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Marinda Le is a board-certified and licensed PA. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from San Diego State University, where she served as an official student representative and studied abroad in the UK at the University of Leicester.

Before becoming a healthcare provider, Marinda gained valuable experience in primary care, urgent care, pediatrics, and cardiology. She completed her Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies at Southern California University of Health Sciences and is an active member of the California Academy of Physician Assistants (CAPA). She is dedicated to enhancing her patients' quality of life.

Outside of medicine, Marinda enjoys live music, singing, beach picnics, longboarding, traveling, trying new sports, and spending time with her loved ones.

Graduated from Western University of Health Sciences. Specializes in Pain Management, Urgent Care and Family Medicine. Shahzad is bilingual in Spanish and has extensive experience working in underserved communities. Shahzad is passionate about educating patients about their conditions and helping them achieve their health goals. Before becoming a PA, he worked as an Emergency Medical Technician in Los Angeles, CA and as a Phlebotomist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Outside of work, he loves spending time with his family, traveling and being in nature.

Ryanna earned a BA in biological sciences from Rutgers University and an associate degree in nursing from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.  She worked as a floor nurse at Albany Medical Center while earning a degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Russell Sage College.  Upon licensure, she transitioned to the role of Nurse practitioner and has experience in gastroenterology, infectious diseases, and now pain management.  In her spare time, she loves jogging to the beach, lifting weights, and learning how to surf.

Narinder Grewal, MD, is a board-certified pain management specialist with more than 40 years of professional medical experience. He Serves both Northern and Southern California locations. Dr. Grewal provides a number of groundbreaking pain treatments at his office, including epidural injections, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, percutaneous endoscopic laser discectomy (LASE), and more.

A native of India, Dr. Grewal completed his undergraduate education at Punjab University in Punjab in 1977. He was later accepted into the prestigious Patiala Government Medical College in Patiala. With a strong desire to further his medical education, Dr. Grewal soon relocated to the United States and completed his residency program at the University of Toledo Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio.

After finishing his residency, Dr. Grewal completed interventional pain management, spinal surgery, and spinal injection fellowships to prepare himself for challenges he would ultimately face as a leading pain management specialist. He continues to further his education whenever possible to provide his patients with the most exceptional pain management care. Not only does he participate in training seminars, but he also attends hands-on medical conference programs across the country every year.

Dr. Grewal holds several board certifications, including a certification in pain management by the American Academy of Pain Management and anesthesia by the American Society of Anesthesiology. He is also an active member in a number of professional medical associations, such as the American Society of Interventional Pain Management Physicians, the Spinal Modulation Society, the International Society of Spinal Endoscopists, the American Medical Association, and the American Society of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Chronic musculoskeletal pain
Nerve conduction study and electromyelography

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2010 - Now
Board Certification in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialty, 2010 – Now

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

Medical Licensure in California, 10/22/2008 - Now

MEDICAL TRAINING

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency
8/2003 – 10/2007
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MEDICAL AND POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

Doctor of Medicine Degree and Master of Business Administration Degree
1997 – 2003
Combined Program with Tufts University School of Medicine, Brandeis University, and Northeastern University.
Boston, Massachusetts

English
Chinese – Mandarin and Taiwanese

A southern Californian native, Dr. Lai completed his medical training at Tufts University where he subsequently served as a clinical instructor. He is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He also holds board certifications in Pain Medicine and Independent Medical Examiners. 

Dr. Lai’s primary goal is to achieve maximal restoration of physical, psychological, social and vocational function through comprehensive rehabilitation. Dr. Lai’s professional interests include interventional pain management, neuromusculoskeletal disorders, electrodiagnostics, industrial and occupational rehabilitation. His approach to caring is based on improvement in quality of life through improvement in function.

Dr. Lai understands that physicians today must have superb clinical expertise, plus an understanding of business advocacy systems to help patients access the insurance, medical care, and the support required when facing an injury in order to help people improve their quality of life.

Dr. Shinto Koshy completed his Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency training at the State University of New York Downstate and is board certified. He completed his Interventional Spine Fellowship at Centers for Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine.

Dr. Koshy is an active member with the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Association of Academic Physiatrists, American College of Healthcare Executives, and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. His philosophy of care is a comprehensive approach while focusing on prevention, educating patients about their pain, and giving patients the opportunity to make the right choices with their healthcare.

