Dr. Hari Gopal

Specialty

Anaesthesia


Biography

Dr Gopal is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin. He undertook two years Fellowship in Pain Medicine in Ireland. Upon completion Dr Gopal took up the role of Chronic Pain Research Fellow at Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin. Later he undertook further training in chronic pain at The Pain Centre, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His current work at Mater Misericordiae University Hospital involves the development of multi disciplinary pain management services and interventional pain therapies including neuromodulation of dorsal root ganglion. Dr Gopal is a member of the World Institute of Pain and a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) and a Fellow of Faculty of Pain Medicine, College of Anaesthetist, Ireland (FPMCAI).

Special Interests

Cortical and sub-cortical changes in CNS in acute and chronic pain.

Research Interests

Role of functional MRI in management of chronic pain patients.