Dr. Amod Manocha : Pain Specialist in Delhi and Gurgaon

 

Pain Specialist in Delhi and Gurgaon

Dr. Amod Manocha is the Head of Pain Management Services at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket. He is a certified Pain Management Specialist as per the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists, UK standards He assess and treats a wide spectrum of pain conditions and has over 13 years of UK experience including working as a Chronic Pain Consultant in many renowned UK hospitals such as University College Hospitals NHS Trust. Dr. Manocha believes in a multidisciplinary approach and provides evidence-based treatment at par with international standards. He is committed to providing quality care and believes in building long-term relationships with patients based on honest communication and keeping their interests foremost.

Professional Qualifications

Fellow of Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists (FFPMRCA)

Royal College of Anaesthetists, London

Fellow of Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA)

Royal College of Anaesthetists, London

Post Graduate Diploma in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (PGD MSK US)

University of East London, UK

Post Graduate Diploma in Rheumatology

University of South Wales, UK

European Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia & Acute Pain Management (EDRA)

European Society of Regional Anaesthesia

Certificate Course in Essentials of Palliative Care

Indian Association of Palliative Care, India

Diploma in Anaesthesia (DA)

Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi University, India

Certificate course in Acupuncture Training

Acupuncture Association of India

Post Graduate Diploma in Medico Legal Systems (PGDMLS)

Symbiosis Centre of Health Care, India

M.B.B.S.

University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi University, India

Fellowships

Advance Pain Fellowship, UK - 1 year

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery & Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London

Pain Research Fellowship, UK- 1 year

University College Hospital, London

Regional Anaesthesia Fellowship- 6 Months

Royal Free Hospital, London

Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia training from the Central London School of Anaesthesia, UK

Experience

Dr. Manocha has over 17 years experience of which he had spent more than 13 years working in the UK. During this period he trained in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia in many renowned London Hospitals including University College London Hospitals, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Royal Free Hospital.

Dr. Manocha subsequently worked as a Chronic Pain & Anaesthesia Consultant in renowned UK hospitals like

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• Lister Hospital, East & North Herts NHS Trust
• Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Trust
• He has vast experienced in managing different types of chronic pain conditions including spine pain, nerve pain, musculoskeletal pain and persisting post surgical pain.

Dr. Manocha is part of teaching faculty for various international pain conferences, workshops and symposiums

Training Courses

Dr. Manocha strives to keep up to date with the latest developments so that his patients receive the best possible care at par with treatments offered internationally. He believes that learning never ends and regularly attends international conferences, courses some of which are mentioned below

Advanced Headache and Neck Procedures Workshop

American Interventional Headache Society, Ohio, US – 2017

Disc access and Radiofrequency Procedures Bio - Skills Lab

Spine Interventions Society, Netherlands – 2016

Cooled Radiofrequency Workshop

Hamburg, Germany – 2016

Botox in Chronic migraine

National Hospital of Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK – 2016

Radiofrequency Workshop

International Spine Intervention Society, Las Vegas, US – 2015

Ultrasound in Pain Medicine

Kings College London & St Georges Hospital, London, UK – 2015

NeuroTherm Simplicity III Radiofrequency Probe Training

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK – 2014

Interventional Pain and Cadaver workshop

University Of Birmingham, UK – 2014

Cadaver Workshop for Peripheral Nerve Blocks

European Society of Regional Anaesthesia, Innsbruck, Austria – 2011

Advanced Workshop for Ultrasound Guided Nerve Blocks

University of Toronto, Canada – 2010

Special Interests

Spine Pain including low back pain, neck pain and coccyx pain

Neuropathic Pain including peripheral nerve injuries, diabetic neuropathy

Musculoskeletal pain

Diagnostic ultrasound scans for musculoskeletal problems

Ultrasound guided interventions

Persisting post surgical pain

Acute Lumbar Radiculopathy (sciatica)

Publications and Awards

"Pinning the Pain: A Case of Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment"

Indian Journal of Pain 2019;33 (1):42-44.

