Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Anesthesiology
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2021 - Present
Anesthesiology, Pain Management,
Anesthesiology
Interim Chair of Anesthesiology
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2025 - Present
Anesthesiology, Pain Management,
Anesthesiology
Professor in Population Health Sciences
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2020 - Present
Population Health Sciences,
Basic Science Departments
Recent Publications
Intravenous Lidocaine Decreases Pain Scores 24 Hours Post Cardiac Surgery: Substudy of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Journal Article Pain Physician · November 2025 BACKGROUND: Post cardiac surgery pain remains a problem for a significant number of patients. While opioids have long been used for cardiac surgery pain control and hemodynamic stability, methods to improve pain control while also reducing reliance on opio ... Link to item CiteEffectiveness of motivational interviewing plus cognitive behavioral therapy vs shared decision making for voluntary opioid tapering in patients with chronic pain: the INSPIRE randomized pragmatic trial.
Journal Article Pain Med · August 1, 2025 OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of motivational interviewing plus cognitive behavioral therapy vs shared decision making on change in daily dosage of prescribed opioids for individuals with chronic non-cancer pain. DESIGN: Pragmatic randomized tria ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteComplexities and approaches for deriving longitudinal daily morphine milligram equivalents using electronic health record prescription data.
Journal Article JAMIA Open · June 2025 OBJECTIVE: To describe challenges and solutions for calculating longitudinal daily opioid dose in morphine milligram equivalents from electronic health record prescriptions for a clinical trial of voluntary opioid reduction in patients with chronic non-can ... Full text Open Access Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Feasibility Pilot Trial of Mindfulness in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery (M-PASS) Using a Mobile Health Application
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health · 2023 - 2026Integrated Health Services to Reduce Opioid Use While Managing Chronic Pain
ResearchClinical Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2018 - 2024Opioid sparing potential of light-induced analgesia: a pilot trial of a novel, non-pharmacological treatment for pain
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Bangalore University (India) ·
1998
M.B.B.S.