Professional Profile

Dr Richard Griffiths qualified from UCL in 1997, after delaying his training with a detour into the history of medicine. He then undertook anaesthetic and pain training in the South East, which culminated in a Consultant post in 2007. Interestingly, he saved his last training assignment until last, by undergoing emergency spinal surgery the very week he was meant to start as a Consultant. Since then, his career in anaesthesia and pain medicine has been enhanced with 8 years as the Training Director and Regional Advisor of South East Pain Training at the Royal College of Anaesthetists. 

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Additional Information

Medical qualifications 
MBBS FRCA FFPMRCA

Year of qualification 
1997 2001 2006

Current memberships 
Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists

The following form the majority of Dr Griffith’s clinical practice:

  • Back pain and sciatica;
  • Neck pain and brachialgia;
  • Spinal intervention including injection therapy (epidurals, nerve injection, joint injections and radiofrequency denervation);
  • Neuropathic pain (Neuralgia);
  • Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome;
  • Fibromyalgia and widespread pain;
  • Visceral pain;
  • Post-surgical pain;
  • Complex analgesia management and Opioid management.

Personal Profile

Following his graduation from UCL and training in London, Dr Griffiths moved to Tunbridge Wells where he lives with his wife and two boys.

He enjoys cycling, open-water swimming, baking and coaching at Tunbridge Wells Rugby Football club.