Dr. Pouya Hafezi
MD FAFRM (RACP) FFPMANZCA Consultant in Pain Medicine and rehabilitation
Dr. Hafezi is a specialist in Pain and Rehabilitation medicine with dual qualifications.
He completed his training as a Rehabilitation physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and further specialized in Pain Medicine through additional training at Monash Health, St Vincent's Hospital, and Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Dr. Hafezi's exceptional performance in the Faculty of Pain Medicine Fellowship examination earned him a Merit award. He continued his training in Interventional Pain at the Melbourne Pain Group.
With a keen interest in multidisciplinary pain medicine, Dr. Hafezi adopts an integrative approach to managing various pain conditions.
Currently, Dr. Hafezi serves as a Pain Medicine Specialist at Peninsula Health publicly and operates private practices in Melbourne, including locations in Dandenong, Boronia, and Glen Waverley.
Dr Hafezi can consult patients in English and Farsi/Persian
Areas of Expertise
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome
- Neuropathic Pain
- Cancer Pain
- Low back pain
Treatments
- Ketamine & Lignocaine Infusion
- Steroid Injections
Radiofrequency
- Cervical Facet Neurotomy
- Lumbar Facet Neurotomy
- Sacro-Iliac Joint Neurotomy
- Thoracic Facet Neurotomy
- Genicular Nerve Denervation
Nerve Stimulators
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulators
- Spinal Cord Stimulators
Nerve Block Procedures
- cervical Medial Branch Block
- Coeliac Plexus Block
- Lumbar Medial Branch Block
- Lumbar Sympathetic Block
- Sacral Lateral Branch Block
- Stellate Ganglion Block
- Suprascapular Nerve Block
- Sympathetic Nerve Blocks
- Thoracic Medial Branch Block
Professional memberships
Spinal Interventional Society, European Pain Federation EFIC and the International Association of the Study of Pain (IASP)
Publications
1. Intracortical Circuits in the Contralesional Primary Motor Cortex in Patients with Chronic Stroke After Botulinum Toxin Type A Injection: Case Studies
2. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for the management of post-stroke impairments: An overview of systematic reviews
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