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Akhtar Purvez

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Akhtar Purvez is an American author, researcher, pain policy advocate, and interventional pain physician.[1]

Early Life and Career

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He was born in the erstwhile Jammu & Kashmir state of India. He trained in head & neck surgery at the Government Medical College, Srinagar. He further trained in surgery, anesthesia, and interventional pain management at Brooklyn Hospital Center, Boston University and the University of Virginia, respectively.

He has been practicing pain medicine in central Virginia for more than two decades. He is board certified in Pain Medicine by American Board of Anesthesiology, the American Board of Pain Medicine and, by Atherican Board of Disability Analysts.

Honors and Academic Appointments

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Akhtar Purvez was selected in 2024 for the Fellowship of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.

Books

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His first book, ‘Managing Chronic Pain in an Age of Addiction’[2] is available in many libraries.[3][4][5][6] His second book, ‘The Brain Behind Pain’[7], a logical sequence to the first one, moves this tubject further to promote understanding and a dialogue. He has contributed chapters on pain management to other books, including the American College of Physicians (ACP) Manual of Critical Care, [8] and ‘Care of Older African Adults’.[9]

Speaking Engagements

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He is actively involved in promoting health, exercise, and fitness in an attempt to improve these parameters for the general population. He speaks on the interactions between pain and addiction issues. He frequently speaks on new and emerging health research that may impact the way healthcare is currently provided. He has been on speaking panels of major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Forest, Abbvie and Purdue. He has also been speaking on radio and television.[10]

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He has been called on as a medical expert and witness in multiple cases over more than twenty years and has significant knowledge and experience of the intricate issues involved. Many of these employer-employee issues relate to occupational health, traumatic occupational injury  and motor vehicle accident claims and their management.7

Reference

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Akhtar Purvez has extensive research experience and has been involved in investigational medical research in more than a dozen groundbreaking studies, many involving new drug research. These include new medications for chronic pain and fibromyalgia like milnocipran, other medications for osteoarthritis, and vaccines.8

Editorials and Case Reports

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Akhtar Purvez sits on the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Integrative Medicine and Public Health.[11] He has editorials and multiple case reports to his credit. These include a recent editorial on the relationship between COVID-19 and opioid epidemic.[12] The case reports include those on medication effects and side effects, and foreign bodies in upper aerodigestive tract. A recent report on the adverse effects of monosodium glutamate (MSG) used mainly in Chinese food and resulting in recurrent episodes of atrial fibrillation, an ongoing epidemic of its own from aging population, was well received.10,11

Poetry

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Akhtar Purvez composes poetry in multiple languages, including English, Kashmiri, Urdu and Farsi, that interweave stories about existentialist philosophy, human interactions and political situations.12,13,14 These have appeared on poetry websites and on social media and generated curious debate and discussion.15

Akhtar Purvez is an Adjunct Clinical Professor at DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University, Tennessee.16 He is also the President and CEO of the Pain and Spine Center of Charlottesville in Virginia.17

References

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  1. ^ Farooqi, Mehr Afshan (2023-02-01). "The Brain Behind Pain - Exploring the Mind-Body Connection". Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care. 27 (1): 143–143. doi:10.35975/apic.v27i1.2134. ISSN 2220-5799.
  2. ^ Managing Chronic Pain in an Age of Addiction.
  3. ^ "https://librarysearch.ohsu.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99327448176101451&context=L&vid=01ALLIANCE_OHSU:OHSU&lang=en&search_scope=Everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=sub,exact,%20Chronic%20Pain%20-%20drug%20therapy%20,AND&mode=advanced&offset=0". librarysearch.ohsu.edu. Retrieved 2024-04-13. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  4. ^ Purvez, Akhtar (2018). Managing chronic pain in an age of addiction. Lanham, Maryland :: Rowman & Littlefield,. ISBN 978-1-5381-0924-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ "Managing Chronic Pain in an Age of Addiction - The Ohio Digital Library - OverDrive". The Ohio Digital Library. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  6. ^ Managing Chronic Pain in an Age of Addiction. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2018.
  7. ^ The Brain Behind Pain: Exploring the Mind-Body Connection.
  8. ^ ACP manual of critical care. Suhail Raoof, American College of Physicians. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. 2009. ISBN 978-0-07-160565-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ "Care of the Older African Adult – Nova Science Publishers". Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  10. ^ "Purvez on ABC with Tab O'Neil". apharwat.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  11. ^ "Editorial Board : Journal of Integrative Medicine and Public Health". journals.lww.com. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
  12. ^ Purvez, Akhtar (2022-11-25). "Confronting the devastating 'Twindemic': Drug overdose deaths and the COVID-19". Anaesthesia, Pain & Intensive Care. 26 (6): 734–735. doi:10.35975/apic.v26i6.2064. ISSN 2220-5799.