Chinar Sanghvi, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Chronic Pain Medicine
Associate Director, Pain Medicine Fellowship
BOOKS
Pritzlaff SG, Singh N, Sanghvi C, Schatman ME. Telehealth is Crucial for Pain Medicine: Patients and Doctors are at the Brink, and Medicare Must Act Now. J Pain Res. 2025 Mar 1;18:1057-1059. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S524840. PMID: 40046186; PMCID: PMC11881763.
Pritzlaff S, Sanghvi C, Singh N. Taking a hard look at the 2024 match: a critical moment for the future of pain medicine training. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 Nov 2:rapm-2024-106088. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2024-106088. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39489528.
Pritzlaff S, Singh N, Sanghvi C, Jung M, Cheng P, Copenhaver D. Declining Pain Medicine Fellowship Applications from 2019-2024: A Concerning Trend Among Anesthesia Residents and a Growing Gender Disparity. Pain Practice, submitted, 2024 June 3.
Sanghvi C, Su T, Yaksh TL, Copenhaver DJ, Klineberg EO, Jung MJ. Severe altered mentation due to cervicothoracic intrathecal pump after correction of cervical stenosis: a case report. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2021 Dec;46(12):1100-1102. doi: 10.1136/rapm-2021-103041. Epub 2021 Sep 6. PMID: 34489354.
Sanghvi C, Dua A. Caudal Anesthesia. 2023 Mar 2. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan–. PMID: 31869157.
Sanghvi C, Arthur M. CA1 Mini PBLD 16.2 Hypo and Hypernatremia. Anesthesia Education Toolbox: https://www.anesthesiatoolbox.com/docs/DOC-4884. Published 9/13/2019.
Agarwal S, Sanghvi C, Odo N, Castresana MR. Perioperative takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Implications for anesthesiologist. Ann Card Anaesth, 2019;22(3):309-315.
Sanghvi CD, Olsen PM, Elix C, Peng SB, Wang D, Chen ZG, Shin DM, Hardcastle KI, MacBeth CE, Eichler JF. Antitumor properties of five-coordinate gold(III) complexes bearing substituted polypyridyl ligands. J Inorg Biochem. 2013 Nov;128:68-76. doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2013.07.014. Epub 2013 Jul 17. PMID:23948576.
Hudson Z, Sanghvi C, Rhine M, Ng JJ, Bunge SD, Hardcastle KI, Saadein R, MacBeth CE, Eichler JF. Synthesis and characterization of gold(III) complexes possessing 2,9-dialkylphenanthroline ligands: to bind or not to bind? Dalton Trans. 2009 Jul 21;36:7473-7480. doi:10.1039/B823215F.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Gatewood C, Nguyen L, Pritzlaff S, Sanghvi C. Salvage Strategy for Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Syndrome: Transitioning Between Temporary to Permanent Peripheral Nerve Stimulation System. Poster Presentation at American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Conference, April 2025.
Barrameda B, Dawson D, Gatewood C, Krajcir C, Singh N, Sanghvi C, Pritzlaff S.
Basivertebral Nerve Ablation as an Early Intervention for Vertebrogenic Low Back Pain. Poster Presentation at American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Conference, April 2025.
Pritzlaff S, Singh N, Jung M, Copenhaver D, Sanghvi C, Cheng P, Dawson D. Declining Pain Medicine Fellowship Applications from 2019-2024: A Concerning Trend Among Anesthesia Residents. Poster Presentation at North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Conference, January 2025.
Dawson D, Hunter D, Sanghvi C, Pritzlaff S. Genicular Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Intractable Post-Surgical Knee Pain. Poster Presentation at North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Conference, January 2025.
Massoll A, Dhillon R, Fierro M, Sanghvi C, Jung M, Pritzlaff S. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Low Back Pain Following Lumbar Fusion: A Case Report. Poster Presentation at North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Conference, January 2024.
Yang J, Tsang E, Sanghvi C, Jung M, Pritzlaff S. Use of Absorbable Antimicrobial Envelopes In High-Risk Spinal Cord Stimulation Implant Patients: A Case Report. Poster Presentation for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Conference, November 2023.
Dhillon R, Sulahria A, Lin WC, Sanghvi C, Jung M, Pritzlaff S. Upper Extremity Amputation: Response to Peripheral Stimulation of Terminal Branches of the Brachial Plexus. Moderated Poster Presentation for Medically Challenging Case Poster for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Conference, April 2022.
Sanghvi C, Su T, Yaksh TL, Copenhaver DJ, Klineberg EO, Jung MJ. Severe Altered Mentation due to Cervicothoracic Intrathecal Pump after Correction of Cervical Stenosis. Medically Challenging Case Poster Submitted for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Conference, May 2021.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Singh N, Sanghvi C. Essential Updates in Pain Management Workshop for Primary Care Providers. United States Association for the Study of Pain Annual Conference, April 2025.
Sanghvi C, Singh N. Infusing Pain Medicine into the Medical School Curriculum. Oral Presentation/Talk at American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Conference, April 2025.
Nasre-Esfahani K, Moy G, De Mesa C, Sanghvi C. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome with Re-implantation following Lead Migration: A Case Report. Presentation for the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Annual Conference, November 2024.
Chen Y, Dhillon R, Sanghvi C, Jung M, Pritzlaff S. Axillary Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Severe Glenohumeral Osteoarthritis Not Amenable to Surgery: A Case Report. Oral Presentation at North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Conference, January 2023.
Sanghvi C, Skoblar M, Pritzlaff SG, DeMesa C. Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) for Upper Extremity Post-Amputation Pain. Accepted for North American Neuromodulation Society Annual Conference, January 2021.
Sanghvi C, Jain A. Perioperative Management of a Patient with a Large Right Atrial Myxoma. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, October 2019.
Cheriyan T, Bai K, Sanghvi C, Sun Z, Dua A. Is burst spinal cord stimulation better than tonic? A meta analysis. American Academy of Pain Medicine Annual Conference, Denver, CO, March 2019.
Sanghvi C, Sun Z, Singh P, Dua A, Hanling S. Preoperative stellate ganglion block for head and neck cancer surgery: a case series. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 2018.
Sanghvi C, Taghizadeh P. Perioperative management of patient with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot and newly found ventricular septal defect along with signs of Eisenmenger syndrome. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, October 2018.
Sanghvi C, Odo N, Taghizadeh P, Castresana M, Agarwal M. Perioperative Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy – A Narrative Review. Georgia Society of Anesthesiologists Summer Conference, Lake Oconee, GA, July 2018.
Searcy L, Sanghvi C, Donald R. Post-heart transplant patient and the anesthetic management challenges. American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Conference, Boston, MA, Oct 2017.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES
Office of Wellness Education Advisory Board
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
Pain Medicine Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee Chair
DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES
Associate Program Director – Pain Medicine Fellowship
Director of the Pain Medicine Rotation
EDITORIAL ROLES
Summaries of Emerging Evidence Question Writer for the American Society of Anesthesiology
TEACHING
Co-founder and Instructor of Record for ANES 490 Assessment and Management of Spinal Pain course for medical students
Co-founder and Instructor of Record for MDS 431 Specialties in Support of Adult Primary Care Course for medical students
HONORS
The Robert D. Dripps, MD Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Resident in Anesthesiology at Medical College of Georgia, 2020
Chief Resident, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Medical Center, 2019, 2020
Dean’s Scholar Full 4-year merit-based tuition scholarship for Emory University, 2007
Phi Theta Kappa, International Honor Society at Emory University, 2009
Alpha Epsilon Upsilon, Honor Society at Emory University, 2009