ABOUT
Dr Malvinder Singh Sahi is a Pain Physician with a special interest in Critical Care, Palliative & End of Life Care . He has more than 30 years of experience in medical practice including in the Armed Forces and in Corporate Hospitals in Delhi.
He has innovated the prompt and effective use of ultrasound for bed side pain relieving and palliative care procedures and facilitated quick turn over of patients minimizing their periods of stay in hospital.
He has a passion for alleviating suffering of cancer patients and tackling 'total pain' of the patients and care-giver family by managing depression, stress and psychological aberrations in the cancer sufferers. He is a strong advocate of home based care in terminally ill patients.
PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
ACHIEVEMENTS
Faculty for Pain Conferences in India for lectures & demonstrations in workshops.
Teacher for Maharashtra University of Medical Sciences & Delhi University.
AWARDS
Chief of Indian Navy Commendation for setting up Hospital Ship post 26/11.
Best Poster award for Application of ventilators in neonates- Bombay Medical Congress 2010.
On the spot Commendation by Flag Officer C in C Andaman & Nicobar Islands for life saving team work- 2009.
Commendation from Indian Ambassador to Sri Lanka for service in Indian Field Hospital Pulmoddai -Sri Lanka for care of civil Tamil war casualties -2009
PUBLICATIONS
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A prospective evaluation of symptom prevalence and overall symptom burden among cohort of critically ill cancer patients. Mayank Gupta, Malvinder Singh Sahi, AK Bhargava, Vineet Talwar. Indian Journal of Palliative Care, Year 2016, Volume 22, Issue 2 [p. 118-124]
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: The prevalence and characteristics of pain in critically ill cancer patients: A prospective nonrandomized observational study. Mayank Gupta, Malvinder Singh Sahi, AK Bhargava, Vineet Talwar.Indian Journal of Palliative Care, Year 2015, Volume 21, Issue 3 [p. 262-267]
ORIGINAL ARTICLE -Comparative Evaluation of Accuracy of Pulse Oximeters and Factors Affecting Their Performance in a Tertiary Intensive Care Unit.- original article in Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research ( DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/24640.0000.
Paper in the Ist International Trauma Conference- 1999- AHRR- Newer Modes of Ventilation.
2nd Indo-UK Conference on Ultrasound & Pain- Organising Co-chairman.- Aug 2013
Marine Medical Journal & Bombay Medical Congress-Presented & published a paper on "Versatility of modern adult ventilators- two case reports of successful use in pediatric respiratory failure. 2009
Marine Medical Conference - "Toxic gas Accidents at sea-lessons learnt" 2008.
IJPUT-International Journal of Perioperative Ultrasound &Technology- Case report on fascia iliaca block in a moribund patient.
ICRA-PAIN - (International Pain Conference -Kolkata)- Faculty for Lecture demonstration- Aug 2015
GLOBAL UPDATE in Pain-MUMBAI- 2015- invited as faculty.
AIIMS Pain & Regional Anesthesia Conference-Faculty for lecture and hands on USG Pain workshop.
3rd Workshop on Interventional Perioperative Sonography- Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, 21st-22nd February 2016.As faculty for ultrasound guided spine interventions training of approx. 100 anesthesiologists.
DIANA STUDY (DetermInants of Antimicrobial use aNd de-escalAtion in critical care) -A multi center, international, prospective, observational cohort study investigating empirical antibiotic use in the ICU.(Belgium)
KAP Study-A cross-sectional survey of medical professionals in India to assess their prescription practices, knowledge, attitude, and barriers towards opioid analgesic prescriptions. An online ongoing joint survey with AIIMS.
"PneumoINSPIRE"-(International Study on NoSocomial Pneumonia in Intensive CaRE )-(An international multi-centre prospective observational cohort study of nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care units.)- ongoing- approved by IRB.
