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Physician Profiles
Farid Kia, MD
Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Certified in Subspecialty of Pain Medicine
Professional Experience
2013 to Present Pain Management Specialists, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria,
and Atascadero, CA
2012-2013 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Pain Management Fellowship,
Philadelphia, PA
2009-2012 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation Residency, Philadelphia, PA
2008-2009 Harbor UCLA Medical Center, General Surgery, Torrance, CA
2007-2008 University of Minnesota Medical Center, General Surgery Internship,
Minneapolis, MN
Education
2003-2007 Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN
1998-2002 Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN
Scope of Practice
Dr. Kia utilizes a multidisciplinary approach for treating chronic pain arising
from a variety of disease processes. He strongly believes in patient education
and incorporates individual patient goals into the treatment plan. He is skilled
in fluoroscopic interventional procedures including spinal injections and radiofrequency
ablation. He also offers implantable pain devices such as spinal cord stimulators
and intrathecal pain pumps. His training in physical medicine & rehabilitation allows
him to improve the patients overall functional capacity while managing their pain in
a safe, effective, and individually tailored manner.
Timothy Kuang, MD, QME
Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Subspecialty Board Certified in Pain Management
Professional Experience
2001- Present Timothy Kuang, MD, Inc, Pain Management Specialist,
Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation Management
Education
2000-2001 Pain Management Fellowship, Department of Anesthesiology,
Loma Linda University Medical Center
1997-2000 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency, Albert
Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
1996-1997 Internal Medicine Internship, Cornell University Medical
College, New York Hospital at Queens
1992-1996 M.D., St. George's University, School of Medicine
1988-1992 B.S., Cornell University, Major: Biology, Biochemistry
Concentration
Scope of Practice
Pain Management Specialist highly trained in the diagnosis and
treatment of pain with the Pain Management Associates of the
Central Coast. Active provider in pain management with extensive
experience and focus in conservative pain management, diagnosis
and therapeutic nerve blocks, spinal cord stimulation, spinal
infusion pump and implantation management, radiofrequency therapy,
and MILD procedures.
Russ L. Levitan, MD, QME
Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology
Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management
Professional Experience
1997-Present Pain Management Specialists of San Luis Obispo
and Santa Maria, CA
1989-1997 Director of Anesthesiology, Arroyo Grande Community
Hospital, Arroyo Grande, CA
Education
1989 St. Vincent's Hospital-Los Angeles, Cardiac Anesthesiology fellowship
1988 Children's Hospital-Los Angeles, Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship
1986-1989 UC-Irvine, Anesthesiology residency
1985-1986 UC-Irvine, Internal Medicine internship
1985 UC-Irvine, MD degree
1981 UCLA BS Psychobiology, Magna Cum Laude
Scope of Practice
Pain Management Specialist highly trained in the diagnosis and treatment
of pain with the Pain Management Associates of the Central Coast. Active
provider in pain management with extensive experience and focus in conservative
pain management, diagnosis and therapeutic nerve blocks, spinal cord stimulation,
spinal infusion pump and implantation management, radiofrequency therapy, and
MILD procedures.
Carlos L. Untal, MD
Interventional Pain Management Specialist
Professional Experience
Present Pain Management Specialists of San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria, CA
2005-2006 University of California, Davis Medical Center, Pain Fellowship,
Sacramento, California
2005 Veterans Hospital, General Anesthesiologist VA Hospital, Mather,
California
2001-2004 University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve
University, Anesthesiology Residency, Cleveland, Ohio
2000-2001 University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve
University, Medicine Internship, Cleveland, Ohio
Education
1995-2000 Doctor of Medicine: Ross University School of Medicine:
Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies
1992-1995 Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences: California State
University, Sacramento: Sacramento, California
1989-1992 Associate Arts in Biological Sciences: Solano Community
College: Suisun, California
Scope of Practice
Dr. Carlos Untal Graduated from Ross University School of Medicine
in 2000. He completed Anesthesiology residency at Case Western Reserve
University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio in 2004. His interest in pain
management led him to his pain management fellowship at University of
California at Davis Medical Center. In 2006, Dr. Untal joined Pain
Management Specialists of the Central Coast.
Dr. Untal treats patients with chronic pain conditions by using a
multidisciplinary model to provide functional pain control. Treatments
may include injection intervention, use of opioid pain medication,
physical therapy, pain psychology and implantable pain devices. He works
closely with local oncologists to provide cancer intrathecal pain pumps.
This provides highly effective control of severe and intractable
cancer pain.
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