About us

Prof. Dominic Hegarty

BSc., BMedSc., MB., MSc. (Pain Management), PhD. FCARSCI, FFPMCAI, FIPP

Current leadership Roles

Mater Private
Clinical Director and Consultant in Pain Management and Neuromodulation, Mater Private Hospital Cork, Ireland.
UCC Cork
Assoc. Professor in Pain Medicine, UCC & ASSERT, Ireland.
Guy's and St Tomas'
Honorary Consultant, Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospital, London, England.
Tyndall Institute
Clinical Lead Neuromodulation Research, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland.
Pain Relief Ireland
Clinical Director Pain Relief Ireland. www.painreliefireland.ie
Word Pain Institute
President Elect World Institute of Pain (WIP)
Professor Dominic Hegarty

Prof. Dominic Hegarty is a Consultant in Pain Management & Neuromodulation at the Mater Private Hospital, Cork, Assoc. Professor in Pain Medicine and faculty member of ASSERT training at University College Cork where he promotes educational training in pain medicine.

Roles

Current Leadership Roles

2023 - 2025

President | World Institute of Pain (WIP)

2023 – present

Clinical Director I Mater Private Hospital, Cork

2019 – present

Consultant in Pain Management & Neuromodulation I Mater Private Hospital, Cork

2011– present

Honorary Consultant Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospital I NHS Trust, Westminster, London

2022– present

Assoc. Professor in Pain Medicine I School of Medicine, UCC

2012– present

Clinical Lead Neuromodulation Research I Tyndall National Institute, UCC  

2021– 2023

President-Elect | World Institute of Pain (WIP)

2020– 2022

Medical Advisory Board Member | Mater Private Hospital, Cork

2019– 2021

Advisory Board Member PainCast | PainCast International

2021– 2022

Scientific Abstract Committee member| WIP World Congress Budapest 2021

2020– present

Senior Medical Advisor | Clinical Consultancy Services, Ireland

2016– present

Affiliated Member | HRB Clinical Research Facility Cork and ASSERT Centre

2016– present

Chief Medical Officer Perito Ireland | “Perito” Expert Medical Legal Consultants, Ireland

2011– present

Clinical Director & Founder | Pain Relief Ireland

2013– present

Fellow Royal College of Physicians I London

Previous Leadership and Advisory Roles

2010 – 2018

Consultant in Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine | Cork University Hospital

2012 – 2018

Clinical Lead of Neuromodulation Services | SSWG Health Service Executive

2019 - 2021

WIP Honorary Treasurer | World Institute of Pain

2016 – 2019

World Congress Co-Chair | 9th World WIP Congress, Dublin 2018

2015 – 2019

Section Chair WIP| WIP Ireland

2015 – 2019

Chair CRPS Forum Cork | Cork Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Forum Cork

2015 – 2018

Conference Chair | IASP Special Interest Group in CRPS, Cork 2017

2011 – 2018

Director of Pain Training & Education |Dept. Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, Cork University Hospital

2011 – 2012

Co-ordinator, Clinical Pain Research & Education Forum | Department of Pain Management, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Guy's and St Tomas'
Tyndall Institute
UCC
The Royal Society of Medicine
Mater Private
CRPS
IASP
Faculty of Pain Medicine
WIP
The University of Edinburgh
Pain Relief Ireland

Awards

Undergraduate Research Awards

2018 – 2021

Prevalence of Over-the-counter Codeine Medications in University Students
• Rafferty Medal Winner Irish Pain Society 2021

2018 – 2021

The Physical and Psychological Outcomes in Overweight and Obese Patients Attending a Chronic Pain Clinic
• Gaffney Prize Winner, UCC 2020
• WIP World Congress Abstract 2020
• Faculty of Pain Research Medal Winner 2021

2020

Attitudes to the Prescribing Safety Assessment among Medical students in Ireland
• INMED, Oral presentation Cork 2018
• WIP World Congress Abstract 2020 and Publication Pain Practice 2020  

2017 – 2019

Opioid Prescription among Irish Healthcare Providers
• Irish Pain Society Oral Presentation Dublin 2019

2017 – 2019

How to Optimise Future Interventions for Patients with Fibromyalgia
• Final Year Submission

2015 – 2016

Calculating the Ionising Radiation Dose to the Ocular Region of the Primary Clinician during Pain Management Procedures that Require the Use of a C-Arm
• Oral Presentation Irish Pain Society ASM Dublin 2016
• Poster Presentation AABGI annual conference (ASM) Birmingham 2017
• Publication Pain Physician 2018

2015 – 2016

A Randomised Control Trail of Music on Anxiety in Chronic Pain Patients Undergoing Day-case Procedures
• AAGBI Poster & Oral Presentation, London 2017

