EXPERIENCE

Established an interventional pain management center serving a large area of southern Kentucky and northern Tennessee. The center offers comprehensive pain management services including a full spectrum of interventional techniques of pain management.

Center for Pain Management at Cumberland Brain & Spine Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2013

Partner in a multiiplinary pain management center in association with Cumberland Brain & Spine which served a large area of southern Kentucky and Nashville, TN offering comprehensive brain, spine and pain management services including a full spectrum of interventional techniques of pain management.

The Pain Institute, Louisville, KY

Associate in a well established and renowned interventional pain practice in Louisville which served a large area of southern Indiana and northern Kentucky, offering comprehensive pain management services including a wide variety of interventional techniques of pain management.

Fellowship Training

International Pain Institute, TTUHSC, Lubbock, TX

Trained at a highly interventional pain management program by two of the best pain physicians in the World: Drs. Gabor Racz and Prithvi Raj. With a patient population from all over the World, the clinical experience at Texas Tech was wide and varied, ranging from simple back pain and headaches at one end of the pain spectrum to complex regional pain syndromes at the other end. Experience in interventional techniques included, but not limited to somatic and sympathetic nerve blocks, neuraxial blocks, neurolytic techniques including Chemical, Radiofrequency and Cryoneurolysis, Neuroaugmentation and implantable catheters and devices for pain control.

Department of Anesthesiology, TTUHSC, Lubbock, TX

Trained in clinical anesthesia with exposure to a wide spectrum of settings, situations, specialties, patient populations and techniques which include ambulatory, inpatient, operating room, critical care, neuro, cardiac, obstetric, pediatric and geriatric anesthesia, pain management, regional and general anesthesia.

Training in United Kingdom

Dept. of Anaesthetics, The Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, U.K.

First resident from TTUHSC selected for a rotation in U.K. as part of anesthesia training. Gained a new perspective in anesthetic and pain management, working in a setting of social medicine, the emphasis of training being on regional anesthesia and simple, practical pain management techniques.

Private Practitioner, Hyderabad, India

Four years of postgraduate experience as a medical officer and practitioner in India with extensive clinical exposure in various faculties of Medicine, especially in outpatient and primary care services.

Research Experience

Research Assistant Feb.

1997 – Aug. 1997

Hillside Hospital, LIJMC, New York

Coordinated and assisted in two NIMH- funded studies on Tardive Dyskinesia and Schizophrenia. Assisted in projects in brain measurements in the Brain Morphometry Laboratory.

CERTIFICATION

Competency Certification in Interventional Pain Management from the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP)

AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

President

Kentucky Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (KSIPP) American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) Faculty, KSIPP & ASIPP World Institute of Pain

PUBLICATIONS

Case Report: “Use of Intravenous Cosyntropin in the treatment of Postdural Puncture Headache”- Anesthesiology, Jan. 2000

Case Report: "Infraclavicular brachial plexus block and infusion for treatment of long-standing complex regional syndrome, type-I"- Pain Physician, Apr. 2004

"American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) guidelines for responsible opioid prescribing in chronic non-cancer pain"- Pain Physician, Jul. 2012

Book Chapter: "Percutaneous Hydroectomy"-Textbook of Pain Management, 3rd Edition-2014, edited by Muralidhar Joshi

TEACHING COURSES & PRESENTATIONS

Grand Rounds, TTUHSC, Lubbock, TX Sep. 2002: “The Neuromatrix Theory”

International Conference of IAPC, Hyderabad, India Dec. 2003: “Interventional 10th Pain Management in Palliative Care”

Osmania, Gandhi and Chest Diseases Hospitals, Hyderabad and Vijayawada, India Dec.

2003: “Pain Management- An Update”. Annual Scientific Meeting of The American Pain Society, Chicago, IL Mar. 2004: 22nd “Poster Presentation on Brachial Plexus Catheter in CRPS”

Apollo Hospital, Kakinada Dec. 2006: “Live Demonstration Course in Epidural Blocks”

New Delhi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Kakinada and Vishakapatnam, India Dec. 2006: “Pain Management- Past, Present and Future”

1st and 2nd International Workshop and Scientific Symposium on Interventional Pain Therapies, st 1 New Delhi, India Dec. 2007: "Cadaver Workshop"

