Cancer Pain & Rehabilitation: A continuum of cancer survivorship care plan
Hemant Kalia
Rochester Regional Health System, USA
: Analg Resusc: Curr Res
Abstract
Cancer Pain is quite complex and challenging to manage. Over the years we have made exemplary advancements in treatment of cancer but we are still struggling in providing a comprehensive holistic care to patients with intractable cancer related pain and their appropriate rehabilitation of cancer related impairments. We have made an earnest attempt to combine the tenets of cancer rehabilitation and cancer pain management under the same roof. It’s a unique model to providing comprehensive pain management and rehabilitation services within a self-sustainable fiscally responsible service line in a large community based health system.
Biography
Kalia specializes in interventional pain management, cancer pain rehabilitation and interventional spine procedures. He earned his Master’s degree in Public Health from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green and his medical degree from the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore, India. He interned in General Surgery at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan and did residencies at the University of Rochester in both Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Preventive Medicine and Public Health. He completed a Fellowship in Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Rochester as well. Kalia is certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and the American Board of Pain Medicine. He belongs to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Academy of Physiatrists, American College of Preventive Medicine, American Pain Society, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, American Academy of Pain Medicine and American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine. He won the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (LEND) Fellowship Award from the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester for the 2007 – 08 school year and was the chief resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation for the 2011 – 12 school year. He also received the Young Investigator Travel Award from the University of Rochester in 2013. Kalia’s publications include topics such as cancer pain management and interventional spine care.
