Professor Dominic Harmon

Prof Dominic Harmon is a consultant Pain Physician and Adjunct Clinical Professor in the University of Limerick Medical School. He was appointed to University Hospitals Limerick and Bons Secours Hospital, Limerick. He is the academic lead Dept Anaesthesia/Pain Medicine in University Hospital Limerick. He completed his Pain Physician training in the Walton Centre Liverpool, UK.

He has advanced training that optimises pain diagnosis and treatment. This includes Musculoskeletal Medicine (Dip Sports Medicine RCSI)(Fellow Faculty Sports and Exercise Medicine, RCSI), Physiology (MSc/UCD), Rehabilitation (BA Psychology/DCU)(MSc Exercise Performance Psychology/UL) and Pain Intervention (Fellow Faculty of Pain Medicine).

Prof Harmon has a significant ongoing research background. This facilitates continuous learning to optimise diagnosis and pain treatment. He has published four international textbooks in pain medicine. He has an MD research degree and supervises PhD research candidates.

Additional Info

Prof Harmon works closely with General Practitioners, Orthopaedic Surgery, Rheumatology and Sports Medicine to allow rapid diagnosis and appropriate triage of patients. Along with an excellent team of Radiographers, Nurses, Psychologist, Physiotherapists, Music Therapist and support services the Pain intervention service continues to increase the number of patients treated for acute and chronic pain.  A Pain Excellence Centre has been developed in Croom hospital under Professor Harmon’s leadership.

Pain diagnosis (comprehensive and not imaging alone).

Minimally invasive spinal intervention for cervical, thoracic, lumber spine pain.

Intra-articular joint injection under direct imaging (fluoroscopy/ultrasound) guidance

Diagnostic MSK Ultrasound

Ultrasound guided ligament, tendon and bursa injection including impingement syndromes

Pain Education Programmes

Pain Rehabilitation Programmes.