Pain Management - Medicine Expert Witnesses in California
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of pain management - medicine expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on pain management - medicine and related issues. Pain management - medicine expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these pain management - medicine expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Chronic Pain, Crps, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome , Pain Management, Nerve Injury, Neuropathic Pain, Radiofrequency Ablation, RSD, Ime, Arthritis, Back Pain, Disability Evaluation, Neck Pain, and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation.
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Simon Dardashti, MD, MS
Pain Medicine Expert Witness | PI & Med Mal
Expert Medical Services LLC
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Pain Management, CRPS, RSD, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Spine Injury, Radiculopathy, Neuropathy, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Epidural, Nerve blocks, Opioid Management, Causation, Independent Medical Exams (IME), Future Care, Standard of Care, Disability Evaluation, Cauda equina syndrome
Dr. Simon Dardashti is a board-certified Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology physician with active clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. He provides medical-legal case review, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Case Reviews for Plaintiff & Defense Attorneys. Fast communication and timely report turnaround. Experienced in authoring Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 reports and providing deposition and trial testimony under FRCP standards.
Medical areas of expertise encompass a wide range of conditions and treatments, including: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), amputations, cauda equina syndrome, motor vehicle accidents, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), spinal injury, epidurals, whiplash, dog bites, disability, neck and back pain, spinal cord injury, sciatica, nerve blocks, radiculopathy, neuropathy...
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Roshni N. Patel, MD
Quadruple Board-Certified Pain & Neurology Expert
Ctr of Excellence in Pain & Regenerative Medicine
Pain Management - Medicine, Neurology
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Headaches, Migraines, Medication Management, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Disability review, Post-Concussion Syndrome, Chronic Pain, Back Pain, CRPS , Nerve Pain, Peripheral Neuropathy, Neck Pain, Radiculopathy, Headache Medicine, Causation, Seizures, Spinal Injury, Stroke, Brain Injury Medicine, mTBI
NYU/HSS-trained, board-certified in Neurology, Pain Medicine, Brain Injury Medicine, and Headache Medicine, with additional certification by the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME, 6th Edition). Assistant Clinical Professor at Quinnipiac University, Frank H. Netter School of Medicine. Neurology Residency at the University of Connecticut; Pain Medicine Fellowship at New York University, Department of Anesthesiology.
Dr. Patel maintains an active clinical practice and has been retained in personal injury, workers' compensation, and disability matters. Expert witness experience includes Independent Medical Examinations (IMEs), records review, causation analysis, impairment ratings, medical necessity determinations, and short- and long-term disability claim reviews.
Neurology expertise: traumatic brain injury and concussion/post-concussion syndrome, headache and migraine, seizures, stroke, tremor, peripheral neuropathy, and spinal injury.
Pain Medicine expertise: chr...
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Anthony H Guarino, MD
GES, Inc.
Pain Management - Medicine
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Nerve damage, epidural steroid injection complications, Spinal and epidural injections, Spinal cord injury, Nerve injury, Radiofrequency neuroablation injuries, spinal cord stimulators, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS, RSD), medication errors, failed back surgery syndrome
Dr. Anthony Guarino is a nationally recognized pain management expert and a celebrated clinician, teacher, author and researcher. His interest in pain management began during his undergraduate work at Yale University and developed further during graduate studies in religion at Yale Divinity School.
He completed a medical degree at the University of Maryland, an internship in medicine at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore and an anesthesiology residency and formal training in pain management at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Dr. Guarino served as director of pain management services for Washington University in St. Louis, MO at Barnes Jewish West County Hospital for 21 years before entering private practice in 2019.
He has over 20 years of experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys. The thoroughness of his work in combination with his ability to clearly communicate his findings to both attorneys and juries has led him to have a very busy consultant practice.
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Erin Lawson, MD
Del Mar, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Interventional pain management, Opioid management, Chronic pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Polstlaminectomy pain syndrome, Fibromyalgia
Dr Erin Lawson is double board certified in both Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, having completed residency and fellowship training at Emory University School of Medicine. She has 15 years of clinical experience treating patients with chronic pain. She has edited several textbooks of chronic pain conditions and is a question author for the American Board of Anesthesiology's pain medicine program. Dr Lawson brings both a comprehensive knowledge base and compassionate approach to the treatment of chronic pain. She uses an interventional approach to treat many chronic pain conditions including sciatica, spinal pain, joint pain, and migraines and is up to date on both safety guidelines and current procedure techniques for injections and spinal procedures. She is also current on safe opioid prescribing and managing patients with opioid use disorder and chronic pain.
