Dr Paul Verrills Musculoskeletal Physician
MBBS FAFMM GDMM(Hons) MPainMed FIPP
Dr Paul Verrills is currently on the Research Committee for the International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS), is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Musculoskeletal Medicine (AFMM), and has a Masters in Pain Medicine. He is an active member of the Spine Society of Australia and lead author of a number of peer reviewed, published original research projects. He has extensively trained, lectured and demonstrated on interventional pain management techniques both in Australia and the United States. Dr Verrills regularly contributes articles to specialist journals on pain management and has a special interest in discogenic low back pain and neuromodulation.
Qualifications:
Masters Degree in Pain Medicine - MPainMed
- University of Newcastle 2002. Mentor: Professor Nikolai Bogduk
Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Musculoskeletal Medicine
(FAFMM) 02/2000
Graduate Diploma in Musculoskeletal Medicine GDMM (Distinctions) (University of Otago, New Zealand 1996)
RACGP (Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners) Certificate in Manual Medicine 1996
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Part One exams 1988
MBBS (University of Queensland 1985)
Professional Memberships:
International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS)
Spine Society of Australia (SSA)
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
Australian Pain Society (APS)
American Society Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)
Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine (AAMM)
Australian Medical Association (AMA)
International Lectures:
International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS), Annual Scientific Meeting 2005 New York – International Expert on panel for Radiofrequency Neurotomy and Disc Pain Management
International Spine Intervention Society (ISIS), Instructional Workshop in Advanced Radiofrequency Techniques for Spinal Pain: Orlando USA February 2005:
Cervical and Lumbar Medial branch - Radiofrequency Procedures
Current Scientific Evidence Base for Radiofrequency Neurotomy in Spinal Pain
Cadaver lab training of delegates in Thoracic Medial Branch Neurotomy.
www.lowbackpain.tv Interventional Proceduralist filmed performing: diagnostic spinal blocks, discography, DISC - Nucleoplasty, IDET, Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation, Radiofrequency Neurotomy on real patients to be viewed as full-screen video streaming. 2005
International Spinal Injection Society (ISIS), Instructional workshop in Advanced Thoracic and Lumbar spine Techniques: Phoenix USA March 2004. Thoracic Medial Branch Blocks.
International Spinal Injection Society(ISIS), Instructional workshop in Advanced Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Techniques: Phoenix USA March 2004. Thoracic Intra-articular Blocks.
International Spinal Injection Society (ISIS), Annual Scientific Meeting September 2004 Hawaii USA. Invited speaker: Medications in Radicular Pain.
International Spinal Injection Society (ISIS), Annual Scientific Meeting September 2002, Austin, Texas: Physiology of Disc Pain
International Spinal Injection Society (ISIS), Instructional Workshop in Advanced Radiofrequency Techniques for Spinal Pain: Memphis USA October 2002. Introduction and Overview of Spinal Radiofrequency Procedures
Current Scientific Evidence Base for Radiofrequency Neurotomy in Spinal Pain.
Current Appointments:
Interventional Musculoskeletal Physician -
Co Medical Director - Metro Spinal Clinic, Caulfield South, Victoria
Spine Society of Australia – Annual Scientific Meeting Sydney 2006
International Spine Intervention Society – Annual Scientific Meeting & AGM – Austin 2002, Orlando 2003, Maui 2004, New York 2005, Salt Lake City 2006
Personalised teaching in clinical setting and operating room on Spinal Cord Stimulators and Peripheral Nerve Stimulators by Professor Gian-Carlo Barolat. The Barolat Institute Denver. March 2006.
Australasian Faculty Musculoskeletal Medicine Retreat and Advanced Cadaver workshop on Lumbar Radiofrequency Techniques. Professor N Bogduk. Newcastle. November 2005.
Cadaver Workshop Monash University May 2005. Chief Instructor in Advanced Spinal Interventional Procedures.
