Devi Nampiaparampil

Devi Nampiaparampil
Born Devi Elizabeth Nampiaparampil
(1977-05-13) May 13, 1977
New York City, US
Nationality American
Occupation Physician, journalist, actor
Years active 2002–present
Spouse(s) Hormis Thaliath
Website http://www.doctordevi.com

Devi Elizabeth Nampiaparampil also known as "Doctor Devi" (born May 13, 1977) is an American physician and researcher, a specialist in preventing and treating chronic pain.[1] She performs x-ray-guided invasive spinal procedures for pain, teaches medical students and trainees, comments on medical issues for various platforms, and appears on news and talk shows. She has appeared on the daytime soap opera General Hospital.

Biography

Nampiaparampil was born at NYU Medical Center (where she now teaches[2])to Mary and Joseph Nampiaparampil, Catholic Indians who had immigrated to the U.S. from Kerala, India. She was educated at Ardsley High School in New York . Between 1995 and 2002, Nampiaparampil attended the seven-year combined B.A./ M.D. program at Northwestern University, where she double-majored in Economics and Biology ].[3] She completed her specialty and subspecialty medical training at Harvard Medical School.[4] In 2015, she became an Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU School of Medicine, WNYW-Fox 5 NY's on-air medical contributor, and opened her own private practice, Metropolis Pain Medicine, in downtown Manhattan.

Career

Nampiaparampil began working for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in 2008 and started the Brain Injury Clinic at the VA Central California in Fresno. She moved to New York City in 2009 to direct and develop the Pain Management program at the VA Hudson Valley.[5] She served as the head of the regional Pain Management program for the New York/ New Jersey region but stepped down to further develop the VA's Interventional Pain Management program in New York City. She established the Veterans' Hospital in Manhattan (the VA New York Harbor) as a referral center for invasive pain procedures.[6] She was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at NYU School of Medicine from 2009 to 2015 and then was promoted to Associate Professor.[7] In 2015, she was elected to the board of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.[8]

Awards and Honors

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recognized Nampiaparampil for "outstanding service" and NYU Langone Medical Center honored her for her achievements in research and education. The Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) at Harvard Medical School honored her for her efforts “to further the field of PM&R.” Nampiaparampil has won research awards from institutions and organizations such as Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Pain Society, and the American Society for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.[9]

Most cited publications

Search Results for author Nampiaparampil DE on PubMed.

Media

Nampiaparampil appeared as a physician on the daytime soap opera, General Hospital, before becoming a physician in her real life. She intermittently appeared on the show between 2002-2005. She made her debut as a medical expert on television on The Dr. Oz Show when she demonstrated botox injections for chronic migraine pain in front of a live audience.[11] Mehmet Oz nicknamed her Dr. Devi when she appeared on his show. Since then, she has had appeared on the national news over 400 times to explain medical developments. She also has a masters in journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

She has been working on a documentary short, entitled, "A Life For A Life: Trading Organs For One More Today,"[12] which won a Jury Award at the Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards. She published a related article in Newsweek.[13]

In 2016, Doctor Devi became an on-air medical contributor for Fox 5, analyzing medical developments for Good Day NY, Fox 5 News at 5, News at 6, and News at 10. She is also an editor for Pain Physician, an academic journal for pain management specialists.[14]

Personal life

Nampiaparampil grew up in Ardsley, New York,[15] and now lives in Manhattan. As a teenager, she suffered from severe congestive heart failure, which left her incapacitated for several months. She has stated that the pain from the treatment was much worse than the pain from the illness itself, and that she became a rehabilitation doctor and a pain management specialist in order to prevent other children and other vulnerable people from going through what she experienced.[16] In 2005, she was married in New York City. After it was annulled, she married Hormis Thaliath in 2015[17]

In 2006, Nampiaparampil was honored with a Clinical Research Investigator Award by Massachusetts General Hospital for her work on doctors' underlying prejudices impacting patients' pain treatment.

References

  1. ↑ "Sharecare Healthcare Reference Platform". Sharecare.com. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  2. ↑ NYU School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology Homepage
  3. ↑ "Doctors of Excellence Listings". Iahcp.com. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  4. ↑ "NYU Center for the Study and Treatment of Pain Faculty Page". Pain-medicine.med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  5. ↑ "VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System Newsletter 2009" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  6. ↑ Veterans Health Administration (2010-11-08). "VA New York Harbor Healthcare System Provider Information". Va.gov. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  7. ↑ "NYU Center for the Study and Treatment of Pain Faculty Listing". Pain-medicine.med.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2012-06-18.
  8. ↑ "American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Directory". www.asipp.org. Retrieved 2015-06-27.
  9. ↑ Nampiaparampil, D; Harden, R (2005). "Ethnocultural Bias in the Invasive Management of Radicular Pain". Annual Fall Pain Meeting & Workshops. American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.
  10. 1 2 3 4
  11. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOzkug3omvM/ Injecting Botox for Migraine on The Dr. Oz Show
  12. ↑ http://www.onemoretoday.com/ A Life For A Life: Trading Organs For One More Today
  13. ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/how-death-rows-request-give-his-organs-kept-him-alive-326552/ How A Death Row Inmate's Request To Give His Organs Kept Him Alive |publisher=Newsweek
  14. ↑ "Pain Physician Editorial Board". painphysician.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  15. ↑ "Ardsley High School". wikipedia.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  16. ↑ http://www.doctordevi.com Doctor Devi Official Website
  17. ↑ "DeviNampiaparampil and Hormis Thaliath". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
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