Dr. Tadeh Setaghian is a highly accomplished and dedicated physician, specializing in the fields of anesthesiology and pain management. Dr. Setaghian pursued his anesthesiology residency at Boston University, where he honed his skills in administering anesthesia and gained a comprehensive understanding of perioperative patient management. His strong foundation in anesthesiology provided him with a solid platform to further explore his interest in pain management which led him to completing a comprehensive pain medicine fellowship program at Rutgers University.

 

Now, as a practicing physician, Dr. Setaghian remains steadfast in his commitment to providing the most up-to-date treatment modalities for his patients including radiofrequency ablation, neuromodulation, and interspinous spacer implantation. He strives to stay informed about the latest advancements in pain management, ensuring that his patients benefit from the most effective and evidence-based approaches.

Dr. Rahimi provides a comprehensive, non-surgical, orthopedic approach for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders such as the back, hip, knee, foot, shoulder, elbow and hand disorders. The positive results seen are attributed to customized treatment and rehabilitation program for each individual using state-of-the-art technology. Dr. Rahimi strives to help each patient achieve their recovery goal. In addition to traditional orthopedic treatments, Dr. Rahimi uses the latest, cutting-edge regenerative therapies, such as Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) and Stem Cell therapy, found at elite universities. These therapies offer alternative solutions to surgery for poor surgery candidates or patients wishing to forego surgery. Dr. Rahimi believes that medicine requires a personal touch that is both a science and an art.

Dr. Rahimi has served as a Medical Director for Knee Centers of America and Emere Healthcare in Newport Beach, California. Dr. Rahimi currently serves as the pain management and rehabilitation physician at Orange County Pain & Rehab Clinic and has affiliations with Hoag hospital, Long Beach Memorial, and Kindred hospital-Westminster.

Dr. Rahimi has been featured in the Riviera Magazine, Orange Coast Magazine, appeared on Laguna Woods Channel 6 TV, and has been a keynote speaker for Ossur and Eli-Lilly Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Rahimi completed her medical school training at Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, her Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency at the University of California, Irvine, and her Internship was done at Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

Adam Weitzman, MD, is a Pain Management physician who practices in four Los Angeles locations, Redondo Beach, El Segundo, Torrance and Seal Beach, California. He is double board certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology. 

Dr. Weitzman earned his medical degree and graduated with honors from the Weill Medical College of Cornell University in New York City. He then completed an internship at the University of Pennsylvania before completing a residency in anesthesiology at Temple University, both in Philadelphia. Afterward, he finished an ACGME recognized fellowship in pain management at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in New York City, where he served as chief fellow. 

He focuses on state-of-the-art therapies for acute and chronic pain. Dr. Weitzman uses a multidisciplinary approach that includes chiropractic care, physical therapy, massage therapy, stem cell therapy, and interventional pain techniques. His goal is to identify and eliminate the causes of pain that don’t respond to a single method of treatment so patients can live pain-free. 

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Dr. Vivek Babaria, DO, FAAPMR

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TRUSTED BY TOP ATHLETES AND MUSICIANS

Dr. Babaria is nationally recognized in the field of regenerative orthopedics, interventional spine, and sports medicine. Since affiliating with DISC MD GROUP, He is the Director of Regenerative Medicine and Nonsurgical Sports Medicine. He specializes in ultrasound diagnostics and non-surgical cell-based orthobiologic treatments.

Dr. Babaria has provided elite and personalized care to elite athletes, musicians, and performers nationally and internationally. He carries this forward in his day-to-day practice for all patients who seek his unique expertise.

Furthermore, Dr. Babaria represents the highest industry standards and helps set the guidelines for the field at large.

HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES:

• Spine Intervention Society, Patient Safety Committee
• North American Spine Society, Patient Safety Committee
• North American Spine Society, Patient Education Committee
• Pacific Spine and Pain Society, Policy and Advocacy Committee

 

EDUCATION

Fellowship
Interventional Spine and Sports Medicine
OSSHealth - York, PA

Residency
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH [Case Western University Affiliate]
Integrative Medicine in Residency Training, University of Arizona

Internship
Riverside University Medical Center, Riverside, CA

Medical School
A.T. Still University SOMA, Mesa, AZ

 

BACKGROUND

Dr. Babaria grew up in Norwood, New Jersey, a small suburb town of Bergen County. This is where he became an Eagle Scout and was exposed to the volunteer ambulance and fire squads. He completed his undergraduate education at The Pennsylvania State University and received a degree in Psychology and minors in Neuroscience and Economics. He then pursued a two-year post-graduate studies program in Thane, India at Tattvagnan Vidhyapeeth (TVP). TVP literally translates to “study of true knowledge.” It is a school aiming to develop the most versatile future leaders of the world by promoting values-centric education. From rigorous classes in critical, comparative Eastern and Western philosophy, world religions, history, and Vedic literature, TVP enhances students’ curiosity quotient, emotional intelligence, and cross-cultural sensitivity. It was at TVP where Dr. Babaria further enhanced his study and practice of yoga, its philosophy, and spiritual exercise.

