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1/08 - Present Interventional Pain Management Physician, SOMA Orthopedics, San Francisco, California

6/05 - 12/07 Interventional Pain Management Physician, St. Lucke's Orthopedic Department, San Francisco, California


2004 - 6/05 Pain Management Fellow, University California, Los Angeles

2001 - 2004 Anesthesiology Residency, University of California, Los Angeles

2000 - 2001 Transitional Internship, Deaconess Medical Center, Spokane, WA

1996 - 2000 Doctor of Medicine, University of California, School of Medicine, San Diego, California
1992 - 1996 B.S. Chemistry, magna cum laude, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

  • Shields, Donald C. M.D., Ph.D., Palma, Claudio M.D., Khoo, Larry T. M.D. Ferrante, F Michael M.D.,: Extramedullary Intrathecal Catheter Granuloma Adherent to the Conus Medullaris Presenting as Cauda Equina Syndrome, Anesthesiology: Volume 102(5) May 2005 pp 1059-1061
  • 1999 National Hispanic Medical Association; annual meeting in Washington, DC; topic: "Latino Health and the Internet"

  • California Medical License: #A79161, issued March 2002
  • Board Certified Anesthesiologist, issued 2005
  • Board Certified Pain Management Specialist, issued 2005


  • Fluent in Spanish

  • Scriptmail X: Freeware remote scripting and control application for Mac OS X
  • PregCalc X: Nagele's rule with advance tracking options

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