Kanishka Rajput, MBBS, MD, FASA
Associate Professor of AnesthesiologyCards
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2025
Smoking and Postoperative Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Chow R, Lans Z, Cohen S, Lin H, Zhao J, Rajput K. Smoking and Postoperative Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. Pain Practice 2025, 25: e70083. PMID: 40977634, DOI: 10.1111/papr.70083.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsPain catastrophizing: a trait or a state?
Rajput K, Fujita-Howie B, Zhao X, Lin H, Chow R. Pain catastrophizing: a trait or a state? Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2025, rapm-2025-107047. PMID: 40819919, DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2025-107047.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersPain Management in the Older Adults A Narrative Review
Rajput K, Ng J, Zwolinski N, Chow R. Pain Management in the Older Adults A Narrative Review. Clinics In Geriatric Medicine 2025, 41: 131-151. PMID: 39551538, DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2024.03.011.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
2024
Perioperative Pain Management: An Update on Pharmacology with a Special Focus on the Opioid Tolerant Elderly
Chow R, Rajput K. Perioperative Pain Management: An Update on Pharmacology with a Special Focus on the Opioid Tolerant Elderly. Current Anesthesiology Reports 2024, 15: 6. DOI: 10.1007/s40140-024-00656-7.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsRelationship between diet and postoperative pain: A scoping review
Chowdhary H, Chow R, Li J, Rajput K. Relationship between diet and postoperative pain: A scoping review. Journal Of Anesthesia And Translational Medicine 2024, 3: 181-187. PMID: 41929420, PMCID: PMC13001791, DOI: 10.1016/j.jatmed.2024.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsA comparison of steroid dose with or without local anesthetic in lumbar interlaminar epidural steroid injections
Chow R, Ng J, Wood M, Yanez D, He Z, Rajput K. A comparison of steroid dose with or without local anesthetic in lumbar interlaminar epidural steroid injections. Pain Practice 2024, 25: e13410. PMID: 39305041, DOI: 10.1111/papr.13410.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Landscape of Pain Medicine for Women Physicians: A Perspective.
Jankelovits A, Chow R, Rana P, Rajput K. The Landscape of Pain Medicine for Women Physicians: A Perspective. Pain Physician Journal 2024, 27: 317-320. PMID: 39087969, DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2024.7.317.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsRelationship of pain relief with catastrophizing following interventional pain procedures for low back pain
Rajput K, Howie B, Danesh J, Zhao X, Lin H, Yanez D, Chow R. Relationship of pain relief with catastrophizing following interventional pain procedures for low back pain. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2024, 50: 489-494. PMID: 38744446, DOI: 10.1136/rapm-2023-105247.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
A Survey Study of Surgeons and Anesthesiologists Regarding Perioperative Multimodal Analgesia for Opioid-Tolerant Patients
Haddad D, Yu V, Chow R, Yanez D, Rajput K. A Survey Study of Surgeons and Anesthesiologists Regarding Perioperative Multimodal Analgesia for Opioid-Tolerant Patients. Journal Of PeriAnesthesia Nursing 2023, 39: 87-92. PMID: 37855765, DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2023.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeripheral Nerve Stimulation for Pain Management: A Review
Chow R, Lee R, Rajput K. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Pain Management: A Review. Current Pain And Headache Reports 2023, 27: 321-327. PMID: 37523121, DOI: 10.1007/s11916-023-01143-0.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements
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Overview
Kanishka Rajput, MD, is an anesthesiologist who treats patients at the Spine Center. She specializes in interventional pain procedures for various chronic issues, including back pain, cancer pain management, neck pain, dermatologic conditions, and spine care.
Dr. Rajput offers different types of treatments, including non-opioid medications, physical therapy, and pain psychology.
Actively involved in clinical research, Dr. Rajput focuses on studying chronic post-surgical pain, devising strategies to reduce opioid consumption in favor of other types of pain medicine, and monitoring outcomes of various interventional pain procedures.
Dr. Rajput is an associate professor of anesthesiology at Yale School of Medicine.
Clinical Specialties
Board Certifications
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology)
- Certification Organization
- AB of Anesthesiology
- Original Certification Date
- 2014
Anesthesiology
- Certification Organization
- AB of Anesthesiology
- Original Certification Date
- 2013
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