder pain
Neuropathic pain
Widespread pain
Myofascial pain
Sciatica and radicular pain
Spondylosis of the spine

Dr Thomas Gilkes also specialises in offering the following treatments for pain:

Facet joint injections
Medial branch blocks
Caudal epidural
Nerve root blocks
Radiofrequency treatment
Trigger point injections
Suprascapular nerve blocks
Ultrasound and x-ray guided pain interventions
PRP injections
Ketamine infusions
Lidocaine infusions
Pharmacological management of pain
Medical cannabis
Ultrasound guided musculoskeletal injections

Additional Information

Dr Gilkes is based out of the following hospitals:

OneWelbeck Orthopaedics
The London Orthopaedic Clinic, Mayo Clinic Healthcare
King Edward VII´s Hospital
Homerton Hospital, St Bartholomew´s NHS Trust

Dr Gilkes is also a member of the following organisations:

Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCA)
Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA)
Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA)
Batchelor of Medicine (MBChB)
Member of British Pain Society

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