Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Laxmaiah Manchikanti

Indian anesthesiologist

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1947

Place of Birth: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Profession: researcher

Nationality: United States, India

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Laxmaiah Manchikanti (born July 10, 1947) is an Indian American physician and anesthesiologist specializing in interventional pain management, professor, philanthropist, and author.
He is the founder of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) and the Pain Physician medical journal.
He has been credited with advancing the evolution and development of interventional pain management as a specialty.
Interventional pain management was recognized as a specialty in 2002 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
In March, 2005 interventional pain management was provided with mandatory representation on the Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee.
Manchikanti has served as clinical professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine since 2012 and professor of Anesthesiology-Research at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine since 2017.
He has served as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of ASIPP since 1998.
He has been Medical Director of the Pain Management Centers of Paducah, Kentucky and Marion, Illinois and the Ambulatory Surgery Center in Paducah, Kentucky since 1992.