Identification and Clinical Management of Neuropathic Pain: From Evidence to Best Practice.

Dr Andreas C. Themistocleous is an MRC Clinician Scientist at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, and an Honorary Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology at Oxford University Hospitals. His research focuses on understanding how peripheral nerve injury leads to chronic neuropathic pain. He uses advanced neurophysiological techniques, including microneurography and axonal excitability testing, to study sensory nerve function in patients with neuropathic pain and small fibre neuropathy.

Dr. Hohenschurz-Schmidt is a clinician, educator, and pain researcher, currently an NIHR Development and Skills Enhancement Fellow at the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit (ICTU). He holds a Master's degree in Osteopathy and Neuroscience. His research focuses on improving clinical trial methods and developing physical and psychological interventions for people living with pain, and addressing pain in the context of long-term conditions such as diabetes. He leads several projects exploring patient needs and integrative treatment alternatives for people living with painful diabetic neuropathy. 

Elizabeth is 84 years old, of mixed ethnicity, and has been living with Diabetes and its complications, including neuropathic pain, for over 50 years. She is a retired Registered Nurse and, as such is acutely aware of diabetes and neuropathic pain from both sides of the spectrum, including the need for patient-centred care. She currently volunteers with the charity Diabetes UK in addition to being a Board member of the Hammersmith & Fulham Diabetes Group (London, UK). She has also worked within Public Health, raising patient awareness of diabetes.

Nadia is a Senior Research Fellow at the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information Centre (EPPI Centre) within the Social Science Research Unit at University College London. Her research focuses on developing and applying automation tools and methods to advance evidence synthesis and systematic reviewing. With a background in pharmacology, she has conducted systematic reviews and meta-analyses aimed at bridging the translation gap between preclinical and clinical research in chronic pain. She recently led the Neuropathic Pain Special Interest Group updated systematic review and meta-analysis and treatment  recommendations, published in the Lancet Neurology (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(25)00068-7/fulltext). She is an Associate Editor at PAIN and Openness and Transparency Editor at the Journal of Pain. 

Neil is Professor of Evidence-Based Healthcare in the Physiotherapy Division of the Department of Health Sciences. He previously worked as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist and now divides his time between teaching and research. Neil’s research focuses on evidence-based management of persistent pain, and he has published extensively in this area. He leads modules on clinical research methods and evidence-based practice for pre- and post-graduate clinicians. Neil served as Coordinating Editor for the Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care (PaPaS) group from 2020–2023 and was a member of Cochrane’s central editorial board. He contributed to the UK NICE 2016 clinical guideline on low back pain and sciatica and currently chairs the IASP Methods, Evidence Synthesis and Implementation Special Interest Group (MESIGIG). Neil is Scientific Coordinator of the ENTRUST-PE network, supported by ERA-NET Neuron Cofund, and co-chair of the IASP Global Year 2026 on Neuropathic Pain. 

Dr Ong Say Yang completed his anaesthesia training in Singapore in 2014 and underwent a one-year fellowship in chronic pain management in Adelaide, Australia, at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 2018 as part of his pain fellowship training under the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australia & New Zealand College of Anaesthesia. His clinical interests are in pain management, regional and obstetric anaesthesia. He is a senior consultant with the Department of Anaesthesia at the National University Hospital and Alexandra Hospital in Singapore, dividing his clinical time between the 2 institutions. He is the current Head of the Division of the Pain Management Unit at National University Hospital and the Pain Service Lead for Alexandra Hospital. Dr Ong is also the current President of the Pain Association of Singapore and the immediate past President of the Association of Southeast Asian Pain Societies.