Dr Kavita Poply

Pain Medicine and Neuromodulation Specialist in Essex & London

MBBS FRCA DA FCA RCSI FFPM RCA

GMC: 6093827

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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 Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University, London. She has dedicated her career to advancing medical education and research in neuromodulation and pain management and 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 for her novel and ground-breaking research on “Dynamic brain imaging (PET) response to SCS Differential Frequencies: A double blind RCT”, which has contributed significantly to understanding the effects of spinal cord stimulation treatment algorithms at the brain level in exploring objective outcome biomarkers.

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 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) and Intravenous lignocaine infusions (Fibromyalgia). She 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 and Groin pain as a conservative and minimally invasive surgical option. Her neuromodulation expertise extends into occipital nerve stimulation for chronic migraine 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.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍6093827

Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant in Pain Medicine and Neuromodulation, The Holly Private Hospital, London (present)
• Registrar in Anaesthetics, Royal Edinburgh Hospital (2007 - 2009)
• Senior House Officer, Mersey School of Anaesthesia, Liverpool (2005 - 2007)
• Consultant in Pain Medicine and Neuromodulation, 9 Harley Street, London (present)

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Sub-specialties

• Medico-legal reporting
• Post spinal surgery pain
• Disc degenerative disease
• Fibromyalgia
• Neck and shoulder pain
• Pelvic pain
• Pelvic pain and muscle spasm
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Occipital Nerve stimulation
• Multifidus Stimulation
• Sciatica
• Occipital /cervical neuralgia
• Chronic regional Pain syndrome (CRPS)
• Chronic pain Botox infiltration

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Teaching posts

• Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University of London (2020 - present)
• Consultant Pain medicine and neuromodulation, Barts Health NHS Trust (2019- Present)

Education

• FRCA, Royal College of Anaesthetics, London (2009)
• MB BS, Rajasthan University (1996)
• MBBS (Rajasthan University)
• FFPMRCA, Fellowship of Pain medicine Royal College of Anaesthetists (2016)
• PhD, Queen Mary University London 2021

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Publications and conferences

• View Dr Poply's publications on ResearchGate.

Dynamic Brain Imaging Response to SCS Differential Frequencies: A double blind clinical trial (DIFY SCS-PET study), accepted Neuromodulation journal July 2022.
Effectiveness of high dose spinal cord stimulation for non-surgical intractable lumbar radiculopathy - HIDENS Study. Pain Pract. 2021 Oct 24. doi: 10.1111/papr.13087. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34689409
The Effects of Radiofrequency Neurotomy Using a Strip-Lesioning Device on Patients with Sacroiliac Joint Pain (Mehta V, Poply K, Husband M, Anwar S, Langford R.)
A pilot study investigating whether Quantitative Sensory Testing alters after treatment in patients with Fibromyalgi (Wodehouse T, Poply K, Snidvongs S, Ramaswamy K, Burke J, Tahir H, Ullrich K, Mehta V.)
The dilemma of interventional pain trials: Thinking beyond the box.(Poply K, Mehta V.)
Migraine November (Poply K, Bahra A, Mehta V.)
Clinical Examination and Evaluation Cervical Spine. Symptom Oriented Pain Management (Mehta V, Poply K.) Oxford revision book of Pain Medicine (Poply K) currently in press.
The effects of radiofrequency neurotomy using a strip-lesioning device on subjects with sacroiliac joint pain: Results from randomised, sham-controlled, trial (Mehta V, Poply K, Husband M, Anwar S, Langford R.)
Clinical Examination and evaluation cervical spine. (Poply K, Mehta V.)
A Prospective single centre pilot study to investigate the duration of time and radiation exposure following Epiducer delivery system in patients undergoing anatomical placement of percutaneous paddle lead for spinal cord stimulation with intractable lumbar spinal neuropathic pain. (Lan W, Ahmad A, Poply K, Mehta V.)
A pilot study investigating high‐density spinal cord stimulation for intractable lumbar radiculopathy in virgin‐back patients. (Poply K, Nikolic S, Ellamushi H, Ahmad S, Alamgir A, Mehta V.)
A real-world follow‐up of pain, depression and quality of life outcomes in a UK Neuromodulation Centre. (Alamgir A, Nikolic S, Ellamushi H, Vangronigen R, Poply K, Lascelles J, Mehta V.)

• Poply K, Haroon A, Ganeshan B, Nikolic S, Sharma S, Ahmad A, Ellamushi H, Parsai A, Mehta V. Dynamic Brain Imaging Response to Spinal Cord Stimulation Differential Frequencies DiFY SCS-PET clinical trial. Neuromodulation. 2022 Sep 20:S1094-7159(22)00773-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neurom.2022.07.012. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36151010.

Professional membership

• Royal College of Anaesthetics
• Faculty of Pain Medicine
• International Neuromodulation Society
• Medical Protection Society

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