Our Pain Specialist:
Dr Ganesh is a pain specialist with more than 17 years of experience in caring for people with pain and is delighted to serve in Greater Perth and the South West. Introducing Dr Ganesh (Vyhunthan Ganeshanathan) – Pain specialist and Anesthetist
Dr Ganesh is a pain specialist with more than 17 years of experience in caring for people with pain and is delighted to serve i
n Greater Perth and the South West. Prior to Australia, he worked in the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka in the field of pain medicine and anaesthesia. Dr Ganesh qualified in Sri Lanka and has an MBBS, doctorate in anaesthesia and pain medicine (MD), are a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA – UK), Fellow of Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (FANZCA), and Fellow of Faculty of pain medicine ANZCA (FFPMANZCA). John of God Murdoch Hospital, Waikiki Private Hospital, and St. He sees patients in four private satellite clinics in Greater Perth and South West region. Dr Ganesh’s areas of expertise are:
o Spine pain – neck, upper and low back, and sciatica
o Joint-related pain – shoulder, hand, hip, knee, and ankle
o Neuropathic pain – trigeminal neuralgia, atypical facial pain, multi-therapy resistance headaches
o Primary pain – complex regional pain syndromes,
o Visceral pain - Chronic abdominal pain, Chronic Pelvic pain, chronic chest pain, chronic rib pain. His key therapies include:
o Pulsed Radiofrequency neurotomy
o Thermal Radiofrequency neurotomy o Rhizotomy
o Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
o Epidural injections
o Steroid injections
Ganesh describes his approach as being to tailor-make therapy for patients, and his goal is to provide quality service to improve their lives. To achieve it, he maintains a close working relationship with GPs, other specialists, and allied health professionals in Greater Perth and south West. Our appointment policy:
- The pain specialist consultations and procedures are usually organised within a fortnight.
- We only offer appointments to patients with private health insurance, including health funds, DVA, ICWA, MVIT or Workers Compensation.
- Dr Ganesh does not recommend opioids, such as Fentanyl, Oxycodone products (Oxynorm, Oxycontin, Targin), Methadone, hydromorphone, Morphine, Panadeine, Mersyndol or Codeine.
