Contact Information
- Phone: 925 275 1712
- Fax: 925 275 8171
Specialty 1: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Physiatry
Specialty 2: Pain Management - Medicine
Specialty Focus: Non-operative musculoskeletal and spine medicine. Spinal procedures including epidural injections of the SI joints, cervical, thoracic, and lumbar-sacrum, Facet injections, radiofrequency ablation procedures for posterior spinal pain, sympathetic blocks. Evaluation of Carpal tunnel syndrome, nerve injuries, arthritis, rehabilitation after a variety of injuries and illnesses, chronic repetitive trauma, and RSD/CRPS.
Medical School:
License(s): CA
Years in Practice: 34
Experience:- 25 years performing IMEs
- 50 IMEs performed
- Deposed/Testified 200 times
IME Training: ACOEM
Additional Information
Residency and training: Temple University PMR Residency, Orthopedic fellowship through Mt. Sinai University, JD at JFK University. Certifications: MD, JD, Triple Board Certified in Legal Medicine, PM&R, Electrodiagnostic Medicine (EMG/NCV) QME, IME, AME, SIME (Alaska), using 5th and 6th edition AMA guides, file reviews, examinations for work-related and nonindustrial evaluations. I have been working in California since I finished my physical medicine and rehabilitation residency at Temple University, which followed an orthopedic fellowship. My practice included extensive occupational and musculoskeletal medicine and neurological evaluations and treatment. I have passed the bar after graduation from law school, but do not practice law.