Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD

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Laxmaiah Manchikanti, M.D., is the Medical Director of the Pain Management Centers of Paducah, KY, and Marion, IL, and the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Paducah, KY, and Pain Care Surgery in Marion, IL. He is also Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY. He has been in practice in Paducah, KY, since completion of a fellowship in anesthesiology and critical care medicine in 1980. He graduated from Gandhi Medical College, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He completed his internship and residency in anesthesiology at Gandhi Hospital, Youngstown Hospital Association, (North Eastern Ohio School of Medicine), Allegheny General Hospital, and his fellowship in anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Manchikanti is certied by the American Board of Anesthesiology along with subspecialty certication in Pain Medicine and the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP), American Board of Pain Medicine (ABPM), and is a Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP). Dr. Manchikanti is a member of numerous professional societies and associations. He is the founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP), and many State Societies of Interventional Pain Physicians. He is also the founder of the Pain Physician Journal, ABIPP, and the ASIPP Foundation. He serves as a member on the Kentucky Carrier Advisory Committee and the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting (KASPER) Task Force. He also served as a member on the Murray State University Board of Regents, Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure (KBML), Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee (MCAC), American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, and the Carrier Advisory Committee (CAC) of the National Government Services.