
Akshay Vakharia, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department Anesthesiology & Pain Management
Education
- Undergraduate
- Gujarat University - India (1980)
- Graduate School
- Gujarat University - India (1985), Surgery
Research Interest
- Chronic neck pain
- Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
Publications
Featured Publications
- The effect of montage on the analgesic response to percutaneous neuromudulation therapy
- White PF, Ghoname EA, Ahmed HE, Hamza MA, Craig WF, Vakharia AS Anesth Analg 2001 92 483-7
- The negative therapeutic impact on an interdisciplinary pain management prograrm of insurance "treatment carve-out" practices
- Gatchel RJ, Noe CE, Gajraj NM, Vakharia AS, Polatin PB, Deschner MD, Pulliam C J Workers' Compensation 2001 10 50-63
- Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS): a novel analgesic therapy for the diabetic neuropathic pain
- Hamza MA, White PF, Craig WF, Ghoname EA, Ahmed HE, Noe CE, Vakharia AS, Gajraj N Diabetes Care 2000 23 365-70
- Effect of the duration of electrical stimulation on the analgesic response in patients with low back pain
- Hamza MA, Ghoname E-SA, Craig WF, White PF, Ahmed HE, Gajraj NM, Vakharia AS, Noe CE Anesthesiology 1999 91 1622-7
- Injection procedures
- Noe CE, Fajraj NM, Vakharia A Occupational Musculoskeletal Medicine: Function, Outcomes and Evidence 2003 in press
- Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for chronic neck pain: effect of location of stimulation
- Ghoname EA, Vakharia AS, White PF, Ahmed HE, Hamza MA, Craig WF Anesthesiology 2003 in press
- A preliminary study of MPI profile differences in predicting treatment outcome in a heterogeneous chronic pain patient cohort
- Gatchel RJ, Noe CE, Pulliam C, Robbins H, Deschner M, Gajraj NM, Vakharia AS Clinical J Pain 2003 in press
Honors & Awards
- Gujarat University
Ranked among the top 10% of the medical school class (1980) - Indian National Merit Scholar
(1966) - Shreyes Scholar for Academic Excellence
(1964)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- AMA, TMA, DCMS
- ASA, TSA, DCAS