Krishnan Chakravarthy M.D., Ph.D

Education / Training

2000 – 2004
University of Chicago, Chicago IL
Biology

2004 – 2012
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo NY
Medicine

2006 – 2009
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo NY
Microbiology/Immunology

2012 – 2013
Griffin Hospital (Yale Affiliate), Derby, CT
Preliminary Medicine Intern

2013 – 2016
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
Anesthesiology Resident

2016 – 2017
Massachusetts General Hospital (Harvard Medical School), Boston, MA
Clinical Pain Fellowship

Positions

Current:

09/22-Present
Staff Physician at Coastal Pain and Spinal Diagnostics

09/22-Present
President and Co-Founder at Coastal Research Institute (CRI)

07/17-08/22
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology at UC San Diego Anesthesiology

07/17-Present
Attending Physician at VA San Diego Healthcare System

11/16-05/20
Executive Advisory Board Abbott (neuromodulation division)

06/13-Present
Industry Expert and consultant for Coleman Research Group, Advantus Consulting, ExpertAngle, Guidepoint, GLG Consultation

02/17-Present
International Neuromodulation Committees – INS Research and Scientific Oversight, and Young Neuromodulator Committees

09/17-Present
Affiliated Professor UCSD Department of NanoEngineering

02/18-Present
Co-Director of UCSD Institute of Engineering in Medicine Center for Mobile-health Systems and Applications (CMSA)

10/17-Present
Founder of Douleur Therapeutics Inc.

11/17-Present
Founder of Newrom Biomedical LLC

03/18-Present
Medical Advisory Board, Bioness Inc.

06/18-Present
Chair of Translational Research Committee American Society of Pain and Neuroscience

09/18-Present
Medical Advisory Board, MedinCell

09/18-Present
Institute of Neuro Innovation Advisory Board

06/18-Present
American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Board Member at Large

01/19-Present
Chair of Research Committee California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians

07/19-12/19
Consultant, SPR Therapeutics Inc

08/19-Present
Co-Director of Clinical Research UCSD Center for Pain Medicine

08/19-Present
Chair of New Product Evaluation Committee UCSD Center for Pain Medicine

08/19-Present
Medical Advisory Board, Medtronic

08/19-Present
Scientific Advisory Board, Nalu Medical

08/19-Present
Medical Advisory Board, Oska Wellness

12/19-Present
American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Executive Board of Directors

01/20-04/20
Medical Advisory Board, Saluda Medical

02/20-Present
American Society of Pain and Neuroscience, Vice President of Translational Research and Executive Committee

01/20-Present
Pacific Spine and Pain Society and Co-Chair of Research and Scientific Committee

03/20-Present
Medical Advisory Board Higgs Boson Health

03/20-01/21
Medical Advisory Board Omnia Medical

03/20-Present
Co-chair Department of Anesthesiology Clinical Research Committee

02/20-Present
NIH EPPIC-NET site California Clinical and Translational Pain Research Consortium Co-director

03/20-Present
Chairman of COVID-19 Taskforce American Society of Pain and Neuroscience

03/20-Present
Founding Editor in Chief of ASPN Newsletter

04/20-Present
North American Neuromodulation Society Emerging Technologies and Education Committee

04/20-Present
Board of Directors Pacific Spine and Pain Society

07/20-09/20
Abstract Reviewer for the NANS 24th Annual Meeting

08/20-Present
Medical Advisory Board Mainstay Medical

07/20-Present
Founder of AccuFix Medical, LLC

07/20-Present
Founder of NXTStim, LLC

12/13-Present
Faculty Anesthesiology T32 NIGMS

07/2021
Abstract Reviewer for the NANS 2021 Mid-Year Meeting

07/21-Present
Vice President, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience

07/21-Present
Medical Advisory Board SI Bone

08/21-Present
Allies for Inclusion Advisory Board of the Society for Women Innovators in Pain Management

07/22-Present
Vice President, Pacific Spine and Pain Society

07/23-Present
President-Elect, American Society of Pain and Neuroscience

Institutional Administrative Appointments:

08/17-Present
Medical School Admissions Interview Committee UCSD Health

09/17-Present
UCSD and Rady’s Children Hospital Institutional Review Board Committee

05/18-Present
UCSD Pain Fellowship Evaluation Committee

02/20–Present
UCSD Department of Anesthesiology Clinical Research Committee

07/20-Present
UCSD Department of Anesthesiology ANESCAP Committee

07/20-Present
UCSD Health Sciences International Faculty Mentor

Past:

04/08-06/16
Chairman and Co-Founder of NanoAxis, LLC

07/14-06/16
Affiliate Faculty at the Johns Hopkins Institute of NanoBioTechnology (INBT)

2016
MGH/Harvard Medical School Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials Course

2016
Completion of Mark Rossberg Memorial Multi-Disciplinary Airway Course

2015
Resident member of the WHO (Global Initiative for Essential and Emergency Surgical Care (GIEESC) Anesthesia Work Group:  Contributing to the revision of The Surgical Care for the District Hospital Manual.

