Pain Management Center - Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Cruz Pain Management Physician Doctors for Pain ManagementType of Physician: Pain Management Physician What is a Pain Management Physician? An interdisciplinary subspecialty certification by the Boards of Anesthesiology, Psychiatry & Neurology, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation; practitioners provide a high level of care either as a primary physician or consultant for patients experiencing problems with acute or chronic pain in both inpatient and outpatient settings, and coordinate a multidisciplinary approach toward pain management. Specialty: Pain Management Common Name: Pain Management Physician Doctors in Santa Cruz * Santa Cruz Medical Foundation Seabright  Victor Li MD A Professional  Dominican Hospital Anesthesiology Dept  Dominican Hospital Anesthesiology Dept  Dominican Hospital Anesthesiology Dept  Pain Clinic of Monterey Bay  Pain Clinic of Monterey Bay  Michael Jadali MD  Kochhar & Weeks MD  Kochhar & Weeks MD  Comprehensive Pain Management Center  Bay Area Pain & Wellness Center  Maia U Chakerian MD  Bay Area Pain & Wellness Center  William C Hopkins MD  Norman Kahan MD  Patrick McCreesh & Brian Karvelas MDs  Orthopaedic Surgeons  Annamalai Ashokan MD  Lemuria Health  Stephen R Redmond MD  Peter H Nguyen MD  Monterey Spine & Joint Center  Central Coast Pain Institute  Franklin Perry MD  Bradley Carpentier MD  Feinberg Medical Group  Pacific Pain Care Institute  Stanford University Medical Center Pain Management Clinic  Stanford University Medical Center Pain Management Clinic  Bernard Wilcosky MD  Sunshine Anesthesiology  Sunshine Anesthesiology  Pain and Rehabilitative Consultants  Advanced Pain Management  Advanced Pain Management  Bay Area Pain Management  Bay Area Pain Management  Bay Area Pain Management  Bay Area Pain Management  Gracer Medical Group  Spinal Diagnostic Treatment Center  Seton Medical Center Anesthesiology Dept  David K Padgett DO  Adrian Bartoli MD  SOMA Orthopedics Medical Group  Wayne Anderson DO  UCSF Medical Center Anesthesiology  UCSF Medical Center Anesthesiology  UCSF Medical Center Anesthesiology  San Francisco Spine Center  San Francisco Spine Center  Jeff Yung MD  Hemwall Family Medical Center  David W Chow MD  Interventional Pain Management Corp  Pain and Rehabilitative Consultants  UCSF Pain Management Center  UCSF Pain Management Center  Pacific Pain Treatment Center  California Spine Diagnostics  Balanced Pain Management  Toni Daniels MD  Medical Anesthesiology Consultants  Muir Orthopaedic Specialists  Pain Medicine Consultants  Tracy Pain Management  Athanasios Magimbi MD  Tracy Pain Management  Devinder K Makker MD  Integrated Pain Management  Integrated Pain Management  Robert S Cluff MD  Bay Area Pain Medical Associates  Bay Area Pain Medical Associates  Mt Tam Orthopaedics & MRI  Marin Center for Natural Medicine  Marin Orthopedics & Sports Medicine  Valley Interventional Pain  Valley Interventional Pain  Valley Interventional Pain  Northbay Center for Pain Management  Northbay Center for Pain Management  Advanced Pain Management Institute  Norman C Pang MD  Eric J Grigsby MD Santa Cruz, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2013-06-06
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