Sam Hewitt Spotlight

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Main Research Interests

Investigating the role of the autoimmune system in chronic non-specific low back pain and the associations this condition has with other primary pain syndromes. This work involves the use of biopsychosocial models, quantitative sensory testing and serum and blister fluid sample analysis.

 

Biography

 I am currently a junior doctor working in the Merseyside deanery. I graduated from the University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School, in 2018. I was also able to obtain a first-class honours degree in Physiology at King’s College London during a year out from my medical studies. I have worked alongside the researchers at the PRI for the past 2 years, during which I have presented at an international pain conference and gained experience and developed in interest in pain research.

 Currently I am working with Dr. Andreas Goebel in my main role is Principle investigator on a research project with the primary aim of identifying and characterising phenotypic subgroups in those suffering from severe Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain. We aim to explore the relationship between the immune system and symptom presentation in this condition, and links with the primary pain syndromes Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.

 

I am in the process of applying for the anaesthetic training program, with the hope of specialising in pain medicine in the future.