Dr Philip Finch
Dr Finch is an anaesthetist and pain specialist. He is the Medical Director of the Perth Pain Management Centre in Western Australia. He has worked in the field of pain medicine since 1978.
His particular interests are those of intervention using nerve blocks and radiofrequency lesioning in a number of spinal and other structures. In particular, he is interested in the intervertebral disc as a possible origin for spinal pain and methods for treating this condition. He has been instrumental in developing equipment for radiofrequency lesioning including curved radiofrequency electrodes and the discTRODE.
More recently, he has studied the association between implanted intrathecal opioid pumps and the development of hypogonadism in male patients, with related loss of bone density and onset of osteoporosis. He is also interested in the field of neuropathic pain, specifically Complex Regional Pain.