Journey Through Pain Medicine

Annu Navani, MD

Dr. Annu Navani presents an overview of the history, current status, and future direction of pain medicine. She discusses challenges that include: lowering reimbursements, changing health care landscape, retention, and care quality. Dr. Navani explains that the current focus for the pain medicine field is to exceed patients’ expectations, provide high-quality health care, offer cutting-edge therapies, and tailor to the community’s needs. Additional aspects that are emphasized include reaching vast demographic populations in different geographic locations and contributing new information through research and development. Dr. Navani also emphasizes the importance of medical advocacy for physicians who run their own practices.