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Rohit Aiyer, M.D
Expert in Interventional Pain and Psychiatry
Mind and Brain Link
Manhattan Beach, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Psychiatry
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Pain Management, Interventonal Pain, Minimally Invasive, Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry, Neuromodulation, Mood Disorders, Depression, Anxiety, Chronic Pain, Pain Psychiatry, PTSD, ADHD, Insomnia, Arthritis, Ketamine
I am a Double Board-Certified Interventional Pain Management Physician and Psychiatrist and Founder of Mind and Brain Link and MindPain Relief Institute.
I started his academic path by completing a 4 Year BSc. Honors Degree in Life Sciences at the prestigious Queen’s University in Canada. I then received his Medical Doctorate degree at one of the top medical schools in the United Kingdom, University of Birmingham in England. I then went on to complete his Psychiatry residency at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health at Staten Island University Hospital in New York City. I then completed his Interventional Pain Medicine Fellowship at Weill Cornell Medical College, and shortly after became double board certified in both pain medicine and psychiatry.
After my training, I worked at Henry Ford Health System in the Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Perioperative Surgery, and was also on Faculty at Wayne State School of Medicine as Assistant Professor. I...
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Naileshni Singh, MD
Award winning Pain Interventionalist
Granite Bay, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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pain management, opioid, opioid epidemic, neuromodulation, spinal cord stimulation, musculoskeletal, oncology/cancer pain, palliative/hospice, acute pain, medication, joint, peripheral nerve stimulation, decompression, spine, abdominal and pelvic, pain implant, neuropathic or nerve, opioid use disorder, injury, back or neck
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 ...
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Simon Dardashti, MD, MS
Pain Medicine Expert Witness | PI & Med Mal
Expert Medical Services LLC
Los Angeles, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Pain Management, CRPS, RSD, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accident, Spine Injury, Radiculopathy, Neuropathy, Chronic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulator, Epidural, Nerve blocks, Opioid Management, Causation, Independent Medical Exams (IME), Future Care, Standard of Care, Disability Evaluation, Cauda equina syndrome
Dr. Simon Dardashti is a board-certified Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology physician with active clinical experience in the evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic pain conditions. He provides medical-legal case review, expert reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony for plaintiff and defense attorneys.
Personal Injury & Medical Malpractice Case Reviews for Plaintiff & Defense Attorneys. Fast communication and timely report turnaround. Experienced in authoring Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 reports and providing deposition and trial testimony under FRCP standards.
Medical areas of expertise encompass a wide range of conditions and treatments, including: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), amputations, cauda equina syndrome, motor vehicle accidents, spinal cord stimulation (SCS), spinal injury, epidurals, whiplash, dog bites, disability, neck and back pain, spinal cord injury, sciatica, nerve blocks, radiculopathy, neuropathy...
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Jessica Oswald, MD MPH
Pain Management- UC San Diego Faculty
San Diego , California
Pain Management - Medicine, Pain Management - Medicine
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Pain Management, Emergency Medicine, overdose, buprenorphine, addiction, nerve blocks, epidural abscess, infection, acute pain, chronic pain, radiofrequency ablation, epidural steroid injections, spinal cord stimulation, facet joints, trauma, back pain, neck pain. headache, migraine
Dr. Jessica Oswald, MD, MPH is a nationally recognized, board-certified Pain Medicine physician and academic leader with extensive expertise in interventional pain management, medication management, and standards of care related to acute and chronic pain treatment.
She serves as an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where she maintains an active clinical practice focused exclusively on pain medicine, including spine interventions, fluoroscopy-guided and ultrasound-guided procedures, neuromodulation, and complex pharmacologic management. Dr. Oswald is among a select group of physicians with advanced training across both Pain Medicine and Emergency Medicine, providing her with a uniquely broad perspective on patient evaluation, procedural decision-making, and complications across care settings.
