Dr. Shiva Prasad is the director of HPSC and has vast experience in dealing with acute and chronic pains. He completed his MD from PGIMER Chandigarh in 1998 and has been practicing as a consultant anesthesiologist at various corporate hospitals in Hyderabad since then. He has contributed to creating public awareness about pain through writing newspaper articles and media appearances. He also conducts free pain camps in Hyderabad and treats a variety of acute and chronic pain conditions through minimally invasive procedures and nerve blocks.

1. The directorof HPSCis
Dr.ShivaPrasad,M.D.(PGIMER,Chandigarh)
PainmanagementSpecialist
He has vast experienceindealingwithacute andchronicpains.HavingcompletedhisM.Dfrom
PGIMER,Chandigarhin1998.He has beenpracticinginHyderabadatvariouscorporate hospitalsas
consultantanaesthesiologistsince then.Aftergainingexposureatnational andinternationalconferences
and workshopsinpaininterventions,he fullyevolvedintoapainphysicianwith expertisein various
interventions.
He has contributedincreatingawarenessamongpublicbywritingarticlesinnewspapers.He regularly
appearsinmediaas guestspeakertoclearthe genuine doubtsonpain amongcommonpeople.He
conducts free campsat monthlyintervalsinandaroundHyderabadforpatientssufferingfrompain.
He iswell versedwithspine interventionsincludingpercutaneous endoscopicdiscectomy,whichis
rapidlygainingacceptance amongpublicinsteadof anopenspine surgeryforsingle ortwolevel disc
diseases.The pioneeringworkon PELD (PercutaneousEndoscopicLumbarDiscectomy) hasbeen
presentedbyourteamat national andinternational neurosurgeryconferencesin2016 withgood
appreciationfromall.
He has to hiscreditof treatingacute migraine attackby simple nerve blockswithbestandimmediate
painrelief.Thisisone of the firstsinsouthindia.He isagoodsupporterof PRP (plateletrichplasma)
therapyfortendonor cartilage damagesinshoulderorknee jointswithpain.
He treatsdegenerateddiscswithozonenucleolysis throughfluoroscopyguidedinterventionandmakes
the disc shrinkgivinggoodrelief fromdiscrelatednerverootcompressions.
He has special concernforcancerpainsand has the facilitiestotreatchronicpain abdomendue to
diseaseslikepancreatitisorchronicpelvicpainamongwomen.Healsoiscommittedtomanagingsevere
painsfollowingmajorsurgerieslikejointreplacementsinimmediate postoperative period.
A comprehensive care and therapyisofferedtopatientswithfibromyalgiaordiabeticneuropathyat
Hyderabadpainand spine center.