Dr. Sowjanya Kommuri

Consultant – Spine, Pain & Palliative Care Physician

Dr. Sowjanya Kommuri is an experienced Spine, Pain and Palliative Care Physician with over eight years of clinical experience in managing spine-related, acute, chronic, musculoskeletal, and cancer-related pain. She specializes in advanced minimally invasive pain interventions, spine endoscopy, vertebroplasty, palliative care, and comprehensive pain management.

She also has extensive experience as an anaesthesiologist and critical care physician across multiple specialties, including paediatric surgery, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, gastrointestinal surgery, and IVF procedures. Her compassionate, patient-centred approach focuses on relieving pain, restoring mobility, improving comfort, and enhancing quality of life.

Professional Experience

Dr. Sowjanya has served as:

• Consultant – Spine, Pain & Palliative Care Physician
• Consultant – Interventional Pain Physician
• Chief Consultant Anaesthesiologist
• Consultant Anaesthesiologist
• Consultant Critical Care Physician
• Head of the Department – Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care Unit
• Teaching Faculty – IPSC Varsity

She has worked with leading healthcare institutions, including Rainbow Children’s Hospital, Lotus Hospitals, OMNI Hospitals, Rama Rao Hospitals, and Manipal Hospitals.

Qualifications and Fellowships

• MBBS – Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru
• MD in Anaesthesiology – PES Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Kuppam
• Critical Care Training – Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru
• FIAPM – Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Pain Medicine
• Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management – IPSC, New Delhi
• Fellowship in Ultrasound-Guided Musculoskeletal Interventions – IPSC, New Delhi
• Fellowship in Spine Endoscopy – IPSC, New Delhi
• Fellow – Asian Pain Academy

Areas of Expertise

• Spine Pain Management
• Cancer Pain Management
• Palliative Care
• Chronic Back and Neck Pain
• Spine Endoscopy
• Radiofrequency Ablation
• Vertebroplasty
• Neuralgia and Neuropathic Pain
• Intrathecal Drug Delivery Systems
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Ultrasound- and Fluoroscopy-Guided Pain Interventions
• Musculoskeletal and Joint Pain Management
• ICU and Critical Care
• Paediatric Anaesthesia
• Postoperative Pain Management

Conditions Treated

• Cancer-Related Pain
• Chronic Low Back Pain
• Neck Pain
• Sciatica
• Disc Prolapse
• Neuropathic Pain
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Postoperative Pain
• Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
• Joint and Arthritis-Related Pain
• Shoulder and Knee Pain
• Frozen Shoulder
• Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Advanced Procedures Performed

• Endoscopic Spine Procedures
• Radiofrequency Ablation
• Vertebroplasty
• Intrathecal Drug Delivery System Implantation
• Spinal Cord Stimulator Implantation
• Ultrasound-Guided Pain Procedures
• Fluoroscopy-Guided Pain Procedures
• Cancer Pain Interventions
• Palliative Care Procedures

Research and Publications

Dr. Sowjanya has contributed to research in:

• Radiofrequency Ablation for Chronic Low Back Pain
• Comparative Studies in Postoperative Pain Management
• Radiofrequency Nucleotomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation
• Biacuplasty for Discogenic Back Pain

Professional Memberships

• Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (ISA)
• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSP)