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.