Dr Sunil Dasari

Consultant Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine

MBBS, MD, FRCA, FCAI, FFPMRCA, EDPM, PG Cert(Pain Medicine)

"The entire Spire team give their best for each patient’s treatment with a highly professional and friendly approach."


Specialises in

  • Complex regional pain syndrome, chronic post surgical & nerve pain
  • Chronic widespread pain including fibromyalgia
  • Knee, hip, neck and shoulder pain
  • Low back and leg pain
  • Medication management and interventions for chronic pain conditions

I am a chronic pain specialist working as Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.

I have a vast experience of more than 20 years as an anaesthetist and my expertise lies in medication management and pain intervention injections and radiofrequency denervation for low back pain, leg pain, neck pain and major joints pain e.g. knee, hip and shoulder pain.

I am also experienced in management of different painful conditions like fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), chronic pain after surgery, nerve pain due to entrapment, sciatica, piriformis syndrome, diabetic neuropathic pain, visceral and pelvic pain due to endometriosis, whiplash injuries, sport injuries, and cancer pain.

I have expertise in doing different pain management intervention procedures like facet joints injections, medial branch block injections, sacroiliac joint injections, epidural steroid injections, trigger point injections with steroids and botox for localised pain, genicular nerve injections for knee and hip pain, nerve injections for shoulder pain, injections for groin pain, greater occipital nerve injections for headaches, injections for cancer pain and radiofrequency denervations. I have expertise in doing different pain management intervention procedures like facet joints injections, medial branch block injections, sacroiliac joint injections, epidural steroid injections, trigger point injections with steroids and botox for localised pain, genicular nerve injections for knee and hip pain, nerve injections for shoulder pain, injections for groin pain, greater occipital nerve injections for headaches, injections for cancer pain and radiofrequency denervations.
I believe in a holistic approach in Pain Management and aim at helping to improve functionality and self management.

In addition to my clinical work, I am deputy lead for learning and a faculty tutor for the faculty of Pain Medicine of Royal college of Anaesthetists. I oversee Pain Medicine training and teach trainees and other health care professionals on different aspects of Pain Medicine at University Hospital Of Wales, Cardiff. I am also Tutor for University of South Wales on the MSc Pain Management course. I am the Lead for the Ultrasound guided nerve injections course and honorary lecturer for Cardiff University. I am the Vice-Chair of Welsh Pain Society and chaired the working group on writing opioid guidance. I have given presentations at National and International conferences on Pain medicine topics.

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General Medical Council Number: 6059768

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Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Sunil Dasari at Spire include:

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Additional information

Pain management
Pain relief

MBBS / NTR University of Health Sciences, India / 1998
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

MD / NTR University of Health Sciences, India / 1998
Masters In Anaesthesia


Professional memberships

Fellowship In Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA)

General Medical Council (GMC)

British Pain Society

Welsh Pain Society

Faculty of Pain Medicine, RCOA


Professional leadership

Vice Chair of Welsh Pain Society
Chair of the multi-disciplinary working group on drafting all Wales guidelines on diploids for Welsh Pain Society.

Consultant, Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, University Hospital of Wales

Faculty Tutor-Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists

Honorary Lecturer, Cardiff University, Tutor University of South Wales 

I enjoy spending my spare time travelling and exploring the world knowing about new cultures, new places and people. I like playing tennis and cricket.