Dr Muhammad Zubair MBBS, FCPS, FFPMRCA

Dr Muhammad Zubair

Dr Zubair is a highly experienced Consultant in Pain Management, dedicated to helping patients regain control of their lives through comprehensive, evidence-based approaches to managing chronic and acute pain. With years of specialised training and clinical expertise, Dr. Zubair focuses on diagnosing, treating, and supporting individuals suffering from complex pain conditions that impact their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being.

Dr Zubair offers a patient-centred approach, combining the latest medical interventions with a deep understanding of each individual’s unique experience of pain. This includes advanced techniques such as image-guided injections, nerve blocks, spinal interventions, and multidisciplinary pain management plans. Dr Zubair also works closely with physiotherapists, psychologists, and other specialists to ensure a holistic and tailored approach to care.

Dr Zubair strives to empower patients through education, shared decision-making, and realistic goal-setting. He deals with patients in a calm, reassuring manner and a commitment to open communication.

If you're struggling with persistent pain and seeking expert, compassionate care, Dr Zubair is here to help you find a path forward.

Practising at: Ashford, Canterbury, Margate

Specialties: Pain management medicine, Anaesthesia

Special clinical interests:
Neuropathic pain (Nerve related pain)
Persistent Pain after surgeries
Spinal Pain and Chronic pain post spinal surgery
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and chronic peripheral (leg and/or arm).
Facial Pain and Headaches
Neck, Shoulder and Arm Pain
Hip and Knee Pain
Musculoskeletal Pain
Neuromodulation

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
• Member of Royal College of Anaesthesia (RCOA)
• Member of Faculty of Pain Medicine Royal College of Anaesthesia (FPMRCA)
• Member of Neuromodulation Society of the UK & Ireland (NSUKI)
• Fellow of College of Physician and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP)
• Member of Pakistan society of Anaesthesiology (PSA)
• Member of Society of Treatment and Study of Pain (STSP- IASP)
• Full Member of World Institute of Pain (WIP)
• Member of European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain (ESRAPM)

Background Information

Dr Zubair Post graduate training was from one of the highest rated medical universities (Aga khan University Hospital) in the world. Higher specialist training in pain management from tertiary care centre and renowned international JCIA accredited Shifa International hospital was undertaken. He worked as Consultant Anaesthetics and Pain at Shifa International Hospital (2013-2022). He did his super speciality Fellowship in Pain from World Institute of Pain and also from Faculty of Pain Medicine Royal College of Anaesthetics. He has been trained in the more complex interventional procedures including spinal cord stimulation, Dorsal root ganglion stimulation and reactive 8 neurostimulator implants.  

Dr Zubair is Consultant for Pain Services in East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2022 and has organised international pain events. Dr Zubair’s current NHS commitments are spread between the QEQM hospital, Margate and the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury.

Dr Zubair incorporates both UK and international best practices into his clinical work, leveraging his experience collaborating with multicultural communities to gain a deep understanding of diverse pain beliefs and healing traditions. He believes that all pain management strategies should be a combined medical, interventional and psychological approach to ensure optimum results and patient well-being.

Dr Zubair is part of a full multidisciplinary team to deliver a full Spinal cord stimulation service for Kent, in particular for His special interest area for pain management is facial pain and headaches for which he has expertise to perform Trigeminal and occipital nerve blocks and neuromodulation techniques like radiofrequency denervation and peripheral nerve stimulation.