Krishnan Chakravarthy MD PhD
Pain Medicine
Director at Innovative Pain Treatment Solutions and Surgery Center
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200 W Arbor DrSan Diego, CA 92103
Phone+1 619-543-5424
Fax+1 619-543-3405
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Summary
- Dr. Chakravarthy is an affiliate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, and Affiliate Professor in the Department of Nanoengineering at UCSD Health and VA San Diego Healthcare. Dr. Chakravarthy instructs medical students, residents and fellows at UC San Diego School of Medicine, in addition to running his own institute and clinical work at the VA hospital.
Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2016 - 2017
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 2013 - 2016
Griffin HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2013
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 2012
Certifications & Licensure
RI State Medical License 2017 - 2026
CA State Medical License 2017 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2016 - 2017
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Turning back the clock: reintroducing 'SAFE' principles to spinal cord stimulation for long-term therapy preservation.Krishnan Chakravarthy, Maja Green
Pain Management. 2025-02-01 - Restorative Neurostimulation Therapy Compared to Optimal Medical Management: A Randomized Evaluation (RESTORE) for the Treatment of Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain du...Frank Schwab, Nagy Mekhail, Kiran V Patel, Meredith Langhorst, Robert D Heros
Pain and Therapy. 2025-02-01 - Latest Advancements in Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and Electronic Muscle Stimulation (EMS): Revisiting an Established Therapy with New Possibili...Prachi Patel, Maja Green, Jennifer Tram, Eugene Wang, Melissa Murphy
Journal of Pain Research. 2025-01-01
Press Mentions
UC San Diego Health First in Nation to Implant New Device for Chronic Back PainJuly 9th, 2021- UC San Diego Health Implants Neurostimulation Device to Help with Chronic Back PainJuly 8th, 2021
- FDA Approves Medtronic’s Vanta Spinal Cord StimulatorJune 11th, 2021
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