Pacific Spine and Pain Society Podcast (PSPS)

Drs. Brittany Grovey and Gemayel Lee are interventional pain physicians and owners of Relive You Center for Advanced Pain Management, located in San Diego, CA. They graduated from UC San Francisco medical school and completed anesthesiology and pain management fellowship training at UC San Diego. In addition to interventional pain, they have specific interests in neuromodulation, particularly peri...

Dr. Lee is Pain Management physician with a hospital-based practice at EvergreenHealth in the state of Washington. She earned her medical degree at Creighton University and trained in both Anesthesiology & Pain Management at the University of Washington. She has been active in research and education in the field of neuromodulation. Most recently she published outcomes on simultaneous engagemen...

Dr. Falowski underwent his neurosurgical residency training at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia with a focus on Spinal Cord Stimulation and Pain management, complex spinal procedures, and treatment for movement disorders such as deep brain stimulation. He completed a functional neurosurgical fellowship at Rush University in Chicago. His practice specializes in neuromodulation and spinal...

He completed residency and fellowship at Stanford University. Since 2009 he has served as Clinical Associate Professor Director Inpatient Pain Service and Director Stanford comprehensive interdisciplinary pain program. He is the Past President World Academy of Pain Medicine United (formerly Ultrasonography) and also presented at 100 national and 40 international meetings including workshops on ult...

Dr. Ramana (Ramo) Naidu is an anesthesiologist and pain physician who is the medical director of pain management at MarinHealth Medical Center and the medical director of Marin Specialty Surgery Center. He helps patients manage, reduce, or eliminate pain and suffering that occurs after medical illness, trauma, or surgery and puts an emphasis on preventing pain from becoming persistent. Naidu is pr...

Episode Notes Associate Professor of PM&R, Director of Clinical Spine Research, Interventional Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine Fellowship Director. Dr. McCormick is a board-certified specialist in Pain Medicine and PM&R. He received his MD at the University of Pennsylvania and completed residency and fellowship at Northwestern University. He is an Associate Professor of PM&R at the...

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Episode Notes Dr. Pritzlaff is an assistant clinical professor in the department of anesthesiology and pain medicine at the University of California, Davis. He also serves as the associate program director for the pain medicine fellowship. Dr. Pritzlaff's clinical interests including opioid-sparing pain management strategies, peripheral nerve stimulation, and innovative use of ultrasound for pain...

Episode Notes Dr. Natalie H. Strand, MD. Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Arizona Dr. Natalie Strand is a double board certified pain physician at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She is the director of neuromodulation and the director of pain research. She was awarded the Lisa Stearns Legacy Diversity Award this year by ASPN. She lives with type 1 diabetes, an...

Dr. Patterson is a Board Certified Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation physician. He is the founder and owner of Nevada Advanced Pain Specialists in Reno, Nevada. He was nominated as one of the top 25 physicians in Northern Nevada by Nevada Business Magazine in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, under the leadership of Dr. Patterson, Northern Nevada Medical Center’s Pain Center is the firs...

On the episode today we talk about addressing pain in patients with cancer. Dr. Christiansen is a double board certified physician in anesthesiology and pain medicine who specializes in chronic pain management. Dr. Christiansen joined the faculty of the Comprehensive Pain Center in 2016 after completing her fellowship in pain medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She currently sees patients in the C...