Laxmaiah Manchikanti

Laxmaiah Manchikanti
Born (1947-07-10) July 10, 1947
Bodangparthy, Princely state of Hyderabad of British India now (Telangana, India)
Residence Paducah, Kentucky, US
Spouse(s) Chandrakala Manchikanti
Children 3
Website http://www.manchikanti.us

Medical career

Profession Physician
Field

Anesthesiology, Interventional Pain Management

Pain Management Center of Paducah, KY and Marion, IL
Institutions University of Louisville School of Medicine

Laxmaiah Manchikanti (born July 10, 1947) is an Indian American physician and anesthesiologist specializing in interventional pain management, professor, philanthropist, and author. He is the founder of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians[1] (ASIPP) and the Pain Physician[2] medical journal. He has been credited with advancing the evolution and development of interventional pain management[3] as a specialty. Interventional pain management was recognized as a specialty in 2002 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In March, 2005 interventional pain management was provided with mandatory representation on the Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee.[4] Manchikanti has served as clinical professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine since 2012.[5] He has served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of ASIPP since 1998.[6] He has been Medical Director of the Pain Management Centers of Paducah, Kentucky and Marion, Illinois and the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Paducah, Kentucky since 1992.

Personal background

Laxmaiah Manchikanti was born on July 10, 1947, in Bodangparthy, Princely state of Hyderabad of British India (Now Telangana, India). He is the son of Manchikanti Yadagiry and Manchikanti Laxmamma. He is the oldest child of the family, with three brothers and four sisters. After early education in Bodangparthy, Pullemla, and Munugode of Nalgonda District, Manchikanti graduated from higher secondary school in Hyderabad in Telangana. On June 4, 1975, he married Chandrakala, the daughter of Pampati Pedda Hanumanthu and Manikyamma. They have three children; Anupama M. Gomez,[7] Sunil Manchikanti,[8] and Kavita Manchiakanti, M.D.[9]

Education and certification

He attended medical school at Gandhi Medical College, Osmania University, graduating in 1972. He obtained his medical degree in 1973, following a one-year flexible internship. He completed his senior internship in internal medicine at Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad from 1973-1974. In 1974, he began a two-year residency in anesthesiology at Osmania University, after which he received Diplomate Certification in Anesthesiology.

After his arrival in the United States, Manchikanti completed a one-year residency in anesthesiology with the Youngstown Hospital Association, affiliated with the Northeast Ohio Medical University, formerly known as the Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine.[10] This was followed by a one-year residency in anesthesiology with the Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[11] In 1980, he completed a fellowship in anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.[12]

In 1980, he earned Diplomate Certification from the American Board of Anesthesiology.[13] He also holds subspecialty certifications from the World Institute of Pain (Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice, 2002);[14] American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (Diplomate, 2006);[15] and the American Board of Anesthesiology (Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine, 1993—recertified in 2003 and 2011).[13]

Academic career

In 1980, Manchikanti joined an anesthesiology practice at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Kentucky. In 1988, he began devoting his practice to interventional pain management and established the Pain Management Center of Paducah, Kentucky followed in 1996 by the Pain Management Center of Marion, Illinois. Since 1998, with the formation of ASIPP, he has been instrumental in developing evidence-based interventional pain management techniques and advocating for accountable care.

Professional affiliations

Manchikanti is the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, as well as the Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers. He is also a member of the Kentucky Carrier Advisory Committee and the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting Task Force, also known as KASPER.[16] He has also led the effort to establish the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting (NASPER) Act, which is designed to help with the prescription drug abuse problem by having a central reporting system for doctors and pharmacists to keep track of these prescriptions. In 2005, NASPER was enacted into law, with almost all US states creating their own prescription drug monitoring programs.[17]

Board memberships

Philanthropy

In 1999, Manchikanti established the MGM Trust, which provides educational scholarships in the US and India. The first school that was built under the MGM Trust was the Manchikanti Gopamma Memorial Zilla parishad Primary and High School, located in Bodangparthy. The Manchikanti Yadagiry Junior College was established in 2008, serving secondary school students. By the conclusion of the 2016 academic year, the student body of both schools had increased to approximately 1,400, with 70 teachers and 20 non-teaching staff. MGM Trust's mission is to provide accessible, affordable, and relevant education to excel in evolving global culture by creating and disseminating knowledge through creative inquiry, problem solving, teamwork skills, commitment to quality and respect to all, and ethical behavior.[23]

