Publications

• novel interventional techniques for lumbar and.118 copy.pdf
• Responding to the Opioid Epidemic- Educational Competencies for Pain and Substance Use Disorder from the Medical Schools of the University of California.pdf
• Advancing Simulation-Based Education in Pain Medicine.pdf
• Implementation of Virtual Multiple Mini-Interviews for Fellowship Recruitment.pdf
• The use of immersive audiovisual distraction with virtual reality during pain procedures- a randomized controlled trial.pdf
• Correlation between epidural space depth measured with ultrasound and MRI compared to clinical loss of resistance when performing lumbar epidural steroid injection.pdf
• A Review of the Factors and Outcomes of Institutional Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation Committees- A Multicenter Experience.pdf
• rural america nears a cliff federal funding cuts.915.pdf
• Radiofrequency Ablation of the Medial Branch Nerves for Posterior Element Pain in Chronic Vertebral Compression Fractures- An Anatomical Review and Retrospective Case Series.pdf
• teaching techniques of the 21st century .9.pdf

Award winning Pain Interventionalist

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

I am a medical expert in interventional and non-interventional pain management. I have 20 years of experience in outpatient and inpatient pain medicine including medication management, procedures, and surgeries including those for neuromodulation (spinal cord stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation) and minimally invasive spinal procedures. I am in active in clinical practice and treat the following major categories of pain: acute, chronic, spinal, joint, cancer, neuropathic, inflammatory, and musculoskeletal. I am double boarded in anesthesiology and pain medicine with a 10-year recertification achieved through the American Board of Anesthesiology. I am a professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at a renown academic health center in California but I also have experience in leadership at the national level, research in pain medicine, teaching at the School of Medicine, and managing aspects of clinical work for an academic health system. This has resulted in multiple publications in high impact journals and presentations at national meetings. Lastly, I have approximately five years of experience in providing expert witness testimony for a variety of pain related cases. I meet all the required deadlines and am available to clients for extended hours. My written work and opinions have been included in briefs, and I have been effective in explaining my thought process to non-medical personnel. I also have an interest in equitable health, as a female from an underrepresented group. See my extensive CV. EMPLOYMENT 10/11-now Professor, 2 and Health Sciences Clinical Professor Department of Anesthesia, Division of Pain Medicine University of California, Davis Interventional pain expert specializing in acute, chronic, inpatient, and cancer pain care. Perform and oversee a wide variety of interventional pain procedures including neurolytic techniques, sympathetic blocks, and neuromodulation with the use of fluoroscopy and ultrasound. Directly responsible for pain trainee education including providing lectures, simulated exercises, and bedside teaching. EDUCATOR WORK 2010-now: Pain Thread Educator and former Pain Medicine Fellowship Director (2012-2016): UCDAVIS School of Medicine teaching topics/key words (trainees of all levels): pharmacology, pain pathways, types of pain, prescription opioid Crisis, neuropathic pain, oral opioid medications and uses, prescription drug abuse, fibromyalgia, pain in pregnancy, cancer pain palliation, hip pain, molecular basis of pain, cardiac pain, abdominal pain, pelvic pain, spinal pain, transitions of care: opioid and adjuvant pain management in the acute, perioperative, inpatient, and outpatient setting, alternatives to opioids, mock codes, complex regional pain syndrome CREDENTIALS; LICENSURE & CREDENTIALS: Kyphoplasty, Intracept, Reactiv8, Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD) training and certification, Vertiflex, Abbott Dorsal Root Ganglion training, Board Certified, Pain Medicine (2011), Board Certified, Anesthesiology (2010) HONORS/AWARDS: 2025 Sacramento’s Top Doctor in Pain Medicine, 2025 Selected as “Diamond Doctor” for UCDHS 2025, 2024 American Society of Anesthesiologist-Society of Education Distinguished Educator in Anesthesiology Award, March 2024 Sacramento’s Top Doctor in Pain Medicine, February 2024 Selected as “Diamond Doctor” for UCDHS 2024, April 2023, Selected as “Diamond Doctor” for UCDHS 2023, 2022 Fellowship Excellence Award, American Academy of Pain Medicine PUBLICATIONS (selected and recent): 13 publications in peer reviewed high impact journals, 2 book chapters in press, 5 online or newsletter publications, 3 IRB approved or exempt projects (2 completed), 6 poster presentations at national and international meetings, 3 invited national presentations, 2 invited regional presentations, along with a variety of webinars, podcasts, and community outreach events at the national (NBC News) and local level.