Dr. Sadasivan S Iyer

Dr Sadasivan S Iyer is a consultant anaesthesiologist and pain management specialist in Bengaluru with 14 years of experience, currently practising at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road.

He completed a Fellowship in Pain Management from Singapore General Hospital and is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Pain Medicine and a founding member of the Society of Integrated Pain and Palliative Care, bringing advanced expertise in interventional pain procedures, cancer pain management, and regional anaesthesia.

He consults in English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu.

Area of Expertise

Chronic and Interventional Pain Management

Dr Sadasivan S evaluates and manages patients with complex chronic pain conditions using structured interventional and multimodal pain treatment strategies:

• Interventional pain procedures
• Nerve block and neuromodulation
• Spinal cord stimulation
• Radiofrequency ablation
• Chronic pain rehabilitation

Cancer Pain Management and Palliative Care

Dr Iyer manages patients with cancer related pain and advanced illness using evidence based palliative and interventional pain care:

• Cancer pain assessment and management
• Palliative pain interventions
• Intrathecal drug delivery
• Palliative sedation and comfort care
• Multidisciplinary palliative care coordination

Regional Anaesthesia and Ultrasound Guided Blocks

Dr Sadasivan Iyer performs advanced regional anaesthesia techniques including ultrasound guided nerve blocks for surgical and postoperative pain management:

• Ultrasound guided nerve block
• Supraclavicular brachial plexus block
• Transversus abdominis plane block
• Epidural and spinal anaesthesia
• Awake fibreoptic intubation

Perioperative Anaesthesia and Surgical Pain Control

Dr Iyer manages perioperative anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia for patients undergoing major surgical procedures:

• General anaesthesia management
• Postoperative pain control
• ERCP and procedural sedation
• Prostate surgery anaesthesia
• Lower abdominal surgery analgesia

Acute Pain and Specialised Anaesthesia Services

Dr Sadasivan S Iyer manages acute pain conditions and provides specialised anaesthesia care for complex surgical and procedural cases:

• Acute pain service management
• Dexmedetomidine based sedation protocols
• BIS targeted anaesthesia
• Spinal adjuvant therapy
• Multimodal analgesia planning

Credentials and Qualifications

• MBBS
• MD Anaesthesiology
• Fellowship in Pain Management, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
• Fellow of Indian Academy of Pain Medicine
• Indian Diploma in Regional Anaesthesia

Awards and Academic Contributions

Research and Publications

• Iyer SS, Bavishi H, Mohan CV, Kaur N. Comparison of Epidural Analgesia with Transversus Abdominis Plane Analgesia for Postoperative Pain Relief in Lower Abdominal Surgery. Anaesthesia Essays and Research, 2017, 11:670 to 675
• Ramkiran S, Iyer SS, Dharmavaram S et al. BIS Targeted Propofol Sparing Effects of Dexmedetomidine Versus Ketamine in Outpatient ERCP. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015, 9(5)
• Kaur N, Goneppanavar U, Venkateswaran R, Iyer SS. Comparative Effects of Buprenorphine and Dexmedetomidine as Adjuvants to Bupivacaine Spinal Anaesthesia in Elderly Male Patients Undergoing TURP. Anaesthesia Essays and Research, 2017, 11:886 to 891
• Mariyappa R, Bevinaguddaiah Y, Iyer SS. Dexmedetomidine Versus Propofol Fentanyl for Sedation During Awake Fibreoptic Nasotracheal Intubation. Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia, 2019, 6(1):157 to 164
• Guragol R, Bevinaguddaiah Y, Iyer SS, Pujari VS. Single Injection Versus Double Injection Ultrasound Guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block. Indian Journal of Anesthesia and Analgesia, 2018, 5(2):265 to 271

Professional Memberships

• Society of Integrated Pain and Palliative Care, Founding Member
• Indian Academy of Pain Medicine, Fellow
• Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists
• Indian Society for Study of Pain
• Academy of Regional Anaesthesia
• Indian College of Anaesthesiologists

Hospital Affiliations

Current Affiliations

• Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road, Bengaluru

Previous Associations

• Sparsh Hospital, Bengaluru

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