Profile

• Dr. Pratibha Matche is a senior faculty in the department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical care. She is the Coordinator of Pain and Palliative care unit. She is a Programme head of the Indian Academy of Pain Medicine (IAPM) affiliated Fellowship in Pain medicine at JSSAHER
• She has graduated from B.J. Medical College Pune with Post graduation in Anesthesiology from Nair hospital Mumbai. She has joined JSS Medical College Mysore in 1997 and has 24 years of clinical experience in providing Anaesthesia, analgesia & critical care services to the patients of various surgical specialties and super specialties.
• She is passionate about Pain Medicine and she has major contribution in setting up & establishing Pain and Palliative Care unit with the state-of-art facilities at JSS hospital since 2009.
• She is awarded with Fellowship in pain medicine by IAPM and certified in Palliative care from prestigious institution, Tata memorial hospital Mumbai.
•  She is the first Pain Physician in Mysore trained in Interventional pain management and Palliative care and practicing the same for past 12 years.
• She has expertise in managing various chronic pain conditions like low back pain (sciatica), orofacial pain, CRPS, Fibromyalgia, herpes zoster pain, postsurgical pain and all types of cancer pain syndromes using basic and advanced interventions under fluoroscopy and ultrasound guidance along with multi-disciplinary  and holistic approach.
• She also has skills of using advanced technology like Radiofrequency ablation which is used for giving long lasting pain relief using special needle and equipment which is available only at JSS Hospital in Mysore. This is beneficial for patients who are suffering from side effects of pain killers, who are not willing or unfit for surgery in conditions like Trigeminal neuralgia, Neck pain, Frozen shoulder, Knee arth

Share & Blogs / URLs

• https://www.jsshospital.in/blog/understanding-chronic-pain/
• https://www.jsshospital.in/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-cancer-pain/

Fellowship and Membership

Fellowship :

Fellow of Indian Academy of Pain Medicine (FIAPM)

Membership :

• Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA)
• Indian Society for the Study of Pain (ISSP)
• International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)

Field of Expertise

• Acute & Chronic Pain Management
• Advanced treatment for various Neuropathic pain syndromes
• Musculoskeletal Pain and MSK Ultrasound
• Interventional Pain Management using Fluoroscopy and Ultrasound
• Radio frequency neuro ablation  for pain management
• Regenerative Medicine- PRP & Prolotherapy
• Cancer pain management & Palliative Care
• Regional Anaesthesia

Academic Excellence

• Awarded as Fellow of Indian Academy of pain medicine FIAPM.
• Acting Registrar of Indian Academy of Pain Medicine (IAPM), academic wing of Indian society for the study of pain (ISSP)
• Regular faculty at various State and National Anaesthesia & Pain Medicine conferences
• She has presented several papers at these forums including international platform and received 4 awards for paper presentation.
•  Poster presentation  at the international forum of “IASP 2021 Virtual  world congress on Pain”

Rare Case Management

• 1.Known case of peripheral vascular disease with critical limb ischaemia of left upper limb with left ventricular thrombus with LV segmental hypokinesia and reduced LV function (LVEF-30%) treated with ultrasound guided stellate ganglion block with continuous perineural catheter.
• 2. 80 year old lady known case of Ca Oesophagus weighing 26 kg treated with fluoroscopy guided splanchnic RFA.

Research / Presentations /Publications

• Clinical evaluation and diagnostic approach to shoulder pain, JNANA, Dr Pratibha Matche, 2017-1(1):22-27
• Assessment of Prevalence and Characteristics of Pain and Its Association with Quality of Life in Elderly, Pratibha Matche, Deepti Manjunath, Nalini Kotekar, Pratibha Pereira, Journal on Recent Advances in Pain, September-December 2018;4(3):100-104
• Intra-articular Injection of Platelet-rich Plasma vs. Local Anesthetic with Steroid to Treat Knee Osteoarthritis: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study, Pratibha Matche, Nagarjuna Gaddam, H Kavya, Nalini Kotekar, Journal on Recent Advances in Pain, September-December 2018;4(3):91-95
• Text Book Chapter - Interventional Pain Management In Headache, Dr. Pratibha Matche, Paras Medical Publisher, 2018, 978-81-8191-487-3
• Continuous Stellate Ganglion Block for the Effective Management of Ischemic Pain Following Compartment Syndrome of Upper Limb Due to Accidental Intra-arterial Injection, Pratibha Matche, Poorna M.S, Indian Journal of Pain, Volume 34 ¦ Issue 1 ¦ January-April 2020
• Ultrasound in Pain and Musculoskeletal Interventions:  A Nation?wide Survey of Practicing Pain Physicians , Rajendra Kumar Sahoo, Pratibha Matche, Sanjay Khanna et al Indian Journal of Pain, Volume 34 ¦ Issue 3 ¦ September- December 2020

Award and Achievements

Award:

• She is awarded with "Best Low- Cost Pain treatment" award at the National Pain Conference in 2019.

Achievements:

• Acting Registrar of Indian Academy of pain medicine
•  Editorial board member of Indian Journal of pain.
• President Elect of Indian society for study of pain- ISSP Karnataka chapter.

• Vice President for ISA Mysore city branch.
• Executive member of SIG on Musculoskeletal pain by ISSP National.
• Board member for SIG on Orofacial pain at JSS University Mysore
•  Pursuing PhD at JSS University Mysore
• Workshop Committee head and scientific committee member for the National Conference of pain at Bengaluru.
•  Organising secretary for ISA sponsored National CME on pain management at Madikeri.
• Organising secretary for "Essential Pain Management" workshop for JSS Medical College interns.
• Organised several CMEs and Cadaveric Workshop on Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia and pain interventions.