Dr. Oswald has national leadership experience in pain policy and clinical standards. She serves in leadership roles with the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...
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Vic Perkins, DO, QME, CLCP
Pain Medicine, Anesthesia, and Life Care Planner
Perkins Anesthesiology Corp.
Calabasas, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Certified Life Care Planner, Life Care Planning, Qualified Medical Evaluator, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine, Pain Management, Worker's Compensation, Expert Witness, Independent Medical Evaluation, Causation, IME, QME, Nerve, Testimony, Spine, CRPS, Catastrophic, Trauma, Personal Injury, Orthopedic
Dr. Perkins is a Dual Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Specialist, a California Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME), and a Certified Life Care Planner (CLCP) credentialed through the International Commission on Health Care Certification (ICHCC) — a rare combination that positions him as a uniquely comprehensive resource for personal injury, catastrophic injury, and complex pain litigation.
With more than 10 years of clinical experience spanning interventional pain management, regional anesthesia, neuroanesthesia, and acute pain medicine, he brings deep specialty knowledge to the evaluation of spinal disorders, failed back syndromes, complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS), neuropathic pain, musculoskeletal injuries, trauma, cancer-related pain and all things anesthesia related. This breadth of clinical training means he understands not only how injuries occur and progress, but how they are treated — and at what cost — giving his opinions a level of depth that general...
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Fardad Baroumand, MD
Los Gatos , California
Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab
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Pain (spine, nerve, joint, soft tissue), Interventional pain management (epidural steroid/other injections, nerve blocks), Opioids/pain medications, Second opinion, Ineffective/failed spine/other surgeries, Complex/catastrophic cases, CRPS/RSD, Back pain, Motor vehicle accidents, chronic pain
Dr. Fardad Baroumand, MD, is a distinguished medical-legal evaluator in Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. He is the designated evaluator for these fields by ExamWorks Inc., the largest national provider of Independent Medical Evaluations. He is also a prominent California State Qualified Medical Evaluator and a member of the Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) Subject Matter Expert Panel and the Report Quality Panel, which oversees and promotes the quality of medical-legal reporting in the State.
Workers compensation judges have repeatedly appointed Dr. Baroumand as the medical-legal evaluator in complex cases that other evaluators could not handle.
Dr. Baroumand is a double board-certified subspecialist practicing Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. He has a reputation as "the go-to guy" for the most challenging clinical and medical-legal cases.
Dr. Baroumand graduated in the top 10 percentile of his medical school in 1997 and completed...
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Mikiko Murakami, DO
PM&R, Pain Medicine and Orthopedic Injury Expert
Campbell, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab
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Spinal cord injury, Low back pain, Neck pain, Shoulder rotator cuff, Knee, Hip, Fracture, Amputation, Arthritis, Laceration, Headache, Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), Motor Vehicle Accident, Construction Accident, Crush Injury, Medical Malpractice, Forklift, Cumulative trauma, CRPS, Amputation
Board-certified osteopathic physician with dual specialization in Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, bringing over a decade of clinical, academic, and med-legal experience. A seasoned expert witness and a certified QME/AME for the California Division of Workers’ Compensation. Known for combining evidence-based medicine with integrative and regenerative therapies. Frequently invited to educate both medical and legal professionals on complex pain-related issues.
Case Types:
* Falls
* Motor vehicle accidents
* Construction accidents
* Ladder accidents
* Forklift accidents
* Cumulative trauma
* Product liability
* Abuse
* Crush Injuries
* Medical Malpractice
Injury types:
* Spinal cord injuries
* Spinal cord stimulator failures
* Low back injuries
* Neck injuries
* Shoulder injuries
* Rotator cuff tears
* Knee injuries
* Hip injuries
* Fractures
* Amputations
* Degenerative arthritis
* Lacerations
* Headaches
* Traumatic brain injuries
* Head injuries
* Complex reg...
