About Advanced Pain Solutions - V.K. Puppala, M.D.
V.K. Puppala, M.D. is a board-certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine. Expert in intubation, intraoperative death, spine surgery, back pain, herniated disc, epidural, radiofrequency ablation, urine drug screening, addiction, overdose, spinal cord stimulators, intrathecal pumps, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, anesthetic awareness, blindness, stroke, tonsillectomy, sleep apnea, hemorrhage, brain damage, cardiac arrest, aspiration, IV infiltration, oversedation, nerve block, spinal anesthesia, lethal injection, midazolam, propofol, fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and methadone.
Services
Dr. Puppala is double board-certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine. Extensive expertise involving major catastrophic claims including airway complications, difficult intubation, intraoperative death, spine surgery complications, back pain, neck pain, herniated disc, whiplash, epidural injections, spine injection complications, painkillers, chronic opioid management, urine drug screening, addiction, overdose, failed back surgery syndrome, spinal cord stimulators, intrathecal pumps, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, anesthetic awareness, anesthetic recall, trigeminal neuralgia, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), operating room fire, postoperative blindness, visual loss, shoulder surgery, stroke, tonsillectomy, sleep apnea, hemorrhage, brain damage, eye damage, heart attack, cardiac arrest, aspiration, burns, IV infiltration, oversedation, airway injury, bronchospasm, nerve block, interscalene block, axillary block, femoral block, sciatic block, retrobulbar block, Bier block, spinal anesthesia, epidural, sitting position, dental injury, chipped teeth, lethal injection, midazolam, propofol, fentanyl, rocuronium, succinylcholine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone, morphine, and methadone.
Extensive NIH research experience in nerve injury as well as epidural injections, spinal cord stimulation, and intrathecal pumps. Results-oriented with meticulous attention to detail. Excellent communication skills. Former journalism editor. Able to meet tight deadlines. Graduate of Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy, University of Illinois, and Washington University School of Medicine. Family includes a fellowship-trained addiction psychiatrist and military OB/GYN, both with extensive experience and expertise involving catastrophic claims.
Litigation Support Services
Dr. Puppala provides unbiased and impartial expert testimony and litigation support services for both plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Areas of Expertise
- Accident
- Addiction Recovery
- Addictions
- Amputation
- Anesthesiology
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Avascular Necrosis
- Back Pain
- Brachial Plexus Injury
- Brain and Spinal Diseases
- Brain Injury
- Cardiac Surgery
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Cardiovascular Surgery
- Catastrophic Injury
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chiropractic
- Chronic Pain
- Coma
- Construction Injuries
- Credentialing
- Critical Care
- Drug Abuse
- Drug Addiction
- Drug Testing
- Drugs
- Drugs and Narcotics
- DUI
- Fibromyalgia
- Fitness for Duty
- Herniated Disc
- Hospital Records
- Hydrocodone
- Malignant Hyperthermia (MH)
- Medical Devices
- Medical Expert Agency
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Records
- Medical Review
- Medical-Legal Issues
- Medicare
- Neurosurgery
- Nurse Anesthesia
- Obstetrics
- Opioids
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Orthopedics
- Overdose
- Oxycodone
- Pain Management
- Painkillers
- Personal Injury
- Professional Malpractice
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
- Respiratory Depression
- Sleep Apnea
- Spinal Surgery
- Standard of Care
- Substance Abuse
- Surgery
- Toxicology
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Whiplash
- Workers Compensation
Affiliations
- Medical Association of Georgia
- Georgia Society of Interventional Pain Practitioners
Education
M.D., Washington University School of Medicine; B.S., University of Illinois; H.S., Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy