Our Consultants

Dr. George Eralil

Dr George Eralil is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at the University Hospital of Wales. His main roles are in the management of brain tumours (he leads the Brain and CNS Cancer division of the Welsh Cancer Network,) and complex facial pain (including trigeminal neuralgia and neuropathic pain). In the fields of brain tumours and injury, he is a firm believer in brain plasticity and its ability to form new connections and improve upon existing pathways and networks. This is where his interest in CBPMs lie. From a facial pain perspective, he has one of the largest trigeminal neuralgia practices in the UK and is already using alternative therapies and drugs to treat intractable trigeminal neuropathic conditions. He believes CBPMs can hugely support patients where standard medications have failed. Mr Eralil is currently an advisor to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman and is also a member of the Welsh Pain Society.

Dr. David Howells

Dr David Howells is a Consultant Psychiatrist with over 19 years of experience. He qualified as a doctor in 2001 at Cardiff and has gone on to become a specialist in Old Age Psychiatry. Alongside this, he worked as a Second Opinion Appointed Doctor for Health and Inspectorate Wales, to support in the treatment and care of patient detained in psychiatric hospitals under the Mental Health Act, 1983.

Dr Howells is a compassionate and experienced psychiatrist who supports the benefits some patients receive with CBPMs.

Dr. Farrah Ayob

Dr Farrah Ayob is a pain specialist with over 12 years of experience helping patients across complex pain, central pain, cancer-related pain and acute pain management. She undertook her Advanced Pain fellowship at the Royal Marsden Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Dr Ayob supports a holistic approach to pain management and believes in the assistance and comfort CBPMs can bring to a patient when looking to manage or alleviate pain.