2013 – 2014

Prevalence of Peripheral Neuropathy in Diabetic Children
• Final Year Submission

2012 – 2013

Prescribing Pattern and Administration of Intravenous Paracetamol: Clinical Audit and Cost Analysis
• Poster Presentation & Abstract Irish Pain Society ASM Dublin 2013

2012 – 2013

Prevalence of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Medication in University Athletes
• Oral Presentation, Canadian Society Pain ASM, Montreal, 2014

2011 – 2012

The Relationship between Stigmatization and Self-esteem in Chronic Pain Patients
• Publication British Journal of Pain, April 2013
• HRB student summer scholarship prize winner 2012  

Research Supervision (Post-graduate Clinical Projects)

2014 – 2015

Post-operative Tapentadol Consumption following Cardiothoracic surgery: An Observational Retrospective Study to Establish Initial Dose
• Irish Pain Society ASM, Dublin 2014
• Poster Presentation AABGI GAT annual conference, Manchester 2014

2013 – 2014

Prescribing Pattern and Indications for Lidocaine (5%) Transdermal Patches in a Tertiary Referral Centre | Clinical Fellow Postgraduate Pain Management Supervisor
• Poster Presentation & Abstract | Irish Pain Society ASM Dublin 2014

2011

I.V. Ketamine in the management of refractory Fibromyalgia: Case study
• Postgraduate Anaesthesia Presentation | South of Ireland Anaesthesia Society, Cork

Research Themes

Neuromodulation

2019– present

Consultant in Pain Management & Neuromodulation I Mater Private Hospital, Cork

2011– present

Honorary Consultant Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospital I NHS Trust, Westiminster, London

2011– present

Assoc. Professor in Pain Medicine I School of Medicine, UCC

2012– present

Clinical Lead Neuromodulation Research I Tyndall National Institute, UCC  

2021– 2023

President-Elect | World Institute of Pain (WIP)

2020– 2022

Medical Advisory Board Member | Mater Private Hospital, Cork

2019– 2021

Advisory Board Member PainCast | PainCast International

2021– 2022

Scientific Abstract Committee member| WIP World Congress Budapest 2021

2020– present

Senior Medical Advisor | Clinical Consultancy Services, Ireland

2016– present

Affiliated Member | HRB Clinical Research Facility Cork and ASSERT Centre

2016– present

Chief Medical Officer Perito Ireland | “Perito” Expert Medical Legal Consultants, Ireland

2011– present

Clinical Director & Founder | Pain Relief Ireland

2013– present

Fellow Royal College of Physicians I London

Psychosocial

Role of Hydrotherapy & the Rehabilitation of Low Back Pain

  • School of Medicine undergraduate research module in conjunction with Depart of physiotherapy & Sport Medicine

Evaluation of Chronic Pain in Amateur Golfers

  • Leeds Pain Service, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Leeds, UK

Analgesic Prescribing in the Primary Care for Elderly Patient: Attitudes and Impact

  • School of Medicine undergraduate research module

The Physical and Psychological Outcomes in Overweight and Obese Patients Attending a Chronic Pain Clinic

  • Future project worked planned
Interventional

Retrospective Study on Clinical Outcome following Denervation of Cervical Spine Pain

  • Boston Scientific (Europe) Funding
  • European Clinical Trail pending internal site approval
  • HRB Clinical Research site

Use of Digital Tracking in Pain Management to Improve Efficiency and Quality for Patient Care: the use mobile App analysis to improve patient pathway post procedures

  • Pain Relief Ireland / Mater Private Hospital

Publications

Research Publications (Peer Reviewed Journals)

2021

An open label pilot study investigating non-invasive high frequency peripheral nerve fibre stimulation in chronic pain
Hegarty D.A., Brethanton B., Pain Practice 2021 21:5: 568 – 577

2020

COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Studies & Opinions 2020
Hegarty D.A., Telehealth and Pain Medicine 01(07): 1–3

2020

Long-term clinical outcome following PRP for Gluteal Tendinopathy
Hegarty D.A., Pain Practice 2020 Vol 20: S1: 1-112.

2020

Attitude to the prescribing skills assessment in final year medical students at an Irish University
Reidy D., Hegarty D.A., Pain Practice 2020 Vol 20: S1: 1-112

2020

Relationship between the psychological profile and BMI in chronic low back pain
Forde S, Hegarty D.A., Pain Practice 2020 Vol 20: S1: 1-112

2019

Relationship between body mass index and the sub-dimensions of brief pain inventory in chronic pain patients
Hegarty D. A., Batt G., Brackett J., J Psychology Behaviour Research 2019 1(2): 77-83

2018

Ionizing Radiation Dose Exposure to the Ocular Region of Pain Physicians During C-arm Guided Pain Interventions
Kelly, R., McMahon, A. and Hegarty, D., Pain Physician 2018, 21, pp. E523-E532

2018

Ionizing Radiation Dose Exposure to the Ocular Region of Pain Physicians During C-arm Guided Pain Interventions
Kelly, R., McMahon, A. and Hegarty, D., Pain Physician 2018, 21, pp. E523-E532