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Scott Pritzlaff, MD
Pain Medicine & Neuromodulation Expert Witness
Sacramento, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Spine Surgery & Spine Care
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Neuropathic Pain, Postoperative Pain, Procedure Complications, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Epidural Steroid Injection, Radiofrequency Ablation, PNS, SCS, Bleeding, Hematoma, Nerve Injury, Chronic Pain, Causalgia, RSD, Pain Procedures, Ultrasound
Dr. Scott Pritzlaff is a nationally recognized pain medicine physician with focused expertise in procedural complications related to interventional pain management, spinal procedures, and neuromodulation therapies. He provides expert consultation and testimony in matters involving standard of care, causation, procedural risk, informed consent, device related complications, neurologic injury, postoperative pain, and adverse outcomes following pain management and spine procedures.
Dr. Pritzlaff completed his Anesthesiology residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School program, followed by fellowship training in Pain Medicine at Stanford University. He later served as faculty in the Stanford Division of Pain Medicine, where he developed expertise in neuromodulation, advanced pain therapies, and complex spinal interventions.
He is currently a Clinical Professor and Fellowship Program Director in the Division of Pain Medicine at the University of California, Da...
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Ilan J Danan, MD, MSc
Cedars Sinai Kerlan Jobe Institute
Los Angeles, California
Brain Injury Medicine, Pain Management - Medicine
Ilan J. Danan, M.D, M.Sc. is a Sports Neurologist and Interventional Pain Management Physician specializing in the management and treatment of sports-related neurological injury and complications. He specializes in the treatment of spine and musculoskeletal pain using minimally invasive techniques. Dr. Danan is one of only a few hundred Adult Neurologists in the nation to be double-certified in both Neurology and Brain Injury Medicine.
Dr. Danan began his studies at Rutgers University — The State University of New Jersey. He then went on to obtain his Master of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, before attending medical school at St. George's University. He completed his Neurology residency training at New York Medical College, where he served as Chief Resident in his final year of training. He went on to fellowship training, serving as the Sports Neurology fellow at Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in 2015.
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Ryan McCarty, MD, CLCP
University of California Los Angeles, VA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab
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pain medicine, life care planning, traumatic brain injury, chronic pain, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, complex regional pain syndrome, headache, epidural injections, spinal cord injury
Dr. McCarty is a double-board certified Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation physician and a Certified Life Care Planner. He is an attending physician at the Greater Los Angeles VA Medical Center and faculty member of the UCLA/VA Pain Medicine Fellowship Program and UCLA Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program. He performs interventional and non-interventional pain management in the inpatient and outpatient settings. He is highly skilled in advanced procedures, including fluoroscopy-guided radiofrequency ablations, epidural steroid injections, spinal cord stimulation, and intrathecal baclofen pump implantation. He has expertise in medical management of complex cases, including opioid and non-opioid management. He treats traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and stroke patients in his rehabilitation and neurolysis clinics. Recognized for excellence in teaching as a UCLA Clinical Assistant Professor, he mentors fellows, residents, and medical studen...
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Adam J Carinci, MD, JD, MBA
Interventional Spine, Pain, CRPS Expert (MD/JD)
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome CRPS, Peripheral nerve stimulation, RSD, Radiofrequency, Life Care Plan Analysis, Nerve Injury, MILD, Causalgia, Urine Drug, Hematoma, Neuropathic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Disability, DEA, Independent Medical Examination (IME), Epidural Injections, Budapest Criteria, Opioid Abuse and Overdose
Dr. Adam J. Carinci, MD, JD, MBA is a board-certified Pain Management physician with an active, full-time clinical practice specializing in interventional spine procedures. He evaluates standard of care, causation, and damages in medical malpractice, personal injury, and workers’ compensation cases nationwide. His clinical expertise includes epidural steroid injections, facet interventions, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, and the comprehensive management of acute and chronic spinal pain conditions. Dr. Carinci is frequently retained in matters involving procedural complications, nerve injury, failure to diagnose or appropriately treat spinal pathology, and issues related to informed consent, documentation, and clinical decision-making. He brings additional expertise in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and opioid prescribing and monitoring.
Dr. Carinci serves as Chief of Pain Management and Director of the Interventional Spine and Pain Treatment Center at the ...
