Dr. Karthic Babu Natarajan is a certified pain management specialist based in Chennai, India. He is a committed, full-time spine and pain physician from Tamil Nadu, serving as the Director and Pain Consultant at Synapse Pain & Spine Clinic located in Adyar, Chennai. Additionally, he holds the position of Interventional Pain Management Consultant at Apollo Hospitals, V S Hospital, and Apollo Spectra Hospitals in MRC Nagar, Chennai. Dr. Karthic Babu Natarajan achieved gold medal honors during his MBBS studies and completed his MD in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Kasturba Medical College, part of the Manipal Academy.
He further pursued a DNB and a Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management (FIPM) at Aesculap Academy in Germany. Notably, he became the first pain physician from South India to pass the Fellow in Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) exam (WIP, USA) in 2009. With extensive experience, he treats a variety of conditions including back pain, disc herniation/sciatica, neck and shoulder pain, knee arthritis, joint pain, headaches/migraines, nerve-related pain, cancer pain, and palliative care. His treatment methods encompass medications, pain interventions such as injections, RF ablations, PRP injections, botox injections, and neurolytic blocks, along with physical therapy and rehabilitation. For patients seeking alternatives to open spine or joint replacement surgeries, he offers pain management solutions.
Dr. Karthic Babu Natarajan conducts all pain interventions using fluoroscopic and ultrasound image guidance, ensuring that all treatments are scientifically grounded, allopathic, and evidence-based to uphold the highest safety and accuracy standards. In addition to patient care, he trains junior doctors in pain interventions through specialized courses and frequently speaks at national and international pain conferences. He serves as the Chairman of the World Institute of Pain – South Asia Section and is an international examiner for FIPP examinations. He collaborates with his team members, Drs. Vanmathy, KP Kosygan, and Vidhyasagar, at the Synapse Pain and Spine Clinic.