Dr Goutham Muthavarapu

Fellowship-trained Pain Specialist with expertise in advanced fluoroscopy and ultrasound-guided procedures. Skilled in spine, joint, sympathetic, and peripheral nerve interventions, with a clinical focus on chronic, neuropathic, and cancer-related pain. Brings a progressive, evidence-based approach to developing multidisciplinary pain services while ensuring ethical, patient-centered care.

• Case Report (in preparation), Scar-Related Pain Relief via Intercostal Nerve RFA & Hydrodissection
• Case Report (in preparation), Radiological Errors in Pain Practice
• Poster Presentation, Radiological Errors in Pain Practice
• Poster Presentation, Scar-Related Pain Relief via Intercostal Nerve RFA & Hydrodissection
• Contribution to a chapter in the ISSP Manual on Pain Medicine, Sacro Iliac Joint Injections and RF
• Preparing for the European Diploma in Pain Medicine (EDPM), 11/01/25

Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSP), Life Time Member

• Hands-on Fluoroscopy Guided Pain Interventions Workshop, Dy Patil Hospital
• Annual Conference of the Indian Society for Study of Pain (ISSPCON), Jabalpur, 2025
• FIPM Academic Training Modules, DY Patil University, Navi Mumbai
• CIPM Workshop, 2025
• FPCI Academic Training Modules, Pain Clinic of India
• Regional CMEs and Pain Update Meetings, SSPM Mumbai

• Establish comprehensive Pain Services
• Develop multidisciplinary collaborations with orthopedics, neurology, oncology, and physiotherapy
• Promote education and awareness in interventional pain medicine for healthcare providers and patients

• Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection (TFESI) – Lumbar, Thoracic, and Cervical levels
• Cervical Epidural Steroid Injections
• Caudal Epidural Steroid Injectons
• Lumbar and Cervical Facet Joint Injections
• Cervical and Lumbar Facet Medial Branch diagnostic blocks
• Cervical and Lumbar Facet Medial Branch Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)
• Sacral Root Block
• Sacroiliac Joint Injection
• Sacroiliac Joint Radiofrequency Ablation
• Ozone Nucleolysis - Lumbar and Cervical
• Vertebroplasty

• Intercostal Nerve Block
• Intercostal Nerve RFA
• Median Nerve Hydrodissection
• Greater and Lesser Occipital Nerve Blocks
• Trigeminal Nerve RFA
• Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Steroid Injection
• Piriformis Injection
• Piriformis Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Injection
• Plantar Fascia Steroid Injection
• Plantar Fascia PRP Injection
• Shoulder PRP Injection
• Shoulder Steroid Injection
• Knee PRP Injection
• Knee Genicular Nerve RFA
• Elbow PRP Injection
• Elbow Steroid Injection
• Trigger Point Injections (various sites)
• Prolotherapy (various sites)
• EPL/APL (Extensor Pollicis Longus/Abductor Pollicis Longus) Tendon Sheath Injection
• Dry Needling ( various sites )

• Stellate Ganglion Block (diagnostic)
• Stellate Ganglion Radiofrequency Ablation
• Thoracic Sympathetic Blocks (T2, T3) – Diagnostic and RFA
• Lumbar Sympathetic Block – Diagnostic and RFA
• Splanchnic Plexus Block – Diagnostic and RFA
• Coeliac Plexus Block – Diagnostic and RFA
• Ganglion Impar Block – Diagnostic and RFA
• Sphenopalatine Ganglion - Diagnostic and RFA