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Anaesthesia & Pain Management

Delivering Safe Anaesthetic for a painless cancer-care journey.

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Exceptional Support Services. Dedicated to clinical excellence since 1954.

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Message from the Head of Department

Dr Punitha C

DNB(Anes), DESA, EDPM • Associate Professor & Head of Department
“The Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management prioritises comprehensive, precise, personalised, patient-centric care from the pre-procedural phase, through surgery and rehabilitation: focusing on safety, comfort and enhanced recovery, all the while setting high standards benchmarked with global care and innovations.”
About the Department

Department Overview

The Department of Anaesthesia offers comprehensive Anaesthetic & Pain management care for all Oncology patients, starting in the pre-operative phase and through to recovery: focusing on safety, comfort and enhanced recovery.

We offer a diverse pan-spectrum range of services, including pre-surgical patient assessment, comorbidities optimization, multi-pronged pre-habilitation, intra-operative anaesthesia planning & administration, critical care support, acute pain management, and interventional multi-modal chronic cancer pain management.

Our involvement starts by keeping patients calm and pain free, aiding the expert team to arrive at an early cancer diagnosis. By caring for the critically ill in the ICU until their post-operative rehabilitation, we extend our constant support across the entirety of the patient's cancer journey. We also address the chronic cancer pain which occurs in survivors by offering cutting-edge intervention modalities.

Our Purpose

Mission & Philosophy

Our department's vision is to provide excellent perioperative care to all patients, in line with the Institute's motto of "Service to all".

Our mission is to administer evidence-based, secure, and all-encompassing anaesthesia care to each and every patient, driven by our unwavering dedication to inter-professional communication and pioneering research endeavours.

What We Offer

Services & Scope

I. ANAESTHESIA SERVICES (Operating Suite & Procedure Rooms)

Pre-Anesthesia patient assessment, optimization of comorbidities and Pre-habilitation.

Sedation for Paediatric & Adults for diagnostic imaging, Biopsies, Brachy & Radiotherapy.

Anaesthesia for Interventional Radiology, Pulmonology and Gastro-Endoscopic procedures.

Anaesthesia for all major multi-organ Onco-surgeries (Awake Neuro-surgical craniotomies, HIPEC, HITHOC, PIPAC, ILP, and Robotic surgeries).

II. CRITICAL CARE SERVICES

Post-surgical care of all critically ill patients in a 14-bedded Unit with advanced invasive & BiPAP ventilators and advanced hemodynamic monitors.

Multi-specialty and Multi-disciplinary care with specialist consults from Cardiology, Neurology, and Infectious diseases experts.

Renal-organ support with Hemodialysis.

III. PAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES

APS (Acute Pain Services) for post-surgical patients using a comprehensive multi-disciplinary team approach.

Chronic Cancer Pain Management

Interventional Pain Management Clinic (OPD) and Day-Care procedures.

Minimally invasive & Robot assisted Non-surgical pain management.

Specialized interventions (Coeliac plexus block, Stellate ganglion block, Splanchnic nerve blocks) and home-based services.

Community Support

Support Groups

Content is yet to be provided

Infrastructure

Facilities & Equipment

Meet the Team

Our Team

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Dr Punitha C

Head of the Department

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Dr Subramanian

Associate Professor

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Dr Aravind Narayanan

Associate Professor

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Dr Nivedhyaa

Associate Professor

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Dr Nairita Das

Assistant Professor

KV

Dr. Kausalya V

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Poorna M S

Assistant Professor

HA

Dr Hariesh A

Assistant Professor

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Dr Sahithya

Assistant Professor

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Dr Prita Raj

Assistant Professor

PR

Dr Priyadarshini R

Intensivist

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Dr Vallary Gowtham Krishna

Assistant Professor

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Dr Priyadarshini R

Assistant Professor

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Dr Karthikeyan

Assistant Professor

Our Heritage

Legacy & History

1954
Inception of the department with a single Operating Theatre.
1980
Anaesthetic coverage for four Operating tables in the Surgical Block.
1982
Paediatric anaesthetic coverage for diagnostic Imaging, External beam RadioTherapy and Brachytherapy.
2013
Care extended to Mahesh memorial children’s block (VS campus).
2018
Care extended to Diamond Jubilee block with four additional ORs and Robotic OT.
2024
Services extended to dedicated endoscopy suite and state-of-the-art CathLab (ERCP, EUS with stents, Bronchoscopy, Tracheal Stents, and interventional radiology for palliative care).
Milestones

Key Achievements

Contact the Department

For inquiries about anaesthesia & pain management

anesthesia@cancerinstitutewia.org
Department SPOC: Dr Aravind Narayanan