Prasad Shirvalkar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine

415-885-7246

Dr. Prasad Shirvalkar is a neurologist and interventional pain medicine specialist who provides the full spectrum of care for chronic pain conditions. This includes conservative, nonsurgical treatments such as medications and nerve blocks.

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He also treats patients with advanced neuromodulation therapy by implanting peripheral and spinal cord stimulators, which are devices that relieve pain by sending electrical signals to the spine.

Shirvalkar cares for hospitalized patients and provides telemedicine visits for established patients. He coordinates with other providers for each patient, collaborating to treat any pain condition.

Shirvalkar's research aims to develop new therapies for hard-to-treat pain disorders, such as post-stroke pain and phantom limb pain, by harnessing technologies such as brain and spinal cord stimulation. He is conducting a study using electrodes implanted in the brain to understand how individuals interpret pain signals, with the goal of personalizing brain stimulation therapies. He is also interested in how sudden, severe pain episodes can progress to become chronic and in whether early intervention can prevent chronic pain.

Shirvalkar earned his doctoral and medical degrees at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He then completed a residency in neurology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, where he served as chief resident. He completed a fellowship in pain management at UCSF.

In addition to medicine and science, Shirvalkar has a passion for percussion. He plays jazz drums in his free time and used to play with the Oakland Raiders' band.

Awards

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  • Excellence In Research, NIH HEAL Initiative, 2024
  • Pioneer Award, NYC Neuromodulation Society, 2024
  • Kavli Fellow, National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, 2024
  • Kumar Award for New Investigators, North American Neuromodulation Society, 2024
  • Best Scientific Abstract, International Neuromodulation Society (Sydney, AU), 2019
  • Loan Repayment Award, NIH (2019 and 2021), 2019
  • Travel Award, North American Neuromodulation Society, 2018
  • Exceptional Physician Award - Honorable Mention, UCSF, 2018
  • Outstanding Neurology Resident Award for Teaching, Weill Cornell Medical Center- NYP, 2016
  • Chief Resident in Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical Center- NYP, 2015
  • Foundations Scholar, American Pain Society, 2014
  • National Neurology Scholar, Neurology Resident Scholars Program, 2014
  • MBL Fellowship: Neuroinformatics Course, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA, 2010
  • Abstract Selection for Press Release at Annual Conference, Society for Neuroscience, 2010
  • Outstanding Research Innovation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2009
  • Dr. Morris B Bender Family Award in Neurosciences: Hon. Mention, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2006
  • Dean’s Undergraduate Honors Scholar and Founder’s Award for Academic Achievement, New York University, 2003
  • First Place speaker in Science at the CAS Research Conference, New York University, 2003
  • Psi Chi Psychological Honors Society, New York University, 2003
  • CAS Faculty Scholarship, New York University, 1999

Education & Training

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  • Fellowship Pain Management University of California San Francisco 2017
  • Residency Neurology Weill Cornell Medical College / Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 2016
  • MD PhD PhD - Neuroscience Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2012
  • Postdoctoral Neuroscience Rockefeller University 2012

Interests

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  • Neuromodulation
  • Phantom Limb Pain
  • Deep Brain Stimulation
  • Pain Management
  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Headache
  • Post Stroke Pain

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (57)

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Fornix, BrainMaze LearningTheta RhythmSeptum of BrainNeuralgiaElectric Stimulation TherapySpinal Cord StimulationElectric StimulationConsciousnessPain ManagementNeurophysiologyMemoryPainChronic PainHippocrateaceae

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