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JOSEPH HADI, MD, Q.ME., C.I.M.E
Expert Witness Pain Management
Joseph Hadi MD, PC
Encino, California
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine
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Joint/Spine Impairment, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Disability Evaluation, Physician Life Care Planning, Arthritis, Chronic Pain, Peripheral Neuropathy, Shoulder, Knee, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Independent Medical Examination
• Board Certified, Ameerican Board Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Board Certfied, American Board of Pain Medicine
• Fellow American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Expert Reviewer, MEDICAL BOARD of CALIFORNIA
• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL; Fellowship, National Pain Institute, Delray Beach, FL
• Extensive experience with independent Medical Examinations for Disability, Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation, and Veteran's Disability claims.
• Exam Council Member, American Board of Pain medicine, 2019- present
• Licensed in California, Florida, Nevada, and New York.
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Kevin F Barrette, MD
Head of Interventional Pain - Stanford trained
Scripps Clinic Medical Group
Oceanside, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Spine Surgery & Spine Care
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Interventional Spine, Interventional Pain, Orthobiologics, Regenerative Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab, Basivertebral Nerve Ablation, Intracept, Cervical Transforaminal, Sports Medicine, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Epidural Steroid Injection, Radiofrequency Ablation, Nerve Ablation
Kevin F. Barrette, MD is an Interventional Spine and Pain Management doctor and head of Interventional Pain at Scripps Clinic Medical Group in San Diego, CA. He is a graduate of Boston University School of Medicine and completed his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as his fellowship in Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine at Stanford University. His fellowship included direct training under the tutelage of the current and past presidents of the International Pain and Spine Intervention Society (IPSIS). Prior to his work at Scripps Clinic, he was an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Barrette serves on several international committees in the field of pain management and spine surgery and is well-known for his expertise on Basivertebral nerve ablation.
Dr. Barrette holds the following certifications and licenses:
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, diplomat
America...
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Kamyar Assil, MD
Interventional Pain/Spine Specialist
Thousand Oaks, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Neck Pain, Back Pain, Nerve Damage, Herniated Disks, Lower Back Pain, Severe Headaches, Precision Epidural Steroid Injections, Nerve Root Blocks, Facet Diagnostic Injections, Radiofrequency Neurotomy, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Sympathetic Ganglion Blocks
Credentials:
- Board Certified American Board of Anesthiology
- Board Certified Subspecialty, Pain Management
Affliations:
- Assistant Clinical Professor in Department of Anesthiology at University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
- Spine Intervention Society
- American Medical Association
- California Medical Association
- Ventura County Medical Association
Hospital Affliations:
- Los Robles Regional Medical Center
Dr. Kamyar Assil is a board-certified anesthesiologist with subspecialty certification in pain management. He is fellowship-trained and has extensive expertise in interventional pain management. Dr. Assil earned his Bachelor of Science with honors in Psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his Medical Degree from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. He completed his internship in Internal Medicine at the Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center and his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Col...
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Robert H. Odell, Jr., MD, PhD
Neuropathy & Pain Center of Las Vegas
California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Low back pain, neck pain, personal injury, facet syndrome, discogenic disease, radiculopathy, CRPS, electromedicine, neuropathic pain, interventional pain management, medication management, including malpractice & DEA defense, over billing in pain management, over utilization in pain management
Dr. Odell is a Stanford and UCLA trained practicing anesthesiologist and pain management physician. A fellow of the Medical Scientist Training Program at Stanford, he received a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering (1974) and his MD (1976). He completed an anesthesia residency at UCLA in 1982. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology, the American Board of Pain Medicine and a Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP).
Dr. Odell is the Founder of the Neuropathy & Pain Centers of Las Vegas and Owner of Associated Pain Specialists, located in east TN. A well-established pain management expert, he uses a wide variety of pain management techniques to treat patients in his private practices. Patients from around the country seek out the acclaimed Neuropathy and Pain Centers of Las Vegas. Dr. Odell uses Sanexas, an advanced electromedical device that can produce favorable outcomes for treating neuropathic pain by healing the nerves. A broad spectrum of debilitating co...
