Shoba Nair, MD, MRCP, MSc (Palliative Care)

Head of Associate Professor, Department of Pain and Palliative Medicine, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore, India

E-mail: nair.shoba@gmail.com
Skype: drshobanair

Dr. Shoba Nair an Associate Professor in of the Department of Pain and Palliative Medicine at St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore India. St. John’s is a premier medical institution in India. Palliative Care began as a unit of Anesthesia in the year 2000 and was converted into a department in 2008 in the institution. St. John’s was the first to start an undergraduate medical and nursing training program in palliative care in India. Dr. Nair’s focus is on integrating non-malignant diseases with palliative care. Her department regularly caters to HIV / AIDS patients.

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Other Appointments

Specialty Board member for MD Palliative Medicine, Medical council of India
National Faculty for the palliative care courses conducted by the Indian Association of Palliative Care
Faculty, Department of Medical education, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore
Resource person for Palliative Care in HIV training program conducted by the Karnataka Health promotion trust in collaboration with the National AIDS control organization
Resource person in Palliative care for Jana Swasthya Sahayog an NGO in the backward tribal belt of Chatthisghad

Key Accomplishments

Specialty Board member for MD Palliative Medicine, appointed by Medical Council of India for initiating a post graduate training program in the country
Integrated palliative care with HIV care in the department
Initiated Palliative Care in HIV /AIDS at St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore
Introduced In-Patient admissions and direct referrals from Emergency Medicine at St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore

Education / Honors

Graduate, International Palliative Care Leadership Development Initiative, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice, San Diego, CA, and OhioHealth, Columbus, OH, USA, 2012-2013
MSc in Palliative Care, Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia, July, 2009
MRCP, Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, UK, July, 2007
PG Diploma in Palliative Care, Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia, January, 2004
MD, Pharmacology, St. John’s Medical College, India, November, 2001
MBBS, Kerala University, India, October, 1992

Key Publications
Journal articles

Yamuna.S, Nair.S, V.Upadhyaya, M.Ollaplly (2004) Introduction of Palliative Care into Medical and Nursing Curricula. Indian Journal of Palliative care.10:2 ( 55-60) 2004
S. Nair, T. Mary, S. Prarthana, P. Harrison – Prevalence of pain in HIV/AIDS patients – A cross sectional survey in a South Indian state. 15; 1 (67-70) Indian Journal of Palliative care. May 2009

Books

Nair. S , Chapter on Palliative Care in Heart failure – in the course book titled Essentials in palliative Care – 2011, published by the Indian association of Palliative Care

Key Presentations

Palliative care in Neurological Diseases – 21st International Conference in Palliative Care, Bhuvaneswar, Feb, 2014
Integration of Palliative Care into HIV care in a Community Care Centre in India- poster presentation at Prague, EAPC conference 2013
Introduction to Palliative Care – National workshop on Innovations in Health care, conducted by Centre for Innovations in Public system, Bangalore, August 2012
Palliative Care networking in a teaching tertiary care institution – 3rd position in the best poster category, Palliative Care Conference, Lucknow, 2011
Prevalence of pain in HIV/AIDS patients – A cross sectional survey in a South Indian state – 16th
Pain Relief in Burns patients – Best poster award. Palliative care Conference, Hyderabad, 2003
Types of Pain in Palliative Care Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Palliative Care Conference, Hyderabad, 2003
Introduction of Palliative Care into Medical and Nursing Curricula, Palliative Care Conference, Hyderabad, 2003