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Professor and Head/ Pain, Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care
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I am a Professor and Head of the Department of Pain, Palliative Medicine and Supportive Care at St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore. I have over 15 years of teaching experience and am involved in patient care, teaching, research, and policy development in palliative medicine.
I have published research articles and book chapters in the field of pain and palliative care and have contributed to the development of clinical practice guidelines relevant to India. I have also helped establish palliative care services in several institutions across the country.
My work includes training doctors through regular teaching programs and online education platforms such as Project ECHO. I have participated in national and international academic activities and serve on various professional committees and boards related to palliative and supportive care
Qualification/ Education
MBBS – Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai (1986)
Registration No: 58142 | Medical Council of India / Maharashtra Medical Council
Diploma in Anaesthesiology – Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai (1986)
Registration No: 58142 | Maharashtra Medical Council
MD – Topiwala National Medical College, University of Mumbai (1991)
Registration No: 58142 | Medical Council of India / Maharashtra Medical Council
DNB – National Board of Examinations (1996)
PGDip in Palliative Medicine – Cardiff University, UK (2010)
Experience
Teaching Experience
Professor Grade I – St. John’s Medical College Hospital
21-01-2022 to Till date | 3 years 6 months
Professor – Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
02-07-2007 to 23-01-2009 | 1 year 6 months
Associate Professor – St. John’s Medical College Hospital
01-04-2004 to 30-06-2007 | 3 years 3 months
Consultant (Associate Professor level) – St. John’s Medical College Hospital
01-07-2003 to 31-03-2004 | 9 months
Assistant Professor – St. John’s Medical College Hospital
21-01-2002 to 30-06-2003 | 1 year 5 months
Lecturer – Topiwala National Medical College
23-12-1989 to 11-10-1992 | 2 years 9 months
Resident Registrar – Topiwala National Medical College
01-02-1988 to 22-12-1989 | 1 year 10 months
Areas of interest
- Regular practitioner of Yoga. Authored and presented on Perspectives of Yoga in Chronic Pain at the World Yoga Convention (held once in 20 years), Munger, India (Nov 2013).
- Indian Classical Dance and Music
- Nature - walks, treks
- Interphase of Health and Spirituality
Field of Expertise
- Pain and Palliative Medicine
- Oncology Palliative Care
- Renal Supportive Care and Conservative Kidney Management
- Quality Improvement in Healthcare
- Policy Development in Palliative Care and Access to Essential Medicine
Extramural portfolios/ Committees
Course Director and guide for DNB in Palliative Medicine- National Board of Examinatiions
Course in-charge - PG Fellowship In Palliative Care – Rajeev Gandhi University of Health Sciences
Palliative Care Consultant and Quality Improvement Mentor: National Cancer Grid - India
International Society of Nephrology Working Group: Conservative Kidney Management
Faculty: Academy of Palliative Medicine
Expert: Evidence Based Guidelines for Lung Cancer, Indian Council of Medical Research-Centre for Evidence based Guidelines, Department of Health Research
Other formal training/certification
Biopsychosocial Cancer Pain Workshop (Current) – Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA
CReDO – International Collaborative Research Methods (Oncology) (2018) –
ICMR, NCI, ASCO, NCG, King’s College London, Cancer Research UK
Certificate Course: Palliative Care – Promoting Access & Improvement of Cancer Experience (2018) – Stanford Medicine, USA
ECHO-Immersion (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) (2016) – Project ECHO, University of New Mexico
