Laxmaiah Manchikanti

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ABOUT LAXMAIAH MANCHIKANTI

Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti is an Indian American physician and anesthesiologist specializing in interventional pain management. He is the founder of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) and the Pain Physician and pain medicine case reports medical journals.He is credited with advancing the evolution and development of interventional pain management as a specialty with interventional pain management being recognized as a specialty in 2002 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dr. Manchikanti has served as clinical professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine and professor of Anesthesiology-Research at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine New Orleans and Shreveport. He has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of ASIPP since 1998. 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. As well as his expertise in pain management surgery, Dr. Manchikanti is also a seasoned speaker, mentor, philanthropist, author, and professor. 35-yr analysis of global chronic pain trials highlighted dr manchikanti as Most Published author!