Dr. Shirjeel Chaudhry

Dr Shirjeel Chaudhry is a Consultant Anaesthetist and Pain Management Specialist with sixteen years of experience practising in Pakistan and the United Kingdom. He currently works at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Birmingham, and Glendon Wood Hospital, Kettering, and also holds an NHS consultant post at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire.

He completed his medical degree (MBBS) in 2008 at Riphah International University in Islamabad, Pakistan, followed by early clinical training in major hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. He went on to undertake specialist anaesthesia training at the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, where he gained the Fellowship of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS) in 2014.

After relocating to the UK, Dr Chaudhry undertook structured anaesthesia training with the Warwickshire School of Anaesthesia, completing five years of advanced training and receiving his Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Anaesthesia and Chronic Pain in 2024. He also achieved the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) in 2019 and the Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine (FFPMRCA) in 2023. He has further advanced training in obstetric anaesthesia.

His clinical interests focus on chronic pain management, with expertise in a wide range of interventional pain procedures for conditions such as back pain, sciatica, headaches, neck and shoulder pain, hip and knee pain, fibromyalgia, and myofascial pain. These include lumbar medial branch blocks, radiofrequency denervation, sacroiliac joint injections, epidural injections, nerve root injections, pulsed radiofrequency, suprascapular and axillary nerve injections, occipital nerve procedures, hip joint denervation, genicular nerve blocks, and trigger point injections.

Dr Chaudhry has presented research at European conferences and has conducted studies on bronchoscope-assisted nasogastric tube insertion using ureteric stent wire and the use of recombinant factor VII in managing massive haemorrhage during radical nephrectomy. Alongside his clinical role, he contributes to the training of resident doctors and serves as a Faculty Tutor for Chronic Pain Resident Doctors under the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

He speaks English, Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu.