Board-certified anesthesiologist and pain management physician with more than 20 years of clinical experience, this expert provides consultation and deposition testimony in matters involving anesthesiology, acute and chronic pain management, and opioid prescribing. Professional practice includes perioperative anesthesia care, as well as comprehensive pain medicine addressing post-operative pain, cancer-related pain, spine pain, neuropathic pain, and chronic pain syndromes.

Clinical expertise encompasses pain management strategies, including pharmacologic therapy, image-guided interventional procedures, neuromodulation, and integrative medicine approaches. Interventional competencies include spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, radiofrequency neurotomy, regional pain syndrome management, and treatment of conditions such as allodynia, hyperalgesia, occipital neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy, and low back and neck pain. This physician has also addressed opioid risk mitigation, overdose prevention, and regulatory prescribing standards through hospital grand rounds and professional medical forums, reflecting subject-matter involvement in safe prescribing practices and pain-related regulatory compliance.

Leadership roles have included Clinical Professor of Anesthesia, Clinical Director of Pain Medicine, and Associate Clinical Director for a university-based Center for Pain Medicine. Committee service has included participation in opioid safety initiatives, prescribing task forces, and advisory roles related to pain medicine standards. These responsibilities are directly relevant to evaluation of standards of care in anesthesia practice, interventional pain procedures, medication management, and institutional pain protocols.

The expert completed residency training in anesthesiology and a fellowship in pain medicine. Board certification includes Diplomate of the American Board of Anesthesiology and Added Qualifications in Pain Management. Licensure includes a State of California Medical License and certification as an X-Ray Supervisor and Operator. Scholarly contributions include book chapters and peer-reviewed publications addressing analgesics, interventional pain techniques, opioid management, and neuromodulation, supporting informed analysis of complex anesthesiology and pain medicine disputes.