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Dr. Krishnan Chakravarthy

Dr. Krishnan Chakravarthy, MD, PhD, is an interventional pain and spine physician. Dr. Chakravarthy is Chairman and founder of the Empower You Chronic Pain Foundation focusing on patient access, advocacy and knowledge. Dr. Chakravarthy is an affiliate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, and Affiliate Professor in the Department of Nanoengineering at UCSD Health and VA San Diego Healthcare. Dr. Chakravarthy instructs medical students, residents and fellows at the VA hospital. His research interests include incorporating new technology into advancing pain care. His research work has been featured in national and international venues and has been published in top journals, including Anesthesiology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, and Pain. He has to date lectured in over three hundred regional, national, and international venues, and has more than hundred published works. Expertscape’s PubMed-based algorithms placed Dr. Chakravarthy in top 0.1% of scholars writing about Pain Management over the past 10 years defining him as a “World Expert.”

He has won numerous national and international awards for his clinical and research work, most notable include the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Young Innovator Award. He is considered an international thought leader in the pain space and serves on the advisory board of several major companies as well as editorial board of several national and international journals. He has been involved in pioneering several first clinical cases in the United States and has been a founding faculty member of “Restorative Neurostimulation”. An entrepreneur, Dr. Chakravarthy is a founder of several biotechnology startup companies. He has served as chair on several committees and executive officer positions in organizations such as the International Neuromodulation Society, Pacific Spine and Pain Society, and American Society of Pain and Neuroscience. Currently he is President-Elect of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience.

Remote Patient Monitoring, Patient-Centered Medical Conferences, & Smart Career Moves

Dr. Chakravarthy delves into the fascinating world of pain management start-ups and med-tech. Dr. Chakravarthy emphasizes the...

How COVID Has Changed The Pain Medicine Field Pt. 2

The magnitude of COVID-19’s impact on medicine is such that it has put to the test the very standards of care that professionals...

How COVID Has Changed The Pain Medicine Field

COVID is the theme of 2020, changing everything we do not only in the medical field but our entire lives in general.

How COVID Is Accelerating Crazy Healthcare Innovations

Dr. Chakravarthy breaks down the new COVID delivery method using micro-needle technology, and the way that doctors...

Learning From The H1N1 Pandemic Of 1918 To Combat COVID

Dr. Chakravarthy talks about a “Eureka” moment from his career, and The comparisons that Dr. Chakravarthy sees between...

Entrepreneurship And Innovation At The Crossroads Of Academics & Industry

Dr. Chakravarty talks about how he built a qualified team when starting out, as well as his unique and unconventional route...

Medtronic Announces New Mobile App and Online Platform for Spinal Cord Stimulation Patients

"The ability to monitor patients more closely, to receive data and feedback more quickly, means we can adjust and adapt...

Turning an Idea into a Company w. Dr. Krishnan Chakravarthy

In this podcast episode, Pain Unfiltered spoke with Dr. Krishnan Chakravarthy about his experience turning an idea into a company.

Spinal Cord Stimulation Reduces Back Pain and Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease Patients

In study, 15 patients with long-term PD and chronic pain and mobility impairment showed improvements across multiple measures...

Two Decades of Innovation- Panasci competition builds a legacy of WNY entrepreneurship

Conceived in UB’s technology incubator, NanoAxis set out to change medicine at the genetic level using nanomaterials...

Combatting Viral and Bacterial Lung Infections with Volatile Anesthetics

Inhaled anesthetics are fairly common all over the world for minor and extensive surgical procedures in patients of all age groups...

Patch + Sound Waves = Pain Relief with Fewer Opioids

Given the current opioid epidemic, researchers are keen to find better ways to treat pain. A team led by UC San Diego’s Krishnan...

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