Dr. Aastik Pankajkumar Bhatt

OP Timing:

Qualifications & Education:

• MBBS – Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research (SMIMER), Veer Narmad South Gujarat University
• DNB (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) – Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai
• Fellowship in Pain Medicine (FIPM) – Daradia Pain Clinic, Kolkata

Areas of Expertise:

• Neurorehabilitation
• Interventional Pain Management
• Musculoskeletal & Sports Rehabilitation
• Spasticity Management with Botulinum Toxin
• Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks & Intra-Articular Injections
• Minimally Invasive Spine & Pain Procedures
• Comprehensive Stroke & Brain/Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
• Robotic & Advanced Rehab Modalities

Professional Experience:

• Medical Officer – Government of Gujarat
• Medical Officer – Delhi Heart & Lung Institute
• Medical Consultant – Docprime Technologies (Telemedicine & AI Development)
• Palliative Care Physician – CanSupport, New Delhi
• Consultant – HCAH RRC, Navi Mumbai
• Visiting Consultant – Medicover Hospital, Navi Mumbai
• Consultant – HCAH SuVitas, Hyderabad

Clinical Skills & Interests:

• Botulinum Toxin for Spasticity
• Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks
• PRP, Viscosupplementation, Trigger Point Injections
• Orthotics & Prosthetics Rehabilitation
• Virtual Reality & Robotic Rehab Systems
• Multidisciplinary Rehab Team Leadership

Noteworthy Achievements:

• Fiction author: Life is after all Life
• Various social awareness activities promoting wellbeing and community integration of differently abled persons and importance of rehabilitation
• Multidisciplinary rehabilitation program leadership

Professional Memberships:

• Indian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (IAPMR)
• Indian Federation of NeuroRehabilitation (IFNR)

Paper & Poster Presentations:

• Presented “Analysis of functional status changes in Stroke patients after receiving Multidisciplinary Inpatient Neurorehabilitation at Standalone Rehabilitation Centres in India” at IAPMRCON 2025, NIMHANS, Bengaluru

Languages Known:

English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, and Gujarati