Certified Trainer – EPEC Program (2016) – Northwestern University, Chicago, USA
Visiting Scholar (Apr–Jul 2014) – Dept. of Palliative Medicine, Aachen University, Germany
Community-Based Approach for Prevention of Chronic Kidney Disorders (2009) – Kidney Help Trust, Chennai
Intensive Board Review Course in Hospice & Palliative Medicine (2009) – MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA
Advanced Research Methodology (2008) – International Observatory on End of Life Care, University of Lancaster, UK
Foundation Course in Pain & Palliative Care (2000) – Global Cancer Concern & Pain and Palliative Care Society, Calicut
Online Courses
Palliative Care Always – Certificate Course (2017) – Stanford University, USA
Epidemiology: The Basic Science of Public Health (2015) – University of North Carolina, USA
Community Change in Public Health (2015) – Johns Hopkins University, USA
Membership of professional associations/bodies
Board Member: ASCO.in Supportive care
Board Member – GRAAM - Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement, SVYM, Mysore
Awards and Recognitions
INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
- Head and Neck Cancer Alliance - the HNCA/AHNS International Outreach Cancer Prevention Award - 2021
- National Cancer Institute supported Scholarship for ‘Training for Cancer Health Care Professionals in Biopsychosocial Pain Management and Quality Improvement’ - at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore - 2020
- The Cancer Aid Society Award For Excellence And Leadership In Palliative Care For SAARC Countries – 2014 – 2015
- Scholarship of the International Association Of Hospice And Palliative Care (IAHPC) IAHPC Travelling Scholarship Award as the visiting scholar at Aachen University, Aachen, Germany -- 2014
- The International Pain And Policy Scholarship –fellowship at the WHO Collaborating Centre For Pain Policy And Palliative Care - University Of Wisconsin – 2012 -2014
- Scholarship – International Association Of Hospice And Palliative Care (IAHPC) as the visiting scholar and Intensive Board Review Course in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at M D Anderson Cancer Centre Houston, USA) – 2009
- International Bursary by the International Observatory on End of Life Care for the Annual Research Summer School - University Of Lancaster, UK - 2008
- Commonwealth Scholarship For Education In Pallaitive Medicine - Cardif University – UK – 2008
No groups and associations specified.
| S.I. No | Project Title | Project Lead | Year of Initiation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Implementation and Evaluation of a Multifaceted Comprehensive Appropriate Care Package (MCACP) for People with Advanced and Terminal Illness in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in India – A Multicentric Implementation Science Study | Dr Nandini Vallath, Dr. Mathangi Krishnakumar, Dr Amarja Ashok Havaldar | 2025 | ongoing |
| 2 | To transform the department of Pain and Palliative Medicine to a Centre of Excellence in Palliative Care | Dr. Nandini Vallath | 2022 | ongoing |
An innovative model for integrated delivery of prevention, screening and palliative care services of cancers at health and wellness centres in Assam
Rahul RR, Vallath N, Oswal K, Singh R, Gaurav K, Sebastian P, Ramachandran V, Purushottham A. The Namaste of caring
Vallath N, Viswanath V, Roy AM Awareness about Cervical Cancer and Acceptance of Pap Smear for Screening among Women Attending a Tertiary Care Center
Sudhager A, Vallath N, Krishnatry R, Balasubramani L. The Development of Quality Improvement Education Program of the National Cancer Grid – EQuIP- India (Enable Quality Improve Patient Care), and Its Impact on the Quality of Cancer Care in India
Nandini Vallath, R. Ravi Kannan, Shirley Lewis, Priyanka Augustine, Karl Lorenz, Jake Mickelsen, Jenifer Mugesh Sundararaj, Praveen Kumar Shenoy, Kapil Malik, Rinisha Banik, Sarbani Laskar, C.S. Pramesh Enhancing the outcome of quality improvement education of the National Cancer Grid, India - An A3 methodological study
Vallath, Nandini; Mickelsen, Jake1; Immanuel, Terrymize2; Palat, Gayatri3; Warrier, Jyothi Jayan4; Rayala, Spandana5; Sunilkumar, MM6; Viswanath, Vidya7; Laskar, Sarbani8; Digumarti, Leela9; Rahul, Rewati Raman10; Mathews, Lulu11 Kidney supportive care: every nephrologist’s business
Mark A. Brown, Barnaby D. Hole, Frank Brennan, Nandini Vallath, Sara N. Davison A Multicentric Field Test to Study the Validity and Feasibility of the SHS-tool to Screen for Serious Health-related Suffering in Adult Patients with Cancer
Vallath N, Paul A, Ghoshal A, Sundararaj JJ, Balakrishnan K Conservative kidney management and kidney supportive care: core components of integrated care for people with kidney failure
Davison SN, Pommer W, Brown MA, Douglas CA, Gelfand SL, Gueco IP, Hole BD, Homma S, Kazancıoğlu RT, Kitamura H, Koubar SH, Krause R, Li KC, Lowney AC, Nagaraju SP, Niang A, Obrador GT, Ohtake Y, Schell JO, Scherer JS, Smyth B, Tamba K, Vallath N, Wearne N, Zakharova E, Zúñiga C, Brennan FP. Systematic Review on Barriers to Access Opioid Analgesics for Cancer Pain Management From the Health Worker Perspective
Fleckner J, Pettus K, Vallath N, Pastrana T EQuIP India: The National Cancer Grid quality improvement competency training initiative
Vallath Nandini; Pramesh, C. S Comparison of Icchabhedirasa with Bisacodyl in opioid-induced constipation
Nandini Vallath Developing a Screening Tool for Serious Health-related Suffering for Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Phase-1: Domain Identification and Item Generation
Vallath N, Salins N, Ghoshal A, Daniel SM, Damani A, Rajagopal MR, Rewati RR, Bhatnagar S, Pramesh CS Oncology-Based Palliative Care Development: The Approach, Challenges, and Solutions From North-East Region of India, a Model for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Vallath N, Rahul RR, Mahanta T, Dakua D, Gogoi PP, Venkataramanan R, Sethuraman L, Bahar HMI, Bhagabati K, Goswami D, Purushotham A The Palliative Care-Promoting Access and Improvement of the Cancer Experience (PC-PAICE) Project in India: A Multisite International Quality Improvement Collaborative
Lorenz KA, Mickelsen J, Vallath N, Bhatnagar S, Spruyt O, Rabow M, Agar M, Dy SM, Anderson K, Deodhar J, Digamurti L, Palat G, Rayala S, Sunilkumar MM, Viswanath V, Warrier JJ, Gosh-Laskar S, Harman SM, Giannitrapani KF, Satija A, Pramesh CS, DeNatale M. Decision-making around Commencing Dialysis
Indu Ramachandra Rao, Nandini Vallath, YJ Anupama, Krishan Lal Gupta, Krithika S. Rao Epilogue on the interface of nephrology, palliative medicine and primary care – Indian Journal of Palliative Care, Supplement, May 2021
Nandini Vallath, Frank Brennan Symptom Management among Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Seema Rajesh Rao, Nandini Vallath, Vishwanath Siddini, Tukaram Jamale, Divya Bajpai, Nitish Nitin Sancheti, Dharshan Rangaswamy, Development and Progress of a Collaborative Learning Model for Quality Improvement in the Field of Palliative Care in India
Vallath N, De Natale M, Lorenz KA, Bhatnagar S, Mickelsen J. Relax City Homecare team; protocols are ready for you” – A Quality Improvement Project Conducted on Behalf of the City Homecare Unit Team at the Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Sciences
M. M. Sunilkumar, Amirtha Thampi , S. Lekshmi , Stephanie M. Harman , Nandini Vallath Epilogue: Reflections from International Mentors of the Quality Improvement Training Programme in India
Karl Lorenz1 , Sydney Dy2 , Michelle DeNatale3 , Michael W. Rabow4 , Odette Spruijt5 , Karen Anderson6 , Meera Agar7 , Jake Mickelsen8 , Nandini Vallath9 Approaches and Best Practices for Managing Cancer Pain within the Constraints of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
Anuja Damani, Arunangshu Ghoshal, Naveen Salins, Sushma Bhatnagar, Priti R. Sanghavi, Vidya Viswanath, Shrenik Ostwal, Gauraiya Chinchalkar, Nandini Vallath No Others Contributions details available.