About Dr. Mary Abraham

Present Positions

• Pain & Palliative Care Physician
  The Pain Clinic (Private Clinic)
• Senior Consultant, Pain & Palliative Care
  Max Multispeciality Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi &
  Max Institute of Cancer Care, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi
• Visiting Consultant, Pain & Palliative Care
  Indian Spinal Injury Centre, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
• Section Editor, Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
• Guest faculty for Extension of Community Healthcare Outcome (TIPS-ECHO) Foundation Course in Palliative Medicine

Past Experience

• MD & Senior Residency from AIIMS 1981 till 1987
• Teaching faculty at GB Pant Hospital & Assoc MAMC from 1988 to 2004. Was Professor – Anaesthesia from 1995 till 2004
• Senior Consultant & Head of Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Noida from 2004-2012. Was Director from 2012 till 2016

Qualifications

• MBBS (Bangalore Medical College)
• MD Anaesthesia (AIIMS)
• DNB  Anaesthesia (NBE)
• Diploma in Hospital Management (NIHFW)
• Fellow of Indian College of Anesthesiologists (FICA)
• Fellow of the Academy of Neuroanaesthesia & Critical Care (FNANC)
• Certificate course in Acupuncture Training, Acupuncture Association of India

• Foundation Course in Pain & Palliative Medicine, Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, Trivandrum, November 2016.
• Completed a 6 month online course on Cancer Pain Management by Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences, June 2017

Awards & Fellowships

• Awarded WHO Fellowship in Paediatric Neuroanaesthesia in 1997
• President of Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesia & Critical Care (2006-2007)
• Awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by Delhi Neurological Association for contribution to Neurosciences in Delhi in February 2017

Research & Publications

• 32 publications in national & international journals, including review articles and editorials
• Contributed 8 chapters in various Textbooks on Anaesthesia, Neurosurgery & Neuroanaesthesia
• Delivered 76 guest lectures as invited faculty in various Anaesthesia, Neurosurgery, Neuroanaesthesia, Pain & Neurology conferences.
• Delivered 2 Orations
• Organized 17 CMEs/Workshops/Conferences in Neuroanaesthesia & Pain

Memberships

• Indian Society of Neuroanaesthesiology & Neurocritical Care (ISNACC)
• Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA)
• Journal of Anaesthesiology & Clinical Pharmacology (RSACP)
• Indian Association of Study of Pain (IASP)
• Indian College of Anaesthesiology (ICA)
• Neurosurgical Society of India
• Neurotrauma Society of India
• Academy of Regional Anaesthesia (AORA)

Main Areas of Interests

• Back pain & sciatica
• Neck, Shoulder & Arm pain
• Myofascial pain
• Neuropathic pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Post surgical back pain
• Cancer pain management

Treatment Modalities used

• Spinal interventions like epidural, nerve root injections, facet joint injections
• Trigger point injections
• Ultrasound guided nerve blocks
• Dry needling
• Acupuncture