Mumbai, India Dec. 2007: “Live Demonstration Workshop on Spinal Cord Stimulation”

ASIPP, Memphis, TN Oct. 2007 & 2008: "Cadaver Workshop on Spinal Cord Stimulation”

ASIPP, Memphis, TN May 2008: "Cadaver Workshop on Basic and Intermediate Spinal and Non-Spinal Interventional Techniques”

ASIPP, Memphis, IN Dec.2008: “Cadaver workshop on Basic, Intermediate & Intraal therapies and Percutaneous ectomy”

INCRAA 2009, New Delhi, India Jan. 2009: “Ganglion Impar and Hypogastric plexus blocks in cancer pain"

AIIMS, New Delhi, India Feb. 2009: “Current trends in pain management"

ISSPCON 2009, Hyderabad, India Feb. 2009: “Interventional Techniques Cadaver workshop, Newer applications of Neuromodulation, IDET and trode Therapies”

International Course on Interventional Pain management, New Delhi, India

TEACHING COURSES & PRESENTATIONS

Calcutta Pain Society, Calcutta, India Feb. 2009: “Newer applications of Neuromodulation”

ASIPP, Memphis, TN Nov. 2010, Apr. 2011, Sep. 2012, Denver, CO Nov. 2012, Phoenix, AZ Feb. 2013: “Comprehensive Review course and Cadaver workshop”

ASIPP, Memphis, TN Sep. 2011 and Apr. 2012: “Spinal Cord Stimulation Cadaver Course”

KSIPP, Annual Meeting, Bowling Green, Ky Oct. 2011: "Prescribing Opioids Safely"

4th Annual pain Symposium, New Delhi, India Aug 2012: "Interventional pain management-its role in pain medicine today, Percutaneous Hydroectomy- A novel technique for treatment of ogenic pain and Live Demonstration of Hydroetomy"

ICIPM 2012, New Delhi, India Aug. 2012: "Newer Applications of Neuromodulation, Spinal Cord Stimulation- Basics & Video Demonstration, Percutaneous Hydroectomy- A novel technique for treatment of ogenic pain & Cadaver workshop"

Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, India Aug & Dec 2012: "Percutaneous Hydroectomy- A novel technique for treatment of ogenic pain and Live Demonstration of Hydroectomy"

Workshop on Interventional pain, Bandung, Indonesia Dec. 2012: "Non Pharmacological approach to Pain Management, How to do- Lumbar facet interventions, Lumbar sympathetic block, LESI, ography, Advanced interventional procedures- SCS & Cadaver Workshop"

AMU, Aligarh, India Symposium cum live workshop on chronic back pain Dec. 2012: "Role of Imaging in chronic back pain, Live Demonstration of Hydroectomy"

ASIPP, Las Vegas, NV Comprehensive Review Course and Cadaver Workshop in Intraal Techniques and Decompression Apr. 2013 & Aug. 2014: "Percutaneous Hydroectomy"

ASIPP, 15th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC Jun. 2013: "Percutaneous Hydroectomy"

ASIPP, Denver, CO Oct. 2013: “Cadaver Workshop”

TEACHING COURSES & PRESENTATIONS

World Pain Symposium- ICIPM 2013, Kolkata, India Nov. 2013: "Live Demonstration of Percutaneous Hydroectomy, Recent Advances in Neuromodulation, Interventions in Post Herpetic Neuralgia"

Bellevue Hospital Kolkata, India Nov. 2013: "Pain Management-Past, Present & Future"

Workshop on Interventional Pain management Techniques in low back pain, Apollo Hospital, Chennai, India Nov. 2013: "Recent Advances in Management of Low Back Pain, Live demonstration of Interlaminar & Transforaminal ESIs, Medial Branch Blocks, RFTC, SI Joint Injection, Percutaneous Hydroectomy, Caudal Epidural Adhesiolysis"

Interventional Pain Management Workshop, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, UAE 5th Nov. 2013: "Interventional Pain Management-Its Role in Pain Medicine Today, Video Demonstration of SCS & Cadaver Workshop"

ASIPP, St. Louis, MO Jun. 2014: “Intensive Review course and Cadaver workshop in Spinal Interventional Techniques and Non Spinal Interventional Techniques”

KSIPP & INSIPP Annual Meeting, Evansville, IN Sep. 2014: "Prescribing Opioids Safely"