Internal Medicine Pain Management

Akshay Vakharia, M.B.B.S., MD

CURRICULUM VITAE

Date of Birth: April 3, 1957

Place of Birth: Ahmedabad, India

Marital Status: Married

Education and Degrees:

**** ***-***, ******* **********, Gujarat, India

1980 MB BS (MD) Gujarat University, Gujarat, India 1985 MS General Surgery, Gujarat University, Gujarat, India Residencies:

1987 – 1988 St. Elizabeth Hospital, Boston, MA Externship 1988 - 1989 St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA Internal Medicine 1989 – 1991 Wayne State University School of Medicine, Pontiac, MI Internal Medicine 1991 – 1992 St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Syracuse, NY Anesthesiology 1992 – 1993 Medical college of Ohio, Toledo, OH Anesthesiology Fellowship:

1994 University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, Pain Management Honors and Awards:

1. 1964 Shreyes Scholar for Academic Excellence

2. 1966 Indian National Merit Scholar

Professional Employment:

6/95--5/96 Staff Anesthesiologist Methodist Hospital, Gary, IN 9/96-8/97 Staff Anesthesiologist Mainland Medical Center, Texas City, TX 9/97-8/06 Assistant professor UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 9/06-5/07 Staff Anesthesiologist, Presbyterian Hospital of Plano, Denton, TX 6/07-03/09 Anesthesiologist & Pain Mgmnt Texas Back Institute, Denton, TX 3/08 – 12/08 North TX Pain Mgmnt Center, Presbyterian Hospital of Denton 1/09 to 1/19 Assistant professor, V.A. hospital, Dallas, TX UT Southwestern medical center

1/19 to present US Anesthesia Partners

Medical City Denton/Frisco

Certification:

1987 FMGMS

1989 Flex

1991 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine 1995 Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology

1996 and 2008 Subspecialty Certification in Pain Management, American Board of Anesthesiology

2000 Certification for Acupuncture

Licensure:

Texas License

Professional Associations/Affiliations:

2019 - AMA, TMA, DCMS

Present - ASA, TSA, DCAS

Professional activities/committees:

1997-2006 Pain Management Committee, PHHS

Summer STARS Student Mentor in clinical research regarding PENS therapy for Pain Management

1998-2006 UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX CEM Medical Student Course Facilitator

1998- 2006 UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX ACLS Instructor for Residents UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Community Activity:

1. Grand Awards Judge for Medicine and Health, Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Fort Worth, 1998 (UT Southwestern STARS Program also involved) 2. Physician for the North Texas Indian Association Charitable Clinic (mornings) and the BAPS Temple (afternoons) in Farmers Branch on the 3rd Sunday of each month from 1/21 to present North Dallas Pain Management Center 1999 to date

3. Judge, Science Fair Competition, Haggard Middle School, Dallas, January 1999 4. Judge, Science Fair Competition, Bethany Elementary School, Plano, February 2000 5. Judge, Science Fair Competition, Haggard Middle School, Dallas, January 2001 Lectures and Presentations:

1. “Cancer Pain” lecture, Pain Symposium, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Spring 1997

2. “Chronic Pain Management” lecture for the medical staff at St. Paul Medical Center, Dallas, November 1999

3. “Chronic Pain Management for HIV Patients” lecture during the Johnson & Johnson Pain Awareness Week, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Spring 1999 4. “Chronic Pain Management” for anesthesiology residents at UT El Paso, March 2000 5. “Chronic Pain Management” for STARS College Students, UT Southwestern, May 2000 6. “Chronic Pain Management” for Dallas Academy of Internal Medicine, Dallas, Texas, March 2002.

Research interests:

1. Chronic Neck Pain

2. Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation

Publications:

1. Ghoname EA, Craig WF, White PF, Ahmed H, Hamza MA, Gajraj NM, Vakharia AS, Noe CE: The effect of stimulus frequency on the analgesic response to percutaneous electrical stimulation: in patients with low back pain. Anesth Analg 1999; 88(4):841-6 2. Hamza MA, Ghoname E-SA, White PF, Craig WF, Ahmed HE, Gajraj NM, Vakharia AS, Noe CE: Effect of the duration of electrical stimulation on the analgesic response in patients with low back pain. Anesthesiology 1999; 91(6):1622-7 3. Hamza MA, White PF, Craig WF, Ghoname EA, Ahmed HE, Proctor TJ, Noe CE, Vakharia AS, Gajraj N: Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: a novel analgesic therapy for diabetic neuropathic pain. Diabetes Care 2000; 23:365-70 4. White PF, Craig WF, Vakharia AS, Ghoname EA, Ahmed E, Hamza A: Percutaneous neuromodulation therapy: does the location of electrical stimulation effect the acute analgesic response? Anesth Analg 2000; 91:949-54

5. White PF, Ghoname EA, Ahmed HE, Hamza MA, Craig WF, Vakharia AS: The effect of montage on the analgesic response to percutaneous neuromodulation therapy. Anesth Analg 2001; 92:483-7

6. Gatchel RJ, Noe CE, Gajraj NM, Vakharia AS, Polatin PB, Deschner MD, Pulliam C: Treatment carve-out practices: their effect on managing pain at an interdisciplinary pain center. J Workers’ Comp 2001; 10:50-63

7. Gatchel RJ, Noe CE, Pulliam C, Robbins H, Deschner M, Gajraj NM, Vakharia AS: A preliminary study of multidimensional pain inventory profile differences in predicting treatment outcome in a heterogeneous cohort of patients with chronic pain. Clin J Pain 2002; 18:139-43

8. Robbins H, Gatchel RJ, Noe C, Gajraj N, Polatin P, Deschner M, Vakharia A, Adams L: A prospective one-year outcome study of interdisciplinary chronic pain management: compromising its efficacy by managed care policies. Anesth Analg 2003; 97:156-62 Chapters in Books/Invited Articles/Miscellaneous:

1. Noe CE, Gajraj NM, Vakharia A: Injection procedures, Occupational Musculoskeletal Medicine: Function, Outcomes and Evidence. Edited by Mayer T, Gatchel R, Polatin P. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers, 2000, pp 447-60 Abstract:

1. Ghoname EA, Craig WF, White PF, Ahmed HE, Hamza MA, Vakharia AS, Gajraj NM, Noe CE: Does the stimulus frequency affect the analgesic response to electrical stimulation? Anesth Analg 1999; 88:S210.

2. Ghoname EA, Craig WF, White PF, Hamza MA, Ahmed HE, Gajraj NM, Vakharia AS, Noe CE: The effect of the duration of electrical stimulation on the analgesic response. Anesth Analg 1999; 88:S211.

3. Ahmed HE, Craig WF, White PF, Hamza MA, Ghoname EA, Gajraj NM, Vakharia AS, Noe CE: The analgesic effect of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) in patients with chronic headaches. Anesth Analg 1999; 88:S270. 4. Abstract and presentation of paper of new modality of “Pulse radiofrequency lesioning of mixed nerve for Neuropathic pain.” At ASRA meeting in Florida 2005. Patents:

1. Received Provisional Patent for new LMA 2007 and Renewed in 2008,2009 2. Applied for new safe needle patent 2009 under review. Research:

1. Preparing Application for IRB to review research study for comparing different outcome between “Pulse Radiofrequency lesioning Vs regular Radiofrequency lesioning for facet joint medial branch nerve 5/2010.

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