Dr Wei Lan
Name: Dr Wei Lan
Title: Doctor, Consultant in Pain Medicine
Education / Credentials / Qualifications:
MB, MD, FCARCSI, FPM, FFPMRCA, FIPP
Speciality / Department:
Consultant in Pain Medicine, Pain Medicine Unit
Service:
- Public Clinic: Pain Medicine Unit, South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Old Blackrock Road, Cork
Tel: 021 492 6328
Fax: 021 492 6170
- Private Clinic: Suite 1.9, Consultants Private Clinic, Cork University Hospital, Bishopstown Road, Wilton, Cork.
Tel: 089 9645275
Fax: 021 494 1331
Email: DRLAN@CUHCPC.IE
Special Interests:
- Cervical discogenic pain and headaches, Occipital Neuralgia
- Cervical facet pain syndrome
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
- Shoulder pain
- Carpel tunnel syndrome
- Upper limb and lower limb Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Thoracic facet pain syndrome, Chest wall pain
- Pelvic pain syndrome
- Coccygodynia
- Pudendal neuralgia
- Testicular pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Diabetic polyneuropathy
- Phantom limb pain
- Chronic lower back pain: lumbar facet pain syndrome, sacroiliac pain syndrome, prarspinal muscle pain syndrome
- Piriformis pain syndrome
- Lumbar discogenic pain
- Nerve root impingement syndrome, sciatica pain
- Knee pain
- Foot pain
- Plantar fasciitis pain
- Interventional procedures for cancer pain
Interventional pain procedures
X-Ray guided procedures
- Facet joint injections (cervical spine, thoracic spine and lumbar spine areas)
- Selective nerve root injections
- Epidural injections
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Hip joint injections
- Knee joint injections
- Intercostal nerve blocks
- Ganglion Impar block
- Lumbar sympathetic plexus blocks
- Pudendal nerve block
- Piriformis muscle injection
Ultrasound guided procedures
- Trigger point injections to muscular structures, tendons and nerve fibers
- Botox injections to muscular structures and soft tissues
- Peripheral nerve blocks
- Shoulder joint injections
- Occipital nerve blocks
- Genicular nerve injections for osteoarthritis of knee
Advanced procedures
- Pulsed radiofrequency treatment of facet joints medial branch nerves, peripheral nerve fibers and selected nerve roots
- Radiofrequency thermal lesioning denervation treatment (Rhizotomy) of facet joints medial branch nerves
- Sacroiliac joints denervation
- RACZ procedure (Epiduralysis) in lumbar spine
Professional Experience / Previous Hospitals:
- UCC MD graduate.
- Medical training and higher specialist training in Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain medicine in Ireland through the College of Anaesthetists of Ireland. Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in 2014.
- Two fellowships in Pain Medicine in King’s College Hospital, London in 2015 and The Royal London Hospital, London, U.K. in 2016.
Year became Consultant in South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital: 2019
Membership in professional/scientific societies:
- Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice, World Institute of Pain
- Irish Pain Society
- British Pain Society
- Fellow of College of Anaesthetists of Ireland
- Irish Society of Regional Anaesthesia
- European Society of Anaesthesiology
- The European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy
- The Association of Anaesthetist of Great Britain and Ireland
- Irish Hospital Consultants Association
- International Anaesthesia Research Society
Academic Committee Activities:
- Director and Clinical Lead, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Forum Cork
Other general information:
Research interests:
- The uses and effects of psychotherapy and music in chronic non cancer pain patients.
- The use of Platelets Rich Plasma in Sport Injury and Chronic Pain Medicine.
- Psychological assessment of patient prior to interventional pain relief procedures.
Research in Progress:
- Psychological assessment of patient prior to interventional pain relief procedures.
- The European Federation of Pain (EFIC) Pain-Out Project - Cork University Hospital, Mallow General Hospital.
