Dr. Ashu Kumar Jain

Brief Profile:

Dr. Ashu Jain has been practicing pain medicine for 25 years, acquiring expertise in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Pain Management at AIIMS, New Delhi, and LLRM Medical College in Meerut. He founded the Pain Medicine department at Artemis Hospital in Gurgaon, which now offers a comprehensive range of Advanced Pain Management Procedures. Dr. Jain is proficient in the medical management of various forms of Chronic Pain, including Cancer Pain, Back Pain, Joint Pain, Neck Pain, Neuropathic Pain, Neuralgias, and Facial Pain. He is knowledgeable in the administration of multiple classes of medications, particularly NSAIDs, Anti-Neuropathic Drugs, and Narcotic Agents such as Morphine and Fentanyl. Additionally, he utilizes DMARDs and Biological agents like Leflunomide, Methotrexate, Etanercept, and Infliximab through various delivery methods, including oral, intramuscular, intravenous, subcutaneous, and neuraxial routes. Dr. Jain is adept at employing these medications effectively and is committed to monitoring patients to prevent and manage potential side effects and complications. In the operating room, he has developed proficiency in a variety of Interventional Pain Management Procedures, utilizing C-Arm Fluoroscopic and Ultrasound guidance. His skills encompass basic interventions such as Lumbar Facet Joint injections, Transforaminal steroid injections, Median Branch injections, Sacroiliac Joint injections, and peripheral joint injections for the knee, shoulder, and hip. He also performs advanced procedures, including Percutaneous Disc Decompressions (Cervical and Lumbar), Adhesiolysis, Cervical/Thoracic TLESIs and TFESIs, Facet and Medial Branch Block Radiofrequency Treatments, Dorsal Root Ganglion Radiofrequency and Pulsed Radiofrequency, Percutaneous Vertebroplasties, High Cervical Chordotomies, and Gasserian Ganglion Radiofrequency neurolytic rhizolysis and Balloon compression, among other interventions beneficial for pain management. Dr. Jain conducts a wide array of Advanced Interventional Pain Management Procedures for Chronic Pain, including Spinal Cord Stimulators, Intrathecal Implants, and Selective Nerve Root Ablation for Trigeminal Neuralgia, as well as T2-T3 Sympathectomy (Radiofrequency Ablation). He is one of the few Interventional Pain Physicians skilled in performing Endoscopic Discectomies, which allow for the removal of discs without any incisions or anesthesia.

Work Experience:

• 2013 - 2015 Director at Jain Pain Clinic
• 2009 - 2015 Senior Consultant at Artemis Hospitals
• 2002 - 2009 Consultant at Metro Heart Institute
• 2000 - 2002 Senior Resident at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

Education:

• MBBS - Pt. B D Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, 1993
• MD - Anaesthesiology - Government Medical College, Patiala(Punjab), 2000

AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Best Pain Physician in North India by Indian Excellence Award - 2017
• Paper Presented in UPACON - 2000
• Poster Presented in ASORA Delhi - 1999
• Paper Presented in IACTA Channai - 2009
• Best Paper Award in IACTA channai - 2009
• NZ- ISCON (Ludhiana) - 1999
• CME on Intensive care in Chandigarh - 1998
• Gold Medalist (MD) - 2000

MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Executive Member - IACTA (N.C.R)
• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• Indian association for Study of Pain (ISSP)
• International Association of Study of Pain (IASP)
• Fellowship in Pain Medicine - Indian Society for Study of Pain, 2017
• Fellowship in Pain Medicine - Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College, Meerut, 2013