Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez LMS, FRCA, FFPMRCA
Consultant in Pain Medicine
Average annual instructions : >60
Claimant : 90%
Defendant : 10%
Personal Injury : 75%
Clinical Negligence : 25%
Expert Witness training completed
Experienced medicolegal expert
Extensive courtroom experience
Dr Ramos-Galvez has been writing medicolegal reports since 2017 and provides reports for both personal injury and medical negligence cases.
After extensive training in spinal surgery at the Oxford Deanery, Dr Ramos-Galvez undertook further specialisation in pain medicine. His understanding of the interactions between these complex areas of medicine means he is often called upon to provide an opinion within his clinical practice or as an expert witness where spinal surgery has led to complications.
Being part of a large trauma department, he has a fundamental and in-depth understanding of how neuropathic pain and CRPS may be triggered by surgery or trauma. This encompasses the multiple surgical techniques used today in this field.
His particular areas of expertise include:
- Neuropathic pain
- Spinal pain
- Chronic and chronic widespread pain
- Chronic pain syndromes
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Multi-disciplinary pain management
- Phantom limb pain
- Post Mastectomy Pain Syndrome
FFPMRCA: 2011
FRCA: 2004
LMS: University of Barcelona, 1990-1996
Dr Ivan Ramos-Galvez is a Consultant in Pain Medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital with a private practice at Spire Dunedin and Circle Hospitals in Reading.
He has a special interest in neuropathic pain and CRPS and has developed a treatment portfolio ranging from simple oral anti-neuropathic agents to neuromodulation.
He has developed a multi-disciplinary unit for the assessment and treatment of patients suffering with fibromyalgia within his practice and incorporates a large spectrum of pharmacological options, as well as rehabilitative programs.
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Locations
He is available for claimant consultations on a weekly basis in central London and Reading, with regular clinics in Birmingham and Bristol.
| Location | Specialism | Date available | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | Pain Medicine | Weekly | |
| London | Pain Medicine | Weekly | |
| Bristol | Pain Medicine | 23 June | |
| Southampton | Pain Medicine | 19 May | |
| Birmingham | Pain Medicine | Quarterly |