Manchikanti has sponsored the Gandhi Medical College Alumni Education Center, located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. In his honor, the auditorium was named the Manchikanti Laxmaiah Auditorium. Additional philanthropic support by the Manchikanti Trust includes establishing a Sri Venkateswara temple in Bodangparthy.[24]

In his honor, the McCracken County High School in Kentucky named the school's library "The Manchikanti Library".[25]

In his honor, the Murray State University Paducah Regional Campus in Kentucky named a classroom and laboratory the "Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti Classroom and Laboratory."[26]

Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD provides a yearly scholarship at Murray State University, Kentucky.

Published works

He has written and edited eleven books.[27] He has also written over 500 articles listed in the index medicus (PubMed) of the United States National Library of Medicine.[28] In addition to articles based on his randomized trials and clinical research of interventional pain management techniques,[29][30][31] he has provided analysis of public health policy. Additional topics he has written on include medical coding, compliance, practice management, and the deleterious effects of prescription opioids with their overuse, misuse, abuse, and diversion.[32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37]

References

  1. 1 2 "American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians". American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Pain Physician". American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Medicare Carriers Manual" (pdf). Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Pub. 100-08 Medicare Program Integrity" (PDF). Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Gratis Faculty Personnel Actions" (PDF). Louisville.edu. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Contact ASIPP". American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Department of Sociology". San Francisco State University. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Sunil Manchikanti". Sunil Manchikanti. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Current PM&R Residents". University of Kentucky. Retrieved July 8, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine BSMD Program". Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  11. ↑ "West Penn Allegheny General Hospital". Allegheny General Hospital. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  12. ↑ "School of Medicine". University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  13. 1 2 "Search Detail". Directory.theaba.org. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  14. ↑ "World Institute of Pain :: FIPP Alumni Association Roster Aphabetical". Worldinstituteofpain.org. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  15. ↑ "ABIPP". ABIPP. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  16. ↑ "KASPER (Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting)". Commonwealth of Kentucky, Office of Inspector General. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Browse Public Laws 109th Congress". Library of Congress. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  18. ↑ "A Celerian Group Company". CGS Administrators, LLC. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Councils of the AMA" (PDF). American Medical Association. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Board Members" (pdf). Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee Roster" (pdf). Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Retrieved July 3, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Governor Fletcher Appoints Member to the Murray State University Board of Regents". kentucky.gov. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  23. ↑ "Private foundations". kentucky.gov. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  24. ↑ Chandur, Andhra Pradesh#Temples
  25. ↑ "MCPS partners with Dr. Manchikanti to name library media center at McCracken County High School". McCracken County Public Schools. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  26. ↑ "Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti gives major gift to Murray State University". Murray State University. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Manchikanti". amazon.com. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  28. ↑ "PubMed Manchikanti Results". pubmed.gov. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  29. ↑ "Do cervical epidural injections provide long-term relief in neck and upper extremity pain? A systematic review". J Spine. 2014. p. 178. PMC 3410361Freely accessible.
  30. ↑ "Epidemiology of low back pain in adults". Neuromodulation. 2014. pp. 3–10.
  31. ↑ "Cervical radicular pain: The role of interlaminar and transforaminal epidural injections". Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2014. p. 389.
  32. ↑ "Assessment of effectiveness of percutaneous adhesiolysis and caudal epidural injections in managing post lumbar surgery syndrome: 2-year follow-up of a randomized, controlled trial" (pdf). Dove Medical Press Ltd. Journal of Pain. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  33. ↑ "Component coding and the neurointerventionalist: a tale with an end". The Journal of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  34. ↑ "Fluoroscopic Caudal Epidural Injections in Managing Post Lumbar Surgery Syndrome: Two-Year Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Control Trial". Ivyspring International Publisher International Journal of Medical Sciences. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  35. ↑ "Article". The Journal of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  36. ↑ "A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Trial of Fluoroscopic Caudal Epidural Injections in the Treatment of Lumbar Disc Herniation and Radiculitis". Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
  37. ↑ "Explosive growth of facet joint interventions in the medicare population in the United States: a comparative evaluation of 1997, 2002, and 2006 data". US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. Retrieved July 10, 2013.

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