Dr (Prof) Sushma Bhatnagar

Clinical Lead & Senior Consultant – Onco-Anaesthesia, Onco-Critical Care, Pain & Palliative Care, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi (2025 – 2026)

Chief & Professor – Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine, Dr B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, New Delhi (2022 – 2025)

Professor and Head – Dr B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, New Delhi (2011 – 2025)

Additional Professor – Dr B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, New Delhi (2007 – 2011)

Associate Professor – Dr B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, New Delhi (2003 – 2007)

Assistant Professor – Dr B.R.A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, AIIMS, New Delhi (1999 – 2003)

Associate Professor – Rajawadi Municipal Hospital, Mumbai (1995 – 1999)

Assistant Professor – Rajawadi Municipal Hospital, Mumbai (1991 – 1995)

Fellowship – National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (2023)

MSc (Palliative Medicine) – Cardiff University, UK (2013)

MD (Anaesthesiology) – SMS Medical College, Jaipur (1991)

MBBS – SMS Medical College, Jaipur (1986)

International Association for the Study of Pain

IASP World Congress on Pain

President, Indian Association of Palliative Care

Implementation Group Member, The Lancet Commission on Global Access to Pain Control and Palliative Care

Council Member, Asian Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN)

Editorial Board Member, World Journal of Anaesthesiology

Organising Committee Member, International Conference on Opioids

Chairperson, Clinical Services, COVID Task Force, NCI, AIIMS, New Delhi

Founder, Pain Policy, End of Life Care Policy, AIIMS, New Delhi

Founder, DN (Onco-Anaesthesia), MD (Palliative Medicine), AIIMS, New Delhi

Individual Recognition Award, International Association of Hospice and Palliative Care (IAHPC) (2024)

Cynthia Goh Award, Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN), Singapore (2023)

Dr R. Joshi IMA Bhushan Award and Oration (2023)

Received International Innovation Grant, Conquer Cancer Foundation, American Society of Clinical Oncology (2018)

Award of Excellence in Palliative Medicine, SAARC Countries, Indian Association of Palliative Care Conference (2014)

Nari Shakti Samman Project, “She to Shakti”, Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Palliative Medicine

Susan Raj Pain Physician Award, World Institute of Pain Conference, Kolkata (2013)

IASP Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, Practice and Policy Change, World Congress on Pain, Milan (2012)

Featured, Margus Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Seventh Edition (2010)

Cancer Pain Management

Palliative Care

Supportive Care

Onco-Anaesthesia

Supervised PhD thesis of multiple students across national & international universities

Publication: “Cancer Pain Management from Developing Countries Perspective”, ASP Press

Authored chapters in 11 nationally and internationally published books

Published over 500 national and international research papers