Prof Krishna Boddu (Anaesthetist)
- Name
- Prof Krishna Boddu
- Qualifications
- MBBS Andhra University 1983
- MD Anaesthesiology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh 1989
- FANZCA 2000
- Occupation
- Anaesthetist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- English
- Telugu
- Hindi
- Medical Specialties
- Anaesthesia
Specialist Anaesthetist with substantial experience in pain management
Professor Krishna Boddu is currently working as senior consultant in the Department of Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine at Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia. He holds administrative position as Director of Regional Anaesthesia. He is also an adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology of McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Sciences at Houston, Texas, USA
The Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington, Seattle, recognized his talent in teaching early in his career and awarded him Golden Apple Seed award for Excellence in Teaching. He received formal training to be awarded the title of a Teaching Scholar at the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
As a Professor of Anesthesiology & Head of Acute Pain & Regional Anesthesia, Professor Boddu introduced acute pain service with a goal to improve functionality at Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston. Professor Boddu also worked as Director of Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia at MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC), Houston and established the Regional Anesthesia Service and enhanced Acute Pain Service which received national and international recognition. He contributed to the development of electronic databases and electronic medical records for acute pain at University of Washington, Seattle, MD Anderson Cancer Center and Memorial Hermann Hospitals, Houston, Texas.
In an effort to teach and promote the use of ultrasound and continuous regional anesthesia by insertion of catheters (a superior method for providing regional anesthesia), he developed multi-screen, multi-media hands on regional anesthesia workshop which was received very well by anesthesiologists and soon it became the most popular regional anesthesia workshop. He also introduced the concept of Acute Pain Nurse Expertise at Point of Care by developing Path to Pain Championship program, and trained several hundred nurses. He conducted several pain and regional anaesthesia workshops across the world. He also published original articles in the field of regional anesthesia and acute pain.
In Australia, he introduced regional anaesthesia and acute pain workshops for rural doctors in collaboration with Rural Health West. He was member of several committees in the hospital, and was also on the board of several national and international committees. He was also on editorial board for journals in the field of pain and regional anesthesia.
Throughout his career, Professor Boddu has lectured extensively and taught numerous advanced regional anesthesia and acute pain management courses to residents and faculty, locally, nationally and internationally. Professor Boddu has contributed significantly to clinical care, education, research and administration. The introduction of new structured programs such as acute pain, regional anesthesia service, and development of a multiscreen multi-media ultrasound guided regional anesthesia teaching structure, Path to Pain championship for nurses are some of his significant achievements.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Hollywood Private Hospital
- St John of God Murdoch Hospital
- Mount Hospital
- St John of God Subiaco Hospital
- St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital
- Glengarry Private Hospital
- Osborne Park Hospital
- Bentley Hospital
- Royal Perth Hospital Wellington Street Campus
- Affiliated Clinics
- Hollywood Specialist Centre
- Affiliated Universities
- Curtin University
- University of Western Australia
- Medical Conditions
- General and Regional Anaesthesia
- Acute Pain
- Chronic pain - particularly myofascial pain syndromes
- Non-opioid-based chronic pain management by identifying the root cause of pain
- Medical Interventions
- Regional Anaesthesia
- Ultrasound-guided chronic pain procedures
- Populations Treated
- Anaesthesia for all age groups except children under the age of 1
- Topics
- Orthopaedic anaesthesia
- Bariatric surgery
- Acute and Chronic pain management
- Opioid substitution therapy
- Challenging chronic pain cases where no surgical or medical cause was found
Practice Locations
Perth
- Anaesthesia & Pain
- Open After Hours
- Address
- Hollywood Specialist Centre
32, Level 1
95 Monash Avenue
Nedlands WA 6009
Australia
- Phone
- 0413 147 246