After earning his medical degree from A.T. Still University, Dr. Babaria completed residency training at University Hospitals in Cleveland, OH, an affiliate of Case Western Reserve University. During this training experience, he received formal training in Integrative Medicine from the University of Arizona. In residency training, he participated as a regional and national instructor for osteopathic manual medicine therapies.

Dr. Babaria then completed a North American Spine Society (NASS) accredited interventional spine and musculoskeletal sports medicine fellowship at OSSHEALTH, under the direction of world-renowned Dr. Michael Furman MD, MS, the author of Atlas of Image-Guided Spine and MSK Procedures; the preeminent atlas on image-guided interventional procedures. Dr. Furman and OSSHEALTH have trained over 110 fellows over the last 15+ years. Other programs that are NASS-accredited include Stanford, Cleveland Clinic, Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), Vanderbilt, Rothman Institute, and Johns Hopkins.

There, he furthered his knowledge in diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound, electrodiagnostics, and the full spectrum of advanced fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided injection procedures for the treatment of nerves, joints, tendons, ligaments, muscles, and pain. He also received formal certification to provide TENEX, Basivertebral Nerve Ablations (BVN) - Intracept, neuromodulation, and regenerative medicine.

Dr. Babaria has a clinical interest in the interconnection between spinal pain conditions and musculoskeletal injuries, and the integrative treatment of this continuum with innovative interventional and regenerative techniques, neuromuscular manual medicine, and therapeutic exercise.

 

DR. BABARIA'S COMMITMENT TO YOU

Dr. Babaria is committed to providing compassionate care for patients with a wide range of ailments, using a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment. Dr. Babaria works with several types of practitioners during the treatment process, including occupational, massage, and physical therapists; chiropractors; surgeons; primary care providers and vocational and case management services.

Dr. Babaria also performs many treatments himself including spinal and peripheral joint injections. Overall, he believes in using the most conservative and least invasive care possible to help restore his patients to their optimum level of functioning.

 

OUTSIDE OF WORK

Outside of work, Dr. Babaria most enjoys spending time with his loved ones and avidly participating in a variety of recreational sports including basketball, volleyball, baseball, and football. He loves the outdoors including the water and hiking alike. He very proudly boasts that he can "drop dimes" and is more than willing to recount stories of his pickup basketball success and glory.

Advance Comprehensive Pain Care is a specialist pain management practice with offices in Moreno Valley, Riverside, and Rancho Cucamonga, California. Led by double board-certified pain management expert Munish Loomba, MD, the practice offers outstanding and compassionate care to patients living with musculoskeletal conditions and chronic pain.

Dr. Loomba and his colleagues provide the latest treatments for conditions ranging from migraines and bursitis to complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and fibromyalgia. They help patients with challenging forms of neck and back pain, including herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and facet joint syndrome. Advance Comprehensive Pain Care, Inc. also specializes in treating neuropathic (nerve dysfunction) conditions like peripheral neuropathy and postherpetic neuralgia.

The treatments offered at Advance Comprehensive Pain Care, Inc. typically begin with highly effective conservative options such as physical therapy and medication. Patients also benefit from advanced interventions like medical Botox® injections, PRP (platelet-rich plasma) therapy, bursa injections, radiofrequency ablation, epidural injections, and spinal cord stimulator implantation.

In addition, Advance Comprehensive Pain Care, Inc. uses state-of-the-art diagnostics to discover the source of pain, including imaging technologies and procedures like medial branch block injections.

To find out how you can benefit from Dr. Loomba’s expertise, call the nearest Advance Comprehensive Pain Care, Inc. office or book an appointment online today.

Dr. Jonathan Shaywitz is a board-certified psychiatrist with more than 20 years of experience treating adults with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), schizophrenia, and treatment-resistant mood disorders. He is committed to providing thoughtful, evidence-based care tailored to each patient's unique needs and goals. Dr. Shaywitz combines expertise in psychiatric evaluation, medication management, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), Spravato® (esketamine), and ketamine therapy with a collaborative, compassionate approach. He works closely with patients to develop personalized treatment plans that promote lasting emotional well-being and improved quality of life.