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Merna Naji, MD
Dual-Boarded PM&R and Pain Management Physician
Sacramento, California
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine
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Spinal cord injury, Disc herniation, Lumbar injury, Neuropathic pain, CRPS, Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal stenosis, Thoracic injury, Amputation, Disability, Failed back surgery, Whiplash, Cervical injury, Interventional pain procedures, Brain injury, Motor vehicle accident, Concussion, Radiculopathy, Falls, Opioids
Merna Naji, MD is a dual-board-certified physician in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Pain Medicine, offering a unique, function-focused and evidence-based perspective in medical-legal cases involving pain, injury, and disability. Her dual certification allows her to evaluate not only pain generation and treatment, but also functional impairment, recovery trajectory, and long-term outcomes—an expertise combination particularly valuable in complex personal injury, workers’ compensation, and disability matters.
Dr. Naji completed her Interventional Pain Medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, where she served as Chief Fellow, and her PM&R residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of California, Davis, where she is actively involved in teaching pain fellows and PM&R residents.
Her PM&R background provides a strong foundati...
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F. Michael Ferrante, MD
CRPS and Spine Medicine
Ferrante Consulting
Santa Monica, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Spinal interventions. Nerve Blocks, Implantable Intrathecal Pumps, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spinal cord stimulation, Peripheral nerve stimulation, Spinal Injections, Epidural steroid Injections, Radiofrequency, Failed back syndrome, Spinal Medicine, neuropathic pain, MILD, Iatrogenic Nerve Injury, Trauma spinal cord
F. Michael Ferrante, MD, holds a BS in Biology from Tulane University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and a MD from New York Medical College. Dr. Ferrante completed residencies in Internal Medicine and Anesthesiology at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals. Between his residencies he did one year of an infectious disease fellowship at Barnes Hospital, Washington University. After Anesthesiology residency, he received his fellowship in Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ferrante is currently the Director of the UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center and Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles. Prior to coming to UCLA, Dr. Ferrante was the Director of Pain Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and before that, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He was a member of the ASRA Board of Directors (1996-2011) and former President of ASRA (2007-2009). He is ...
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Roger Kasendorf, DO
Physical Medicine/Pain Medicine Expert
La Jolla, California
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine
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Osteopathic manipulation, Pain, Pain Medicine, Pain management, Physical Rehabilitation, musculoskeletal, osteopath, ime, independent medical examination, Physical Medicine and rehabilitation, stem cell, modalities, autoimmune, osteoarthritis, platelet rich plasma (PRP), trigger point, injection, sacroiliac, facet, ultrasound guided
Roger Kasendorf, DO, is a top physiatrist in the La Jolla, CA, area, providing state-of-the-art pain management, physical medicine and rehabilitation services for superior, effective treatment of a wide array of issues affecting the musculoskeletal system. Recognized as a leading specialist in the management of chronic pain, Dr. Kasendorf is committed to providing the most advanced care for patients at his practice on Genesee Avenue in La Jolla. His close affiliation with Scripps Memorial Hospital ensures patients have ready access to cutting-edge therapeutic options aimed at assessing and treating their unique health needs.
Dedicated to providing patient-centered care based on each patient’s condition, medical history, personal goals, and other factors and objectives, Dr. Kasendorf offers an array of care options, including osteopathic manipulation, arthritis management, acute and chronic pain management, cancer pain management, regenerative medicine, electrodiagnostics (EMG) and ...
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Glenna Tolbert, MD
Tolbert Rehabilitation
Los Angeles, California
Physical Medicine & Rehab, Pain Management - Medicine
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Spinal Cord Medicine, Independent Medical Exam, Life Care Planning, Orthopedics - Nonsurgical, Carpal tunnel syndrome, neck pain, back pain, sports injuries, industrial/work injuries, herniated disc, pinched nerve, arthritis, stroke, brain injury, concussions
Dr. Glenna Tolbert, MD
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Dr. Tolbert is a double board-certified physician who has specialized in physical medicine, rehabilitation and spinal cord injury medicine for 25+ years
• She teaches and publishes her approaches to regenerative medicine as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCLA’s David Geffen School Of Medicine
• Graduate of UCLA
• Completed medical school at Howard University’s Medical School
• Interests: Carpal tunnel syndrome, neck pain, back pain, sports injuries, industrial/work injuries, herniated disc, pinched nerve, arthritis, stroke, brain injury, concussion
• Received the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Outstanding Tutor Award in recognition of the exceptional quality of her teaching in the problem-based learning component of the human biology and disease medical education curriculum
• She is certified by the State of California as a Qualified Medical Examiner (QME) for workers injured on the job
• Dr. Tol...
