Dr. Archana Deshpande

Academic Profile:

  • MD (Anaesthesiology) from T. N. Medical College and B.Y.L.Nair Hospital, Mumbai(1999)
  • Pain Management Observer in Pain Clinic, Mastricht, Netherlands
  • Observer-ship in Pain Management at Tata Memorial Hospital,Mumbai
  • Observer-ship at Dr. Laxmi Vas Clinic in Pain management,Mumbai
  • Fellowship in Pain management Asculop Academy, Germany completed at Delhi Pain management Centre
  • Fellowship in Advanced pain management at Daradia pain clinic Kolkata
  • Fellowship of Indian Academy of Pain Medicine

Workshops and Conferenence:

Attended many Regional, National and International conferences as Faculty and delivered Lectures and presented papers.

Attended Workshops (more than 7) for Pain including USG guided nerve blocks, Advanced pain blocks, Intra-muscular stimulation, Neuro-modulation (ITDD SCS)

Presented at world conference of Pain, Boston on prevalence of chronic pain in cardiac patients.

Publications

Two Publication in the field of Pain in Indian Journal of Pain( indexed journal)in 2017 and 2018 on Awareness of Pain Clinic and Prevalence of chronic pain respectively.

Work Experience:

Consultant, Anaesthesia (for past 20 years)at various multi-specialty hospitals with 6 years of teaching experience.

Consultant, Holistic Pain management ( for past 6 years)at

  • Harmony Pain Clinic
  • SNEHANCHAL palliative care centre
  • Shantimohan multi-specility hospital
  • Spandan Heart Institute
  • Indira Gandhi Rugnalaya
  • Holistic Millennium Health Centre

I have been giving various Nerve and Nerve Plexus blocks which include

  • Epidurals (cervical,thoracic,lumbar,caudal)
  • Transforaminal Nerve Block
  • Selective Nerve root block
  • Facet joint block
  • Median branch block
  • Genicular nerve block
  • suprascapular nerve block
  • lumbar sympathetic block
  • Intra articular blocks-knee ,shoulder, hip, SIJ etc.
  • Intercostal nerve block
  • Celiac plexus /splanchnic /sup. hypogastric block
  • Ganglion impar block
  • Mandibular and maxillary and various nerve blocks

Regeranerative Therapy likeProlotherapy,PRP therapy, Viscosupplimentation etc.

Radiofrequency ablation Therapy.

Also expert in various other techniques like—

  • Intermittent muscle stimulation or Dry needling,
  • Trigger point injection,
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy,
  • Yoga and Relaxation therapy