We offer private practice service in an academic environment using cutting edge, minimally invasive techniques for spine and non-spine-related conditions.
Our specialists are located in Burbank, Encino, Santa Clarita, Santa Monica, Thousand Oaks, Torrance and Westwood.
Yuichiro Hayashi, MD
Pain Medicine
Dr. Yuichiro Hayashi is a board certified anesthesiologist and pain management physician who practices in Burbank. His goal is to help patients dealing with pain increase their functionality and participate in activities that bring them fulfillment and joy. His philosophy in managing pain is to be comprehensive and to use a multimodal and multidisciplinary approach.
Chrystina Jeter, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Dr. Jeter is originally from California. She graduated from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a bachelor of science in biology. She earned her medical degree from UCLA in 2011. She completed training in Anesthesiology, followed by pain management fellowship at Stanford University. She is board certified in Anesthesiology. Dr. Jeter's goal is to treat the entire patient, addressing each problem that contributes to the patient’s pain and inability to live their life to the fullest. She advocates a multi-disciplinary approach to pain management, including multi-modal analgesic therapy, minimally invasive interventions and procedures, physical therapy, complementary alternative medicine, and pain psychology.
Samantha Wong, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Dr. Samantha Womg is an anesthesiologist and pain medicine physician. She received her medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She completed her anesthesiology training in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at UCLA, and completed her pain medicine fellowship at UCLA as well.
Dr. Wong is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pan Medicine. More >
George Pan, MD
Clinical Instructor, Pain Medicine
Dr. Pan is originally from Atlanta, GA. He completed his undergraduate studies at Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his M.D. at the Medical College of Georgia. He then went on to complete a surgical internship at Loma Linda University Medical Center and his Anesthesiology residency at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He finished his subspecialty training in Pain Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles and has stayed on as clinical faculty. He is currently board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. More >
Bradley Reid, MD
Clinical Instructor, Pain Medicine
Dr. Reid is originally from Utah. After completing his undergraduate studies in Utah, he attended medical school at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in upstate New York. He trained in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. His primary training and clinical focus in managing chronic pain is with minimally invasive procedures. He also approaches managing chronic pain through physical therapy, pain psychology, lifestyle changes, multimodal analgesic therapy, complementary alternative medicine, and interventional procedures. More >
F. Michael Ferrante, MD
Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine
Director, UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center
Dr. Ferrante holds a BS in Biology from Tulane University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and an MD from New York Medical College. He received his fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and fellowship in Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital. More >
Eric Hsu, MD
Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Dr. Hsu emphasizes on comprehensive evaluation and consultation, multimodal analgesia, interventional and interdisciplinary approach to promote pain management and functional restoration. Dr. Hsu teaches class in fourth year medical student, Anesthesiology Residency Program, and Pain Medicine Fellowship at UCLA. Dr. Hsu is board certified in Anesthesiology and has a subspecialty certificate and recertification in Pain Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology. More >
Jakun Ing, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Dr. Ing was born in North Carolina. He graduated from Harvard with a concentration in biochemical sciences. He obtained both his medical degree and his masters in public health at the University of North Carolina. He then completed both his residency in anesthesiology and his fellowship in pain management at UCLA in 2014, and stayed on as faculty. He is board-certified in anesthesiology and pain management.
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Irene Wu, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Dr. Wu is the Assistant Director at the UCLA Comprehensive Pain Center. She is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Wu holds a BS in Biological Sciences and a BA in Economics from Stanford University. She received an MD from Chicago Medical School. She is board-certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. More >
Harkirat Chahal, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Nader Tondravi, MD
Clinical Instructor, Pain Medicine
Dr. Nader Tondravi completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. He earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Tondravi completed his Anesthesiology residency and Pain Medicine fellowship at Northwestern University. Dr. Tondravi is a board certified anesthesiologist with a focus on interventional pain medicine. He is a UCLA clinical instructor with a passion for patient-centered care and clinical education. Dr. Tondravi uses a multidisciplinary treatment approach for his patients including physical and aqua therapy, complementary alternative medicine, pain psychology, multimodal medication management, and minimally-invasive image guided procedures.
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Jakun Ing, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Dr. Ing was born in North Carolina. He graduated from Harvard with a concentration in biochemical sciences. He obtained both his medical degree and his masters in public health at the University of North Carolina. He then completed both his residency in anesthesiology and his fellowship in pain management at UCLA in 2014, and stayed on as faculty. He is board-certified in anesthesiology and pain management.
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Najmeh Parissa Sadoughi, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pain Medicine
Dr. N. Parisa Sadoughi is board certified in anesthesiology and is fellowship trained in interventional pain management. Dr. Sadoughi's comprehensive approach to pain management utilizes lifestyle changes, physical therapy, behavioral medicine, medication, and interventional techniques. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in Biochemistry and continued her education at New York Medical College where she received her medical degree. Dr. Sadoughi completed her internship at Loma Linda University in Internal Medicine and her anesthesiology residency at USC. Read more >