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Evan Ross Goodman, MD
Board Certified in Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
Coastal Pain and Spinal Diagnostics
Carlsbad, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Medical Doctor
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI (08/11-05/15)
Doctor of Medicine
• Pre-Clinical Honors
• Academic Excellence Recognition: Achieved >90% average exam scores during pre-clinical curriculum
Michigan State University, Lyman Briggs College, East Lansing, MI (08/06-05/10)
Bachelor of Science in Human Biology
• Dean's List
Licensing, Certifications, and Board Certification
Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology 2021
American Board of Anesthesiology Board Certification in Pain Medicine 2021
California Permanent Medical License 2020
Illinois Permanent Medical License 2019
ABA Advanced Exam Passed 2019
Abbott U.S. DRG certification 2019
Abbott U.S. Spinal Cord Stimulation course certification 2019
Medtronic Spinal Cord Stimulation course certification 2019
Passed USMLE Step 1, 2 CK, 2 CS, 3 2011–2016
Research Experience
Beaumont Hospital Research Institute, Royal Oak, MI (06/12 -07/12)
Researched with PI Harry Wasvary MD. Completed a r...
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Irina V. Wiliiams, MD, MHA
Expert Anesthesiologist, Pain Mgmt Board Cert, MHA
Expedient Medicolegal Services
Oakland, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Standard of Care, Traumatic Injury, Personal Injury, Inpatient Hospital Policy, Pharmaceutical Intervention, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Spine Injury, Disability Evaluation, Impairment due to Pain, IME, Nerve Damage, Motor Vehicle Accident, Post Operative Complications, Regulatory Compliance
Dr. Irina V. Williams is a distinguished and Double Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and Pain Management Specialist, recognized for her expertise in both clinical practice and healthcare leadership. Dr. Williams completed her Anesthesiology residency at Wayne State University’s Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI, followed by a prestigious Interventional Pain Management Fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.
In her clinical role, Dr. Williams specializes in the treatment of complex pain conditions, including spine disorders, musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), fibromyalgia, and chronic pain related to trauma and substance use disorders. She is adept in various interventional procedures, utilizing fluoroscopy and ultrasound-guided techniques to manage chronic pain effectively.
Dr Williams built and developed an Interdisciplinary Pain management service within Alameda Health System. Under her leadership, the Pain Medicin...
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Joshua P Prager, MD, MS, DABPM, FNANS
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome & Spinal Cord Stim
UCLA, Center for the Rehabiltation of Pain Syndromes
Santa Monica, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Spinal Cord Stimulation, neuromodulation, targeted drug delivery (intrathecal pumps), precision spinal diagnostics and therapeutics, complications of spinal injections, elder abuse (pain), epidural injections, ketamine infusions, functional rehabilitation FRP, opioid prescribing, RSD
Joshua P Prager, MD, MS, is an internationally recognized expert in complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and neuromodulation, specializing in the implantation of devices in the nervous system to control pain and spasticity, including spinal cord stimulation. He manages an active ketamine infusion program and coordinates a comprehensive interdisciplinary functional pain rehabilitation program. A Harvard and Stanford-trained physician, Dr. Prager holds four board certifications: internal medicine, anesthesiology, subspecialty pain medicine, and pain medicine. He has held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and at UCLA, where he served as director of the UCLA Pain Medicine Center.
In the field of CRPS, Dr. Prager was elected to two consecutive two-year terms as chair of the CRPS group of the International Association for the Study of Pain, the largest organization of pain researchers and clinicians in the world. As chair he organized tw...
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Jonathan Varghese, MD
Pain Management & Anesthesia Expert
JV MD INC
playa vista, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Interventional Pain, Independent Medical Exam, Standard of Care, Sedation Complication, Spine Injection, Nerve Injury, Epidural Injection, Medical Causation, Facet Injection, Future Medical Care, Radiofrequency Ablation, Permanent Impairment, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Deposition Testimony, Chronic Pain, Opioid Management
Dr. Jonathan Varghese is a board-certified anesthesiologist with advanced training and active clinical practice in both anesthesiology and interventional pain management. He maintains a high-volume procedural practice and routinely performs complex image-guided spine and peripheral nerve interventions, including epidural steroid injections, facet joint interventions, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablation, spinal cord stimulation, and other neuromodulation procedures. In addition to his interventional work, he remains actively engaged in perioperative anesthesia care, including procedural sedation, intraoperative management, and postoperative pain control.
