Dr Kal Yacoub is a Specialist Pain Medicine Physician at Sydney Pain Specialists. He provides comprehensive assessment and evidence based treatment for patients living with chronic and debilitating pain, with a focus on clarifying diagnosis, identifying the primary pain generator, improving function, and reducing the impact of pain on daily life.

He commonly treats persistent spinal pain, neuropathic pain, chronic post surgical pain, non surgical joint and osteoarthritis pain, post trauma pain, cancer related pain, complex persistent pain and complex regional pain syndrome.

Dr Yacoub takes a practical, patient centred approach to pain management. His care may involve medication optimisation and rationalisation, diagnostic nerve blocks, epidural and targeted joint injections, medial branch blocks and facet interventions, sacroiliac joint interventions, pulsed radiofrequency treatment, radiofrequency ablation, peripheral nerve blocks, peripheral nerve stimulation, platelet rich plasma injections, Botox injections and multidisciplinary pain management planning where appropriate.

His treatment plans are tailored to each patient’s diagnosis, functional goals and broader circumstances. He aims to provide clear diagnostic assessment, evidence based treatment recommendations and interventional pain management where clinically appropriate, while maintaining a strong focus on function, quality of life and long term management.

Dr Yacoub completed a Master of Medicine in Pain Management through The University of Sydney and holds Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. His pain medicine training included Fellowships years at Liverpool Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, both major referral centres managing complex tertiary and state wide referrals.