2018

Effect of Classical music on pre-operative anxiety in chronic pain patients undergoing pain procedures
Hegarty D., Campbell G., WIP World Congress 2018 Pain Practice 2018 Vol 18. (1)

2018

Using time-driven activity-based costing to introduce a psychologist to the pain clinic
Doolan A, Moore, D. Hegarty D., WIP World Congress 2018 Pain Practice 2018 Vol 18. (1)

2017

Post Thoracotomy Pain Management: time to spread the gospel!
Hegarty D., J Surg Transplant Sci 2017 5(3): 1058

2017

Integration of a Problem-based Learning Module into a Post-graduate Pain Medicine Education Program
Hegarty D., British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioral Science 2017: 21(1): 1-8

2017

Post Thoracotomy Pain Syndrome: What Pain Management Options do we have?
Hegarty D., J Surg Transplant Sci 2017 5(3): 1059

2017

The Long-term Treatment of Atypical Odontalgia with Tapentadol: A Case Report
Hegarty D., Int J Dent Oral Health 2017: 3(2)

2016

Clinical outcome following radiofrequency denervation for refractory sacroiliac joint dysfunction using the Simplicity III probe: a 12-month retrospective study
Hegarty D., Pain Physician 2016; 19:E129-E135

2014

Prevalence and relationship between self-stigmatization and self-esteem in chronic pain patients
Hegarty D., Wall. M., Journal of Pain Relief & Management 2014 3(2);136

2014

Psychological reactions and persistent facial pain following enucleation
Hegarty D., Coakley D., Dooley I., Pain Research & Treatment 2014 Article ID 232989

2014

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use in University Athletes: Knowledge and attitudes of risk
Hagel J., Hegarty D., Pain Research & Management 2014 19(2):e76

2013

Prevalence and relationship between self-stigmatization and self-esteem in chronic pain patients
Hegarty D., Wall. M., British Journal of Pain, April 2013; vol. 7, 2 suppl: pp. 77-86

2012

Characterizations of persistent post-surgical pain following lumbar discectomy
Hegarty D., Shorten G., Pain Physician 2012, 15:421-434

2012

Spinal Cord Stimulation: The clinical application of new technology
Hegarty D., Anesthesiology Research and Practice 2012, article ID 375691

2012

Analgesic effect of bilateral ultrasound-guided pudendal nerve blocks in management of interstitial cystitis
Lean L.L., Hegarty D., Harmon D., J. Anaesth 2012 26(1); 128-129

2011

Peripheral Nerve Stimulation of the Thoracic Paravertebral Plexus for Chronic Neuropathic Pain
Hegarty D., Goroszeniuk T., Pain Physician 2011; 14:295-300

2011

A randomised, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of preoperative pregabalin on morphine consumption and following lumbar discectomy
Hegarty D., Shorten G., Korean J Pain 24(1): 22 – 30

2010

Retrospective cohort analysis of clinical outcome following targeted neuromodulation for chronic pain in the sacroiliac joint
Hegarty D., Goroszeniuk T, Kothari S, Al-Kaisy A., Neuromodulation 2010:13(2)

2008

A randomised, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of preoperative pregabalin on morphine consumption and following lumbar discectomy
Hegarty D., Shorten G., Anesthesiology 2008; 109: A1558

2008

Intensive Care review
Hegarty D., Collins D., Modern Medicine 2009, Jan/Feb issue

2008

The Piriformis syndrome: the real “forgotten syndrome”
Hegarty D., British J Anaesthesia 2008; (epub. Jan 10)

2007

Why Bazett’s Formula?
Hegarty D., Anaesthesia & Analgesia 2007; 105 (2): 535

2006

Chronic postoperative pain and inguinal herniorrhapy
Hegarty D., British Journal of Anaesthesia 2006; 96(4): 538

2006

The association between clinical findings, magnetic resonance imaging and pre-operative quantitative sensory testing in patients undergoing lumbar discectomy
Hegarty D., Moore M, Maher M, Shorten G., European Journal of Radiology 2006; 23(37):234

Research Publications (Peer Reviewed Chapters)

2019

Spinal Cord Stimulation: The clinical application of new technology an update
Hegarty D., Anaesthesiology Research and Practice 2019

2012

Interventional pain procedures
Hegarty D., Murphy D., ABC of Pain Medicine, 2012, Blackwell-Wiley, London

2010

What to consider as clinicians about chronic postoperative pain and inguinal herniorrhaphy
Hegarty D., Hernia Repair Sequelae, V. Schumpelick & R Fitzgibbons (Eds.), 2010, Springer-Verlag, Berlin

Our Healthcare Awards

Irish Healthcare Awards 2022
Irish Healthcare Awards 2019
Irish Healthcare Awards 2018
Cork Convention Bureau

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