Consultant Pain Physician · Hyderabad
Fellowship-trained pain physician with a background in anaesthesiology and critical care. Currently consultant Pain Physician at Clinicapain.
Profile
Dr. Nikhilesh Samudrala is a Consultant Pain Physician at Advanced Spine and Knee Hospital (ASK), focusing on the assessment and treatment of chronic, spine, joint and nerve pain.
After an MBBS at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Karnataka (2008–2013) and a rotatory internship at R L Jalappa Hospital, the doctor completed a Diploma in Anaesthesiology at MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital, Bengaluru (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, 2017–2019) and a DNB in Anaesthesiology at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi (2020–2022). Specialist training in pain medicine followed with a Fellowship in Pain Management (FIPM) at Epione Pain Management Clinic (2022).
Before focusing on pain medicine, the doctor worked as Consultant in Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Himagiri Hospitals (2023–2025) and Medistar Hospitals (2022–2023), as Registrar at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, and as an Intensivist in the acute critical care unit at Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad.
This background includes anaesthetic care for cardiothoracic, neurosurgical and transplant (liver and kidney) surgery; anaesthesia and sedation outside the operating theatre (endoscopy, bronchoscopy, IVF, cardiac catheterisation, MRI and CT); and intensive care across surgical, medical, renal, liver and COVID units. Training includes workshops in ultrasound-guided nerve blocks.
Research work includes a thesis comparing perioperative dexmedetomidine and fentanyl for post-operative pain relief, a paper presentation comparing IV fentanyl with femoral nerve block, and a co-authored study on intrathecal tramadol and shivering.
Volunteer physician for the Pulse Polio Immunisation Programme, the Youth Red Cross Society and an AIDS awareness programme, and participant in health and cataract surgery camps across Karnataka.
Expertise
Dr. Nikhilesh Samudrala assesses and treats chronic, spine, joint and nerve pain in Hyderabad, with non-surgical options considered first.
Education
Epione Pain Management Clinic
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
MVJ Medical College and Research Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education and Research, Karnataka
Career
Clinicapain, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
Himagiri Hospitals
Medistar Hospitals
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana
Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad, Telangana
President's Estate Clinic, New Delhi
New Delhi
Amrutha Nursing Home, Telangana
R L Jalappa Hospital, Karnataka
Research
Thesis, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Co-author · International Journal of Scientific Research
Paper presentation · ISAKON Karnataka
Credentials
Dr. Nikhilesh Samudrala is Consultant Pain Physician at Clinicapain in Hyderabad. Consultations at Clinicapain are by appointment.
Common conditions include Chronic Back Pain, Sciatica, Neck Pain, Knee Pain, Neuropathic Pain, Headache and Migraine, Shoulder Pain, Hip Pain. See the pain conditions page for the full list.
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