7 O’clock time to block”– Analysis and impact of Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia Teaching 

Poster presented at European Society of Regional Anaesthesia Annual Congress, Switzerland 2017

Abstract published in Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, September-October 2017; Volume 42, Number 5, Supplement 1, e172

“Documentation and Consent for Peripheral Nerve Blocks”

Poster presented at BAOIA National Conference 2014, UK- Third prize

“Is there a correlation between pressure pain threshold and level of endocannabinoids in cerebrospinal fluid or serum” 

Third prize in oral poster presentation category, British Pain Society ASM, April 2013

Cerebrospinal fluid anandamide levels, cannabis use and psychotic-like symptoms”

British Journal of Psychiatry, May 2013; 202:381-382

“Pain Management After Cardiac Surgery”- Book chapter 

Core Topics in Cardiac Anaesthesia, Second edition, Cambridge University Press, April 2012

Web-based tutorial on Neuropathic Pain 

World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), August 2011

" Unwanted accessories with laryngeal mask airways"

Anaesthesia, Sep 2009; 64: 1028-1029

“Stylet Stuck in the Back: An unusual complication of Spinal Needle”: Letter to editor. 

Anaesthesia Analgesia July 2005; 101: 296-297

Editorial Responsibilities

Editorial Board Member- Junior Medical Research Journal

Reviewer- Indian Journal of Pain

Research and Teaching

Dr. Manocha has invested a year doing pain research in one of the leading UK Hospital- University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. He has a keen interest in teaching and is a part of teaching faculty for many pain related national, international conferences, symposiums. This includes

Faculty at London Society of Regional Anaesthesia (LSORA)

Ultrasound in Pain Medicine Workshop, University College London Hospital, UK 2016-18