2014-15
Board of Directors (Bio-Innovation Analyst) – The Academy of Medical Ethics in Bio-Innovation (A.M.E.B.I.)

2014
Nanomedicine show weekly host – http://internetmedicine.com/nanomed-hangouts/

2013-14
Member of the Johns Hopkins Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Milestones Taskforce

2012-13
VietMD.net Board of Directors (Planning and Strategy Director)

2011-12
Co-President American Medical Association – Medical Student Section (AMA-MSSNY) Buffalo Chapter

2009-10
Founding President/Chairman of Si-Revolution Solar Ltd.

2008-09
Guest Researcher Program and Contractor at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza Division, Atlanta GA

2007-08
University of Buffalo APSA Institutional Representative

2004
Laboratory Technician –University of Chicago Developmental Biology Program (Eric Beyer)

2000
Research Assistant, SUNY Buffalo –Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition (Venu Govindaraju)

Honors:

2022
BEST in California Magazine 2022: Doctors Excellence in Medicine

2022
University of California San Diego 2021-2022 Teaching Excellence Award in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

2022
American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Chair of Scientific Review Committee

2021
Nominated for the North American Neuromodulation Society Kumar New Investigator Award

2020
Top 3 emerging technologies for Douleur Therapeutics in the North American Emerging Technologies Forum at the 23rd North American Neuromodulation Society Meeting

2019
American Society of Pain and Neuroscience Young Innovator Award Recipient

2019
International Neuromodulation Society 14th World Congress Travel Grant Recipient

2019
Best poster award from North American Neuromodulation Society 2019 Conference

2019
American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) Pain Medicine Fellowship Excellence Award Recipient, UC San Diego Faculty

2018
Nominated for the North American Neuromodulation Society Kumar New Investigator Award

2017
Selection into Abbott Global EMERGE Program in Neuromodulation

2017
Nominated for the North American Neuromodulation Society Kumar New Investigator Award

2017
Nominated for the American Society of Regional Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Resident/Fellow of the year award 2017

2013
Second place award for best poster presentation in the Pulmonary Medicine, Immunity, and Sepsis Category at the 15th Annual ACCM Research Day, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 12/04/13.

2013
Selected and received Griffin Hospital (Yale Affiliated) “Intern of the Year” Award for 2012-2013.

2009
Selected as Buffalo Business First “Rising Star”.

2009
Third Honors for poster presentation State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine Medical Student Research Forum

2008
Winner of the University of Buffalo Henry Panasci Technology Entrepreneurship Competition

2008
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30) awarded by the National Institute of Health

2004
Medical Scientist Training Program (MD,PhD) Fellowship Recipient (State University of             New York at Buffalo School of Medicine)

2001
Summer Environmental Research Award Recipient (Indian Institute of Technology Chennai)

2000
Biological Sciences Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship Recipient (State University of New York at Buffalo)

1999
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Summer Program Fellowship recipient

Memberships in professional societies:

2006-09
Buffalo Collegium of Immunology Member

2007-08
American Physician Scientists Association (APSA)

2009-2012
American Medical Association (AMA)

2013-Present
American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA)

2015-Present
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA)

2016-Present
The American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM)

2016-Present
International Neuromodulation Society (INS)

2016-Present
Spine Intervention Society (SIS)

2018-Present
The Society of Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SMBT)

2018-Present
American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN)

2020-Present
Pacific Spine and Pain Society

Editorial Board Member:

2014-2016
Takshila – Clinical Research Monitor (CRM)

2014-Present
Medical Online Journal Clinical and Medical Case Reports

2016-Present
Juniper Online Journal of Case Studies (JOJCS)

2017-Present
Annals of Clinical Anesthesia Research Journal

2017-Present
World Journal of Physical Rehabilitation Medicine

2017-Present
Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology

2018-Present
Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care

2019-Present
Bioengineering International

2019-Present
Brain Sciences Reviewer Board

2020-Present
Section Head Editor of Neuromodulation and Interventional Pain and Minimally Invasive Spine Procedures for the Official Journal of the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience:  Journal of Pain Research

2021-Present
Section Head Editor of Interventional Techniques and Pain Management for Pain Practice, the official journal of the World Institute of Pain

2021-Present
Annals of Translational Medicine

Ad Hoc Reviewer/Guest Editor:

2017-Present
Pain Medicine

2017-Present
Molecular Therapy

2018-Present
Pain Management

2018-Present
Neuromodulation

2019-Present
Brain Sciences

2019-Present
Frontiers in Neurology

2019-Present
Annals of Translational Medicine

Thesis

Chakravarthy KV. Investigating the adaptive immune response in influenza and secondary bacterial

pneumonia and nanoparticle based therapeutic delivery [dissertation]. Ann Arbor: State University of New

York at Buffalo; 2012.