Dr. Raghavendra Ramanjulu

Lead Consultant - Palliative Medicine & Rehabilitation

General Medicine

Aster RV Hospital - Bangalore, India

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Qualification

MBBS, MD, DNB, Fellowship in Pain Management (Singapore), Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (USA), MSc in Palliative Medicine (UK), Fellow of Indian Academy of Pain Medicine

Languages

English Hindi Kannada

Work Experience

23 Years Experience Overall (17 years as specialist)

Research Experience

• A Study to assess preferences and attitudes of palliative care patients’ and their caregivers towards discussion of anticipatory “Not for cardiopulmonary resuscitation” in a tertiary cancer centre in Bangalore
India.

Awards & Achivements

• Eight rank in M.D Anaesthesiology University exams held during 2006 by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
• Awarded second place for the poster prestation at IAPCON 2020
Bora S
Dutta K. IAPCON 2020: Conference Proceedings. Indian Journal of Palliative Care. 2020 Apr;26(2):159.
• Rethink before you Leap: acute abdomen and hemoperitoneum secondary to ruptured liver metastasis – THERE IS A LOT PALLIATIVE INTERVENTION AND CARE CAN DO. Asia Pacific Hospice and Palliative care conference
Singapore 2017.
• Acute Pain Model Using Patient Controlled Analgesia Translated into Palliative Care Pain Management: International Association for the Study of Pain Conference
Yokohama
Japan 2016.
• Clinical Insight: Scalene Syndrome and its relevance in post mastectomy pain. Multinational association for supportive care in cancer meeting (MASCC 2016) Adelaide
Australia.
• THIRD PLACE for the paper “Cost effective continuous Intrathecal analgesia in intractable cancer pain patients” at ISSPCON (National Pain conference) FEB. 2012.
• First place for the Poster “Role of Conventional Airway management in modern Anaesthesia” at KISACON 2009.
• Second place in National Level Quiz competition at (RACE-2006) held at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute
Chennai.

Memberships

• European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO)
• Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN)
• International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC)
• International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
• Indian Society for the Study of Pain (ISSP)
• Indian Association of Palliative Care (IAPC)

Area of Interest

• Complex Interactable Symptom Management
• Interdisciplinary Pain Management
• Advanced Cancer and Chronic Pain Interventions
• Palliative Rehabilitation
• End Of Life Care
• Extended Care at Home

Dr. Raghavendra Ramanjulu is a highly acclaimed Pain and Palliative Physician working as the Lead Consultant for Palliative Medicine and rehabilitation services at Aster CMI Hospital. His areas of special interest are Complex Interactable Symptom Management, Interdisciplinary Pain Management, Interventional Pain Management, Palliative Rehabilitation, end-of-life care, and Extended care at home. He did his MBBS from Dr.B R Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore, followed by M.D training in Anaesthesia from Shree Siddhartha Medical College, Tumkur, Karnataka in 2006. After completing his senior residency at the Department of Neuroanaesthesia from NIMHANS started his career as an Anaesthesiologist with a special interest in pain management for a period of 4 years, during which he pursued various chronic pain and palliative care training at the 3 national including the ISSP sponsored fellowship at Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi and the Indian Association of palliative care certification Part 1 &2. With the interest to further enhance his knowledge and to pursue pain and palliation as his full-time career he completed his Fellowship training in Chronic Pain management from Postgraduate Medical Institute, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore. He was certified as a fellow in interventional pain management from the World Institute of Pain, USA. He later completed his Diploma in Palliative medicine and then graduated with an MSc in Palliative Medicine from Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. He has been a part of several research projects on brain tumors as well. An ever-enthusiastic professional, he has participated in various programs, attended several national and international conferences, and has several publications to his credit. He has conducted several hands-on workshops and has trained several pain and palliative care physicians from across the country.