Dr. Varghese’s expertise spans the full continuum of pain medicine and anesthesia care, including perioperative management, procedural sedation, injection-related complications, nerve injury, chronic pain syndromes, CRPS, opioid management, and long-term treatment planning. His work frequently involves detailed analysis of...
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Yashar ILKHCHOUI
Sherman Oaks, California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
Double Board Certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. I also serve as a Qualified Medical Evaluator for California's DWC. Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Case Reviews for Plaintiff & Defense Attorneys. I diagnose and treat a wide range of conditions including motor vehicle accidents, complex regional pain syndrome/reflex sympathetic dystrophy (CRPS/RSD), spinal and joint injuries, sciatica, radiculopathy, herniated disc, neuropathic pain, acute and chronic pain conditions, opioid and non-opioid medication management, and I offer fluoroscopic-guided procedures.
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Meir Keller, DDS MS
Orofacial Pain and TMJ Disorders, Dental/Surgery
www.expertwitnessdds.com
Simi Valley, California
Dentist, Pain Management - Medicine
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Orofacial Pain Management, TMJ Disorders, Dental Sleep Medicine, Implant Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Jaw Pain, Jaw Injury, Nerve Injury, Crown/Veneer, Root Canal Treatment, Jaw Movement Limitations, Dental Extraction, Sleep Apnea
I am a Doctor of Dental Surgery with advanced academic training and specialization in orofacial pain management, holding a Master of Science in this field. My clinical expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of complex facial pain, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders, and facial nerve injuries.
I am board-certified in dental sleep medicine, with a focus on managing sleep-related breathing disorders through oral appliance therapy.
As a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists, I bring advanced proficiency in implant dentistry and dental surgery.
In addition to my clinical practice, I have extensive experience serving as an expert witness, including medical record review, report writing, and providing deposition
testimony.
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Douglas L Constant, MD
Pain Management- Medicine and IME
360 Orthopedics
California
Pain Management - Medicine, Independent Medical Examinations
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Pain Management, spinal cord stimulator, nerve injury, RSD, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, radiofrequency ablation, injections, complex regional pain syndrome, CRPS, opioids, causalgia, nerve block, neuropathic pain, failed back syndrome, IME, medical billing, billing fraud, disability evaluation
Award Winning, Harvard Trained Pain Physician.
Active clinical practice.
Provided pain management treatment to WNBA players, the MLS, the Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Castle Connolly Top Doctor, Pain Management, since 2015. Chosen by his peers and recognized as "Top Doctor" in the Sarasota area since 2017.
U.S. Naval Academy graduate. Former United States Marine Corps Officer with deployments to Sarajevo, Mogadishu, and Kuwait.
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Jordan L. Newmark, MD, QME
Nationally recognized and experienced expert.
E&S Newmark Consulting | Stanford University School of Medicine
Redwood City , California
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Chronic pain, acute pain, opioids, workers' compensation, disability, addiction, surgery, perioperative, Nerve injury, interventional pain, trauma, Headache facial pain, Neuropathy, medical education, RSD, QME, independent medical evaluation, IME, CRPS, Spine
Dr. Newmark is an ABA, double board certified, Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Physician. He is President & CEO of E&S Newmark Consulting focused on the practice of medicine, qualified medical evaluation, expert witnessing, career and academic development, & medical-leadership consulting.
He remains as an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford University. He has authored multiple journal articles, book chapters, and maintains an active simulation based pain and research program at Stanford University.
Dr. Newmark has over 10 years of expert witness and medicolegal experience.
Dr. Newmark won numerous awards from the American Academy of Pain Medicine, Stanford University and Alameda Health System.
Dr. Newmark is the former Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology of Alameda Health System, as well as the former Medical Director for Pain Management and Functional Restoration at Highland Hospital in Oakland, California.
The overall focus of Dr. Newmark's ...
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