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About Melissa

Melissa is a native of Southern California. She completed her undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley, where she first discovered her passion for the neurosciences. She continued studying cognitive neuroscience in her graduate program at UC San Diego. After realizing a desire to become involved in direct patient care, she decided to pursue a career as a neurology PA and attended the Duke University Physician Assistant Program.

Melissa joined Link Integrated Healthcare in the Fall of 2022. In addition to her love for all things related to the brain, Melissa is passionate about patient education and ensuring that her patients leave with a better understanding of their health. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, drawing, going on national park trips, trying new restaurants (especially pizza spots), and spending time with friends and family.

About Dr. Hiner

Dr. Hiner received his M.D. cum laude from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 1982, having completed the usual 4 years in 3 years in an accelerated scholars program. He was inducted into the medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha by his second year. He completed Neurology training at Stanford University, chosen Administrative Chief Resident by the faculty his senior year. After a year of basic neurosciences fellowship he embarked on a career in clinical medicine and research, establishing one of the largest programs for Parkinson’s disease and other Movement disorders first at the Marshfield Clinic and then at the Medical College of Wisconsin. As full professor he developed one of the largest and most active programs specializing in advanced treatments including Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), where he served as Neurologic Director. He has over 40 research publications in the field, and has participated in over 800 DBS surgeries performing intraoperative microelectrode recording (for precise targeting) and post-op DBS programming.

Dr. Hiner and his wife are proud grandparents of 4 wonderful girls, and relocated to Southern California to stay close to family. At the same time, he is excited to be in clinical practice with Link Integrated Healthcare developing a Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders program offering the most advanced care including  DBS for these conditions.

When not practicing medicine, Dr. Hiner enjoys golf and playing classical guitar.

About Dr. Lan

Dr. Lan specializes in headache medicine including migraine as well as other primary and secondary headaches and facial pain disorders, Botox injections, and occipital nerve blocks and incorporates non-pharmacologic treatment options into her overall approach.

Dr. Lan earned her DO degree from the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Illinois in 2017. She then completed her Neurology residency at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California and received Headache Fellowship training at USC’s Keck School of Medicine in Los Angeles.

Dr. Lan was born and raised in Southern California and is excited to practice where she can raise her young children close to family. She enjoys hiking and trying new recipes.

 

Alireza Bozorgi, MD, is a board-certified neurologist and interventional pain management physician who also specializes in epilepsy and pain management. He sees patients at Minimally Invasive Medical Group, which has offices in Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, and Irvine, California. 

He received his medical degree from Tehran, Iran. He completed a neurology residency at Tehran University. He then completed another neurology residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He obtained a subspecialty in Epilepsy in Cleveland. He worked for two years at Mercy Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Then, he completed a year of fellowship in pain management in Cleveland. Then, he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he practiced for a year. He then moved to California and started to practice at Minimally Invasive Medical Group. 

Dr. Bozorgi has a wealth of research experience and has published extensively. He is a member of several professional associations, including the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry.

Dedicated to providing quality, compassionate patient care, Dr. Bozorgi is currently accepting new patients.

He offers medical, interventional, and invasive management of chronic pain including pain arising from spine, joints, limbs, and headache. His approach to ailments is holistic one, incorporating several frontiers of treatment.

He spends all other time not practicing medicine with his family and traveling.

Throughout his extensive career, board-certified neurologist William Shankle, MS, MD, FACP, has been regarded as a leading expert in the management and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related neurological degenerative conditions. As the founder of Shankle Clinic in Newport Beach, California, Dr. Shankle uses his extensive experience to provide exceptional care for patients from near and far. 

Dr. Shankle attended undergrad at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he completed a bachelor’s degree in biology. He continued to Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where he completed medical school. 

He pursued an internship in internal medicine at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and then completed his residency in neurology at Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center. Dr. Shankle also trained as a statistician at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and completed further postgraduate studies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

After co-founding the Alzheimer’s Research Center at the University of California, Irvine, Dr. Shankle served as Clinical Director for ten years. He also served as Director of the Memory and Cognitive Disorders Program at Hoag Neurosciences Institute.

Dr. Shankle has taken part in many research endeavors and has received numerous awards, including the Zenith Fellows Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. The New York Times has also recognized Dr. Shankle’s investigations on human brain development, reporting on his research as among the most important scientific discoveries of the 1990s.

Dr. Nita Chen is a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders. Dr. Chen received her medical degree from Albany Medical College in 2017. She then completed a neurology residency at UC Irvine (2021) and a movement disorders fellowship at the University of Florida (2023). Throughout her training, she has developed a special interest in Parkinson’s Disease, Dystonia, and Deep Brain Stimulation. What she loves most about these areas is how treatment and technology meet to provide an individualized plan. Dr. Chen uses her love of art to connect science with humanism and is known to use illustrations to demonstrate concepts of disease and treatment. Outside of the role of neurologist, she enjoys gardening, making ceramics, and exploring local crafting festivities. In another life without being plagued by sea sickness, she would be a marine biologist. For now, she’ll settle for her cat (Glia) who is reportedly known to act like a shark at times, or a puffer fish.