Course Organiser & Faculty, Education Without Barriers

Ultrasound in Pain Workshop, Max Hospital, Delhi, India 2018

Faculty at a National Level Symposium on Abdomino - Pelvic Pain

National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, UK 2015-17

In charge Regional Anaesthesia Teaching, Lister Hospital, UK 2016

Lectures & Conferences

Organised

• Simplifying Interventional Pain Science (SIPS), Cadaver Workshop ion Pain Interventions, March 2020
• Ramaiah Advanced Learning Centre, Bangalore, India
• Safe Opioids Campaign Training for Doctors, July 2019
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Pelvic Pain Symposium, May 2019
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Ultrasound in Pain Module 3 (Lumbar Spine & Pelvis) , May 2019
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• US In Pain Module 2 (Lower Limb), Nov 2018
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• US In Pain Module 1 (Upper Limb), Aug 2018
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Neuropathic Pain Symposium, Aug 2018
• Hilton Garden Inn, Saket, Delhi
• Physiotherapy in Chronic Pain Workshop, Jan 2018
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi Physiotherapy in Chronic Pain Workshop, Jan 2018
• Lectures / Faculty
• The Israeli Society of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Shamir medical Centre, Be'er Ya'akov, Israel, May 2022
• Talk - Prolotherapy Injections of the Lower back and pelvis
• Demo - Ultrasound of the lower back, Sacroiliac joint, sacroiliac ligaments, facet joints, piriformis muscle.
• Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel, May 2022
• Talk - Ultrasound : The new stethoscope
• Demo - Ultrasound guided pain interventions. of the lower back, Sacroiliac joint, sacroiliac ligaments, facet joints, piriformis muscle.
• India Pain Update, Delhi, Nov 21
• Workshop - Shoulder ultrasound
• Talk - Medical Cannabis, Are we Ready?
• ISSP Delhi Clinical Meeting, Nov 2021
• Talk - Freezing the Nerves: Cryoablation for Shoulder pain
• Academy of Regional Anaesthesia of India (AORA), Apr 2021
• Nuances in Chronic Pain, USG Perspective
• Talk - Newer Blocks in Pain Management
• ISSP Chandigarh, Interventions for Cancer Pain Management – The Silver Lining, Jan 2021
• Talk - Coeliac Plexus Block: Have we walked a mile?
• The Royal Society of Medicine, UK, 26th Nov 2020
• Virtual Consultations: Making them work well for your patients and you
• Talk - Virtual Consenting: There is nothing virtual about it.
• Simplifying Interventional Pain Science (SIPS), Cadaver Workshop ion Pain Interventions, March 2020
• Ramaiah Advanced Learning Centre, Bangalore, India
• Talk - Groin Pain & Hip Joint Radiofrequency Denervation
• Talk - Interpretation of Lumbar Spine MRI
• Workshop - Ultrasound Guided Cervical Spine and Musculoskeletal interventions
• International Conference of Indian Association of Palliative Care, GNRC Hospital, Guwahati, Feb 2020
• Workshop on Ultrasound Guided Pain interventions (Shoulder pain, Pudendal nerve and piriformis injections)
• Interventional Perioperative Sonography Association (IPSA) Workshop, Feb 2020
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Workshop on Ultrasound Guided Chronic Pain interventions (Coeliac & Superior Hypogastric plexus Block)
• Regenerative Orthopaedics & Pain Management Workshop, Feb 2020
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Talk - PRP in tendinopathies
• Annual National Conference of Indian Society for Study of Pain, Ahmedabad, Feb 2020
• Talk - MRI: Interpretation & decision making in Low Back Pain
• India Pain Update, Delhi, Dec 2019
• Workshop – Ultrasound Guided Shoulder Injections
• Evidence based Non- Invasive Therapies (EBITCON), Government Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida, India, Nov 2019
• Panel Discussion on Non Invasive Therapies
• Pain Management, ESI Hospital, Jhilmil, Delhi, Nov 2019
• Talk - Acute Pain Management
• National Conference of Indian Society of Pain Clinicians, AIIMS, Delhi, Nov 2019
• Talk - Role of PRP in Tendinopathies
• Workshop – Ultrasound guided Sacroiliac Joint injection and Transgluteal Sciatic nerve block
• Focused Approach to Regional Anaesthesia and Point of Care Ultrasound, Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad, Nov 2019
• Workshop – Spine Sonoanatomy
• ULTRACON 2019, Delhi, India, Nov 2019
• Workshop – Ultrasound guided lower limb blocks - Lateral Cutaneous Nerve, Obturator Nerve, Saphenous & Femoral Nerve
• International Conference on Pain Management, Chandigarh, India, October 2019
• Talk and Live Demonstration - Ultrasound Scanning of Knee, Ultrasound scanning of Lumbar Spine
• Workshop – Ultrasound guided Musculoskeletal & Pain interventions
• National Conference of the Academy of Regional Anaesthesia of India, Coimbatore, India, July 2019
• Talk – Understanding fascial planes - The key to success
• Workshop – Ultrasound guided interventions- Sacroiliac joint Injection, Caudal epidural, Piriformis injection & Pudendal Nerve Block
• London Pain Forum 7Th Hands-on interventional Cadaver Workshop Satellite Workshop of 52nd British Pain Society Annual Scientific Congress Kings College London, Guy’s Hospital Campus, London, UK, May 2019
• Talk- "Solving the Pain Puzzle: Nerve Entrapments"
• Workshop on Ultrasound Guided Pain Interventions
• Ultrasound In Pain Module 3 (Lumbar Spine & Pelvis), May 2019
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Talk – Lumbar Spine X-Ray’s Simplified
• Workshop – Ultrasound guided musculoskeletal & pain interventions
• Pelvic Pain Symposium, May 2019
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Talk – Neuropathic Pelvic Pain
• Interventional Perioperative Sonography Association (IPSA) Workshop, Feb 2019
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Workshop on Ultrasound Guided Chronic Pain interventions (Coeliac & Superior Hypogastric plexus Block)
• ISSPCON, Bangalore, India, Feb 2019
• Talk – "The Shoulder: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Uses of Ultrasound"
• Workshop on Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Scanning
• Ultrasound In Pain Module 2 (Lower Limb), Nov 2018
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Talk - Ethics in Pain Management
• Workshop on Ultrasound Guided Pain interventions
• Ultrasound In Pain Workshop, London Society of Regional Anaesthesia (LSORA), London, UK, Oct 2018
• Talk- "Solving the Pain Puzzle: Nerve Entrapments"
• Workshop on Ultrasound Guided Pain Interventions
• Ultrasound In Pain Module 1 (Upper Limb), Nov 2018
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Talk - Ultrasound Scanning of Shoulder Joint
• Workshop on Ultrasound Guided Pain interventions
• Physiotherapy in Chronic Pain Workshop, Jan 2018
• Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi
• Talk- Physiotherapy in Chronic Pain
• Chairperson/ Moderator
• India Pain Update, Dec 2019 Delhi, India
• Chairperson of Session - Ultrasound Guided Pain Interventions
• India Pain Update, Dec 2018 Delhi, India
• Chairperson of Session - Ultrasound guided hydrodissection of nerve & neuromodulation
• Stem Cell Xpress, Nov 2018 Delhi, India
• Chairperson of Session – Regenerative Medicine & Clinical Applications
• Neuropathic Pain Asia Masterclass, Pfizer Limited, Apr 2018 Delhi, India
• Local Event Moderator, Max Hospital

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