Dr Vivek Loomba is a Pain Management Physician,
Doctor vivek loomba is based at the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, New Delhi. He manages patients with acute and chronic pain. Dr Vivek Loomba has a diverse population of patients presenting with different medical conditions. Some of these patients present with excruciating pain. However, Dr Vivek Loomba is heart broken when he sees the plight of cancer patients.
Dr Vivek Loomba feels that a vast majority of patients are unaware of the advances in the field of pain management. His goal is to reach out to these patients and aim to at least decrease their pain, if not totally abolish it. With this aim, Dr Vivek Loomba has conducted camps to raise the awareness of patients and their families.
The management of cancer patients can be very challenging. However, with his multidisciplinary approach, Dr Vivek Loomba has been successful in alleviating the suffering of a vast number of his patients. In addition to the regular analgesics, Dr Vivek Loomba uses opiates like morphine PCA (patient controlled analgesia) pumps for pain control in these patients. While medication management is the initial step, Dr Vivek Loomba also uses various regional nerve blocks for cancer pain management.
Dr Vivek Loomba also manages palliative care patients. These terminally ill patients need a multidisciplinary approach, and a pain management physician is an important member of this team. Dr Vivek Loomba liaises with the psychologist and the oncologist when managing these patients.
Dr Vivek Loomba is very passionate about research and teaching younger generations the art of pain management. As a part of the teaching curriculum, Dr Vivek Loomba has imparted hands-on training to junior doctors and nurses.
A firm believer that no cancer patient should suffer, Dr Vivek Loomba encourages all cancer patients to seek the services of a trained pain management physician so as to end their misery.
