Overview
Dr. Shoba Nair is a UK-trained internist with further Pain and Palliative Medicine qualifications. She works with chronically unwell patients and focuses on improving their quality of life.
Area of Expertise
Her area of expertise is symptom control, especially managing pain clinics and the use of different narcotic drugs and other pain medications. She listens to her patients and their families keenly. She helps them find solutions in difficult indecisive medical situations, such as continuing therapy, ICU management, ventilatory support, end-of-life care conversations, etc. She gives expert opinions as an ombudsman of the hospital ethics committee.
She is focused on academics and is instrumental in the initiation of post-graduate training (MD Palliative Medicine) at Amrita.
Qualification
MBBS
T D Medical College Alleppey, Kerala University, India
MD
Pharmacology, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore, Rajiv Gandhi University, India
MRCP
Internal Medicine Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
MSc Palliative Medicine
Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
PhD (Pursuing) Palliative Medicine
Lancaster University, UK
Languages Known
- English
- Malayalam
- Hindi
- Tamil
- Kannada
- Telungu
Former Consultant in Palliative Medicine
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals UK
Former In-charge Head and Associate Professor in Palliative Medicine
St. John's Medical College Hospital Bangalore
Awards & Recognition
- Former member of the Specialty Board for Palliative Medicine appointed by MCI (2011 - 2014)
- Fellow, International Leadership Development initiative in Palliative Care, OhioHealth Care USA
- Best poster prizes in national Palliative Care conferences
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