Yeshvant Ashok Navalgund, M.D. DNA Advanced Pain Treatment Center Navalgund Consulting P.O.Box 747, Greensburg, PA 15601 (412) 561-7246 (Office) (412) 235-4011 (Fax) EDUCATION: School Degree Received Year Earned University of Pittsburgh B.S. 1994 Biological Sciences Major Computer Sciences Minor Saba University School of Medicine M.D. 1999 RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIP TRAINING: Interventional Chronic Pain Management: West Virginia University Hospitals Anesthesiology Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital General Surgery Internship: University of Virginia Morgantown, WV Pittsburgh, PA Charlottesville, VA BOARD CERTIFICATION: Board Certification Obtained, Anesthesiology. American Board of Anesthesiology 2005 Board Certification Obtained, Pain Medicine Subspecialty. American Board of Anesthesiology 2006 Maintenance of Certification, Pain Medicine Subspecialty. American Board of Anesthesiology 2015 Diplomate Status Obtained, American Board of Pain Medicine 2010 DETAIL OF APPOINTMENTS: ACADEMIC: Assistant Professor March 2005 March 2016 Division of Chronic Pain Management, Department of Neurosurgery, West Virginia University. Morgantown, WV Clinical Training and Lecturing Assistant Professor March 2016 - Present Division of Chronic Pain Management, Department of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University. Morgantown, WV Clinical Training and Lecturing
Adjunct Professor March 2009 - Present University of Pittsburgh School of Anesthesia, Pittsburgh, PA Clinical Training and Guest Lecturing Editorial Board: Journal of Neuromodulation January 2010-Present PRIVATE PROFESSIONAL: Founding Member Pennsylvania Pain Society 2016 - Present Treasurer: Pennsylvania Pain Society 2016 Present Medical Director and Board Member April 2014 - Present National Bioskills Laboratories Medical and surgical training facilities Pittsburgh, PA; Dallas, TX; San Francisco, CA President & CEO August 2010 April 2014 Pavilion X Medical and surgical training facility. Pittsburgh, PA President & CEO August 2004 - Present DNAPAIN.COM. Interventional Pain Management Services. Pittsburgh, PA Training Professional: Fellow in Interventional Chronic and Acute Pain Management August 2003 - August 2004 Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. West Virginia University Hospital. Morgantown, WV Chief Resident August 2002 - August 2003 Department of Anesthesiology. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital. Pittsburgh, PA Anesthesiology Resident Physician August 2000 - August 2002 Department of Anesthesiology. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mercy Hospital. Pittsburgh, PA Surgery Resident Physician July 1999 - July 2000 Department of Surgery. University of Virginia Health System. Charlottesville, VA Research Computer Engineer December 1991 - December 1994 Department of Orthopedic Surgery. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Pittsburgh, PA CONSULTING: July 2013 - Present Jazz Pharmaceuticals Research and Development Investigator Training Consultant
March 2006 - Present St. Jude Medical Annual National Pain Society Meeting Lecturer Quarterly Instructor for Advanced Topics in Pain Medicine: Training physicians on advances in chronic pain management Quarterly Instructor for Fellowship Programs in Chronic Pain Management Feasibility evaluation of new advancements in medical devices January 2009 - Present Medtronic Instructor for Advanced Techniques in Targeted Drug Delivery Implant Systems: Teaching Pain Management and Neurological Surgery Trained Physicians on surgical implantation of Drug Delivery Systems. Instructor for Advanced Treatments in Acute Spinal Fractures: Training physicians on the use of spinal surgical techniques of spinal fracture management Instructor for Fellowship Programs in Chronic Pain Management March 2009 - Present Flowonix Primary Investigator Phase 2 Clinical Trials Programmable Intrathecal Narcotic Pump Design and Efficiency of Drug Delivery April 2009 - Present Boston Scientific Instructor for Advanced Topics in Pain Medicine: Training physicians on advances in chronic pain management October 2009-2014 Aetna Health Insurance Chronic Pain Management Advisory Board Billing and Clinical Guidelines for Reasonable Practice July 2010 - Present Johnson and Johnson Instructor for Advanced Techniques in Targeted Drug Delivery Implant Systems: Teaching Pain Management and Neurological Surgery Trained Physicians on surgical implantation of Drug Delivery Systems. Instructor for Advanced