Dr. Navita Purohit Vyas

AREA(S) OF INTEREST:

Ultrasound guided Interventional Pain Management, Regenerative Medicine including Platelet Rich Plasma Injections, Spine Pain including chronic back pain and neck pain, Chronic pelvic pain, joint and muscle pain, Cancer Pain & Rehabilitation with Palliative Care / End of Life Care, Neurorehabilitation for stroke and brain & spinal cord injury, Pain Management and Palliative care, Interventional Pain Management, Rehabilitation Medicine

PROCEDURES PERFORMED:

First Radiation Free Intervention Pain Clinic, Ultrasound Guided and Assisted Spinal Nerve Blocks, Intrarticular Joint Injections and Radiofrequency Ablations (Transforaminal Epidural, Interlaminar Epidural, Facet Joint Intraarticulr, Median Brach Block for chronic neck and back pain; Conventional and Cooled RF for Facet Joint Pain, Post TKR Knee Pain, Trigeminal Neuralgia); Regenerative Medicine Treatments including Platelet Rich Plasma for Degenerative Conditions (Osteoarthritis, Arthritis of any joint ), Tendinopathies (Tennis Elbow, Golfers Elbow, Plantar Fascitis, Tenosynovitis), and Tears (Muscle tears , Sports Injuries, Ligament Tears, Tendon Tears); Myofasical Pain and Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pelvic Pain and Bladder Pain Syndrome with ultrasound guided trigger point injections and comprehensive musculoskeletal rehab; Cancer Pain and Rehabilitation with WHO step ladder Pain Management Including Symathetic blocks, peripheral Nerve blocks, Pharmacotherapy, Lymphedema Management ; Neuropathic Pain Management with ultrasound guided injections, hydrodisssection of nerves, medications and rehab for (CRPS, Post Herpetic Neuralgia, Cancer Pain, Peripheral Vascular Disease Pain, Diabetic Neuropathies, and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other Entrapment Neuropathies like Tarsal Tunnel, Meralgia Paresthetica, and Post Hernia Nerve entrapment); Neurorehabilitation for stroke, brain and spinal cord injury with aphasia, dysphagia and paralysis with Rehab Robotics , Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy(HBOT), Multidisciplinary team management with trained team of physical therapists, occupational therapist, ergonomics, psychologists, counsellers and orthotists etc; Geriatric and Musculoskeletal Medicine and Rehabilitation for patients with joint pain, muscle pain, neck and back pain, headaches, arthritis, osteoporosis, joint deformities, balance impairment with pharmacotherapy, interventions , multidisciplinary team management with trained team of physical therapists, occupational therapist, ergonomics, psychologists, counsellers and orthotists etc

NAME OF INSTITUTE(S):

• Senior Residency and training in Musculoskeletal Medicine and Rehabilitation, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
• DNB (Rehabilitation Medicine), National Board of Examination
• MD (Rehabilitation Medicine), SMS Medical College and Hospitals, Jaipur
• MBBS, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner

FELLOWSHIPS:

• World Institute of Pain (USA): Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist
• University of Washington: Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Medicne, Seattle, USA- Advanced Training in Interventional Pain Management
• Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA- Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine
• Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai: Training in Cancer Pain and Palliative Care
• FIPM (Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management: Accredited from Aesculap Academy, Germany
• FRAPM (Fellowship in Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Management): Accredited from Aesculap Academy, Germany
• Palliative Care : Accredited from IAPC (Indian Academy of Palliative Care)

• The 1st Indian woman with CIPS (Certified Interventional Pain Sonologist), USA
• Started Concept of Radiation free Interventional Pain Management by setting up 1st Ultrasound Guided Interventional  Pain Clinic
• Program Head: Fellowship in Pain Management Accredidated by Indian Academy of Pain Medicine(IAPM)
• Secretary, Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation(IAPMR)
• Program Director, Ultrasound Guided Interventional Pain Management
• Program Co Coordinator, IMPACT Course on Neurorehabilitation
• International Faculty, for Hands on Training in Ultrasound Guided Pain interventions at World Conference of Neurorehabilitation (WCNR) at Mumbai, International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM) at Paris and Japan, and World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography (WAPMU) at Perdini, Indonesia
• Organizing Secretary of 47th Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (IAPMRCON 2019)

Total 15 years in Pain & Rehab Medicine

KDAH Experience

Procedures Performed:no(since July, 2015)

• Ultrasound Guided and Assisted Spine Procedures :>500
• USG Guided Nerve Blocks for Pain: >500
• USG Guided Sympathetic Blocks for pain: >200
• Myofascial Blocks: >500
• Platelet Rich Plasma Injections: approx 200

Professional Memberships

Member of Various National and International Associations like

• Secretary, Indian Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IAPMR)
• International Association for Study of Pain (IASP)
• World Academy of Pain Medicine Ultrasonography (WAPMU)
• World Federation of Neuro Rehabilitation(WFNR)
• International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ISPRM)
• Global Interstitial Cystitis and Bladder Pain Society (GIBS)
• Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSP)
• Indian Society of Spine(ISS)
• Indian Association of Sports Medicine(IASM)
• Indian Federation of Neuro Rehabilitation (IFNR) – Founder member
• Indraprastha Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine(ISPRM)
• Mumbai Association of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation(MAPMR)
• Indian Society for Study of Pain , Mumbai Chapter (ISSP, Mumbai)
• Invited Guest Faculty in Various National and International Conferences.