Advanced Thoracic & Lumbar Techniques, including Lumbar Sympathetic Blocks, Thoracic Sympathetic Blocks, Thoracic Trans-foraminal Epidural, Thoracic Zygapophysial joint blocks. ISIS Cadaver training. Phoenix USA March 2004.
Cadaver Workshop Monash University May 2004. Chief Instructor in Advanced Spinal Interventional Procedures.
Cervical Nucleoplasty course – Maui September 2004.
Cadaver Workshop for Australasian Radiologists, Cabrini Hospital March 2003. Instructor for fluoroscopic and CT guided spinal injections. Medial Branch Blocks, Sacroiliac joint injections, Discograms. Performed a ‘live’ IDET case for the auditorium.
Advanced Training in Spinal Interventional Procedures, including Functional Stereotactic Mapping, Sacroiliac joint, coccygeal and upper cervical spine radiofrequency denervation – Northwest Ambulatory Surgery Service (NASS) – Dr Way Yin, June / November 2001, May – June 2002.
North American Spine Society Annual Scientific Congress Seattle 2002
Advanced Radiofrequency Dorsal Root Ganglion Lesions – Dr M.T Kline, Philadelphia June 2002, Dr W Yin Washington, October 2002.
Training in Medial Branch Blocks, and Radiofrequency Neurotomies, and interventional spinal pain management techniques with Dr T. McCarthy and Dr D. Vivian, Melbourne 19992001, Dr Way Yin USA 2001 2002.
International Spinal Intervention Society (ISIS) Advanced training course in Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy. Texas USA November 2001.
International Spinal Intervention Society (ISIS) Advanced training in Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET) Austin USA, November 2001.
Nucleoplasty training course (ArthroCare) Seattle USA 2001.
Percutaneous Vertebral Body Access / Vertebroplasty training course University of Washington USA, November 2001.
Vertebroplasty training course, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, October 2001.
Getz (Australia) - Training Course in Spinal Endoscopy and Spinal Cord Stimulation, Melbourne, August 2001.
Advanced Spinal Injection Instructional Course (including Discography to cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine) - (ISIS) Memphis, USA 2001.
Advanced Training in Transforaminal Epidurals, Discography and IDET Procedures Headache and Pain Center, Kansas City, USA Drs S. Waldmann and S. Siwek, June 2001
Depuy/ Acromed - Course in Disc Puncture, and Spine Cath Intradiscal Electrothermal Anuloplasty, Melbourne, February 2001.
Medtronic Course in Spinal Cord Stimulation, Melbourne, September 2000.
Depuy/ Acromed Course in Disc Puncture and SpineCath Intradiscal Electrothermal Anuloplasty, Perth, July 2000.
The Theories and Practice of Manual Medicine, Hospital Hotel Dieu, Paris , France, 1996.
Advanced Training in Manual Medicine, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Sydney, 1996.
Instructional Course, The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1996.
American Osteopathic Assessment and Treatment, Professor M. Kuchera, University of Kirksville, Missouri, USA 1995.
Clinical Experience
2001 – Present: Full time Interventional Pain Management - Melbourne
1996 1997: Musculoskeletal Medicine Queensland
1995 1997: Part-time General Practice/ Part-time Study, Queensland
1992 1995: Principal Country General Practice Maryborough, Queensland
1989 1992: Partner, General Practice Nambour, Queensland
1988: Surgical Registrar Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
1986 1987: Resident Medical Officer Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
Innovations
Key member of the team of pain management physicians that introduced manometric monitored provocation discography to Australia and Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy (IDET) & Percutaneous Disc Decompression -Nucleoplasty to Victoria.
Functional Stereotactic Mapping procedures to increase the accuracy of radiofrequency neurotomy lesioning.
Amongst the first to perform transforaminal epidural injections using CT guided control and helped to define the approach using this modality to the cervical nerve roots.
Stereotactic Radiofrequency Neurotomy of sacroiliac joint
Updated: 17 August 2008
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