About Dr. Parmanand Jain
India's senior Pain & Palliative Care Physician
Dr. Parmanand Jain — Pain & Palliative Medicine Physician
Dr. Parmanand Jain
Pain & Palliative Medicine Physician
Who is Dr. Jain?
Three decades of expertise. A career dedicated to pain relief.
For more than three decades, Formerly Professor & Head, Division of Pain, Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. Over 30 years of experience in pain management, interventional procedures and palliative care, with 90+ research publications and 300+ lectures across 30 countries.
His clinical focus is cancer pain: complex, changing pain that needs careful assessment, medicines used precisely, and interventional procedures when they genuinely help. Alongside patient care he has taught and trained a generation of Indian pain physicians and helped shape national cancer pain guidelines.
Today he consults in Mumbai, seeing patients from Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, across India and abroad for cancer pain, interventional pain procedures, neuropathic pain and palliative care.
At a glance
- More than three decades in pain & palliative medicine
- Cancer pain expertise
- Former Professor & Head, Division of Pain, Tata Memorial Centre
- Training and teaching of pain physicians
- Patients from Mumbai, across India and abroad
By the numbers
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- Countries with international academic engagement
The journey
From Gwalior to Tata Memorial Centre
A career built across teaching hospitals in Gwalior, New Delhi, Udaipur and Mumbai — with more than three decades at India's premier cancer centre.
1981
MBBS, Medical College, Gwalior
1985
MD Anesthesiology, Medical College, Gwalior
1985–88
Registrar, Anesthesia — Dr. RML Hospital & GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi
1988–92
Assistant Professor, Udaipur Medical College, Rajasthan
1992–2025
Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai — Professor of Anesthesia & Critical Care and Head of Pain Management for ten years, later Professor & Head, Division of Pain, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain.
1997
UICC International Fellowships — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York and Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, USA
2011–12
President, Indian Pain Society
2020
Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (FAMS)
2025
Retired from Tata Memorial Hospital on 30 June 2025, after 8 years of service extension
Present
Pain Physician, Sushrut Hospital, Chembur and Gleneagles Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
Academic & professional life
Academic & professional journey
Conferences, orations and academic ceremonies have been a constant part of Dr. Jain's work alongside clinical practice.
At a medical conference
More than 300 lectures, orations and workshops delivered across India and in 30 countries.
80th NAMS Convocation, New Delhi
Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in 2020.
International experience
Global exposure. Indian clinical impact.
Training at two of the world's leading centres, brought back and adapted to Indian clinical realities.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre
New York, USA — UICC fellowship, 1997
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore, USA — fellowship training, 1997
UICC Fellowship
Union for International Cancer Control — 1997
Teaching in 30 countries
300+ lectures, orations and workshops across India and abroad
Recognition & leadership
Fellowships, honours and national leadership
Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences
FAMS, New Delhi — 2020
President, Indian Pain Society
2011–12
Fellow, Indian College of Anesthesiology
FICA
Fellow, Indian Academy of Pain Medicine
FIAPM
Fellow, Onco-Anaesthesia & Palliative Medicine
FOAPM
Member, National Academy of Medical Sciences
MNAMS
UICC International Fellowships
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York & Johns Hopkins, Baltimore — 1997
ISSP Cancer Pain Special Interest Group
Lead/co-author, national cancer pain guidelines
Beyond clinical practice
Research & contribution
More than 90 research publications, of which 27 are indexed on ResearchGate with over 150 citations.
Cancer Pain Management
Three decades of clinical work and research at India's premier cancer centre.
National Cancer Pain Guidelines
Lead/co-author of the ISSP Cancer Pain Special Interest Group guidelines, published in the Indian Journal of Palliative Care and the Indian Journal of Pain.
Interventional Pain Procedures
Including neurolytic celiac plexus block and image-guided techniques.
Neuropathic Pain
Assessment and management of neuropathic pain in cancer patients.
Opioid-Sparing Onco-Anaesthesia
Research on multimodal, opioid-sparing anaesthesia in cancer surgery.
Acute & Post-Operative Pain
Acute pain services and post-operative epidural analgesia protocols.
At the heart of the practice
Expertise with compassion. Precision with humanity.
Pain is never only physical. Every consultation begins with listening — to the pain, to what it has taken away, and to what matters most to the patient and family. Treatment is then built around that: medicines used precisely, interventional procedures when they genuinely help, and palliative support for comfort, dignity and better function.
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Consultation locations in Mumbai
Dr. Jain consults by appointment at two Mumbai hospitals. Call to book, or get directions to whichever location is easier for you.
Sushrut Hospital
Chembur, Mumbai
Consultations and image-guided interventional pain procedures, as part of Dr. Advani's team.
Gleneagles Hospital
Parel, Mumbai
Consultations for cancer pain, neuropathic pain and palliative care.
India Oncology Healing Centre (IOHC)
Chembur, Mumbai
Pain management for oncology and palliative care patients. Appointments only — please confirm a slot before visiting.
Appointments by phone: +91 99676 60429