Treatments in Acute Spinal Fractures: Training physicians on the use of spinal surgical techniques of spinal fracture management Instructor for Fellowship Programs in Chronic Pain Management July 2008-2010 Inset Pump II Study Intrathecal Pump Phase III clinical study that has now FDA approval for innovative pump with safety design October 2011 - Present Advisory board on The State of Opioids in America National position changes on federal government responsibility for opiate monitoring in the United States. September 2012 - Present Course coordinator and Presenter Prescription Drug Abuse in the United States Elementary, Junior High, High School and Community Education on the Epidemic of Prescription Drug Abuse in the United States April 2013 2015 Medtronic Peripheral SubQ Study Phase III clinical study on subcutaneous stimulator lead placement for FDA approval for new indications October 2013 2015 Ziconitide Dosage PRIZM Study Clinical Study to determine optimal dosing and titration of intrathecal Prialt
September 2016 Present TARGET_PAS Study Clinical Study to evaluate post FDA approval outcomes of Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Device November 2016 Present Stem Cell Injection Study Injection of Autologous Adipose Tissue for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis in the Knee PUBLICATIONS: Navalgund, Y.A., Deer T., et al., The State of Opiates in America, poster presentation, American Society of Regional Anesthesia, San Francisco, November 2014 Navalgund, Y.A., Deer T., et al., The State of Opiates in America, abstract presentation, North American Neuromodulation Society, Las Vegas, December 2014 Rosen, S.M., Navalgund, Y.A., et al., Intrathecal Administration of Infumorph vs Compounded Morphine for Treatment of Intractable Pain Using the Prometra Programmable Pump, Pain Medicine, pp.865-873. Volume 14, 2013 Navalgund, Y.A., Novel Design of the Prometra Intrathecal Infusion Pump may Mitigate Certain Risk Factors Associated with Intrathecal Drug Therapy, Poster Presentation, North American Neuromodulation Society, Las Vegas, December 2012 Navalgund, Y.A. et. al, Use of a Newly Developed Delivery Device for Percutaneous Introduction of Multiple Configurations of Spinal Cord Stimulation Leads, Poster Presentation, North American Neuromodulation Society, Las Vegas, December 2011 Navalgund, Y.A. et. al, Safety of a Newly Developed Delivery Device for Percutaneous Introduction of Multiple Configurations of Spinal Cord Stimulation Leads, Poster Presentation, North American Neuromodulation Society, Las Vegas, December 2011 Flannigan, M., Navalgund, Y.A., Dayo, R.; Multimodal Treatment For Postoperative Neuropathy. Poster Presentation, American Society of Anesthesiologists, New Orleans, October 2009 Broadman, L.M., Navalgund, Y.A., Hawkinberry, D. W.; Radiation Risk Management During Fluoroscopy for Interventional Pain Medicine Physicians. Current Pain and Headache Reports, pp.49-55. Volume 8, 2004 Doehring, T.C.; Rubash, H.E.; Shelley, F.J.; Schwendeman, L.J.; Donaldson, T.K.; Navalgund, Y.A. The Effect of Superior and Superolateral Relocations of the Hip-Center on Hip Joint Forces: An Experimental and Analytical Analysis. The Journal of Arthroplasty, pp.693-703. Volume 11, Section 6, September 1996 Miller, M.C.; Zhang, X; Berger, R.A.; Crossett, L.S.; Navalgund, Y.A.; Rubash, H.E. Patella Tracking Before and After TKA. Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society, pp.822. Volume 19, Section 2, 1994 Zhang, X.A.; Berge, R.A.; Miller, M.C.; Navalgund, Y.A.; Crossett, L.S.; Rubash, H.E.; Woo, S.L.-Y. The Patellofemoral Joint in Total Knee Arthroplasty: An In-Vitro Force Analysis. Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal, P.91, Volume 5, 1994 Zhang, X.; Berger, R.A.; Miller, M.C.; Doehring, T.C.; Navalgund, Y.A.; Crossett, L.S.; Rubash, H.E. Patellofemoral Dynamics Before and After TKA. Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Journal, pp.90-91, Volume 4, 1993
MEMBERSHIPS: Pennsylvania Pain Society Member: 2016 Present North American Neuromodulation Society Member: 2010 Present American Academy of Pain Medicine Member: 2007 - Present Pittsburgh Pain Society Member: 2003-2012 American Society of Regional Anesthesia Member: 2000 - Present American Society of Anesthesiologists Member: 2000 - Present Western Pennsylvania Society of Anesthesiologists Member: 2000-2012 Institutional Review Board of the University of Pittsburgh Mercy Hospital Member: 2000-2003 The Orthopaedic Alumni Association Member: 1992 - Present