Dr. Ahmed Faqih
Anaesthesiologist and Pain Management Consultant
Years of experience:
13 Years
Language:
Arabic & English
Dr. Ahmed Faqih
Dr. Ahmed Faqih, Anaesthesiologist and Pain Management Consultant at the Saudi German Hospital, Riyadh.
Specialized in greater occipital nerve block and pulsed radiofrequency for occipital neuralgia, gasserian ganglion block and radiofrequency ablation for trigeminal neuralgia, spinal cord stimulation trial and implantation, peripheral nerve block and peripheral nerve stimulation implant, epidural injections, MSK and intra-articular injections, Stellate ganglion block and radiofrequency ablation, celiac plexus block and radiofrequency ablation, acupuncture, cortisone, mesotherapy, hydro dissection, and platelets rich plasma injections, X-ray and Ultrasound guided injections, and Ketamine Infusion for intractable pain.
Doctor can help with
- Acute and chronic pain for Adolescents and adults and elderly
- Headaches and neuropathic pain
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Jaw, neck, back and spine pain
- Shoulder pain and frozen shoulder
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Intercostal neuralgia
- Postherpetic neuralgia
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Sciatica pain
- Chronic pancreatitis pain
- Chronic post Surgical Pain
- Muscles and joint pain
- Syndromes pain (carpal tunnel of hand, cubital tunnel of elbow, tarsal tunnel of foot)
- Hip and Knee joint pain, knee osteoarthritis, and pain after knee joint replacement
- Plantar fasciitis
- Pain that requires implantation of stimulation devices for the peripheral nerves or spinal cord
- Pain that requires acupuncture, cortisone injections, mesotherapy, plasma injections, or needs radiofrequency procedures (conventional, pulsed or cooled radiofrequency ablation)
- Chronic Pelvic pain syndrome and coccyx pain
- Piriformis syndrome
- Meralgia paresthetica
- Phantom pain resulting from limb amputation
- Pain resulting from sports injuries
Professional Journey
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Director of pain medicine fellowship program
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Director of the Quality and KPIs in the pain management department
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Saudi Pain Medicine Society
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International Neuromodulation Society
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Saudi Board in Anesthesia
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Saudi Fellowship in Pain Medicine
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MBBS from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences
Accomplishments
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Team member Introducing the First Pain Procedure Technique (Peripheral Nerve Stimulator Implant) in Saudi Arabia and successfully implanted 6 devices for four patients complaining of neuropathic pain in 2023
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Team leader of implanting four devices of Peripheral Nerve Stimulators for 3 patients complaining of chronic neuropathic pain in 2024
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Provided Anesthesia to more than 2000 cases needed procedures and surgeries
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Treated more than 1000 cases of acute and chronic pain patients
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