Cardiologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Chiropractor providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dentist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Dermatologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Family Physician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
OB-GYN providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Ophthalmologist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Orthopedic Surgeon providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Pediatrician providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Physical Therapist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Podiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Psychiatrist providers include doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. They often maintain long-term relationships with you and advise and treat you on a range of health related issues.
Edgar Celis, MD, is a double board-certified anesthesiologist and pain management physician, and the founder of the California Pain Group, located in San Rafael and Daly City, California. Dr. Celis has extensive experience in improving patient lives by using conservative, state-of-the-art techniques to treat a wide range of joint and spine disorders.
Dr. Celis completed a surgical internship at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in New York City. He successfully received specializations in both pain management and anesthesiology from Harvard University Medical School, having completed his residency and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Before founding California Pain Group, Dr. Celis worked in private practice and with leading academic hospitals in Boston, New York City, and Miami. He has a particular interest and valuable experience in comprehensive pain management and advanced minimally invasive techniques, including ultrasound-guided nerve injections and spinal cord stimulation.
A native of Colombia, Dr. Celis speaks Spanish fluently. During his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and children, and playing soccer, hiking, and mountain biking.
Edgar Celis, MD, is a double board-certified anesthesiologist and pain management physician, and the founder of the California Pain Group, located in San Rafael and Daly City, California. Dr. Celis has extensive experience in improving patient lives by using conservative, state-of-the-art techniques to treat a wide range of joint and spine disorders.
Dr. Celis completed a surgical internship at Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in New York City. He successfully received specializations in both pain management and anesthesiology from Harvard University Medical School, having completed his residency and fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Before founding California Pain Group, Dr. Celis worked in private practice and with leading academic hospitals in Boston, New York City, and Miami. He has a particular interest and valuable experience in comprehensive pain management and advanced minimally invasive techniques, including ultrasound-guided nerve injections and spinal cord stimulation.
A native of Colombia, Dr. Celis speaks Spanish fluently. During his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and children, and playing soccer, hiking, and mountain biking.
Leslie DeLaney, MD, is a board-certified pain management specialist at Balanced Pain Management in Walnut Creek, California. She considers it a unique honor to serve patients in the East Bay region in Northern California.
Dr. DeLaney became interested in the field of pain management while she was still a medical student at the Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was during her anesthesiology rotation that she was introduced to this sub-specialty and was impressed by the doctors’ ability to perform nerve blocks to stop pain that patients, until then, had no choice but to “live with it.” Those doctors were able to relieve patients’ suffering quickly and profoundly, and they inspired her to do the same. It was at that point that she decided to do an anesthesiology residency and become a pain management specialist.
Dr. DeLaney received her training in anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. Johns Hopkins Hospital continues to be the #1 training hospital in the world. In addition to learning in-depth pharmacology, physiology, and intraoperative anesthesiology, she learned about acute and chronic pain and worked with some of the pioneers in pain management while doing electives there.
Dr. DeLaney then chose to receive her formal pain management training in interventional pain medicine at The Cleveland Clinic Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Clinic is world-renowned and the top hospital in the country for the treatment of chronic pain. During her fellowship, Dr. DeLaney concentrated on learning how to treat patients with intractable pain using injection techniques, medication management, and integrating psychology and physical therapy into a plan that would allow people to have a better quality of life.
Dr. DeLaney took her first position as a fully trained pain management specialist at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. She achieved the rank of Assistant Professor and maintained a successful pain management practice that involved treating all types of acute and chronic pain syndromes. Dr. DeLaney was also responsible for teaching medical students, residents, and fellows about the disease of chronic pain and how to treat it successfully.
Dr. DeLaney is board certified in both chronic pain management and anesthesiology and has published multiple papers on chronic pain management. She continues to give lectures at local and national medical meetings on pain management.
She is a member of the California Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Pain Association, the American Academy of Pain Management, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain.
“She knows what she is doing, she is an excellent doctor, she asks you questions that you can respond to and is a very good listener. She will give you some suggestions as to what can be done for you.”
Balanced Pain Management
Pain Medicine Physician
130 LA CASA VIA BLDG 2
Suite 209
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
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Dr. Ruben Kalra, MD, MBA
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 4.6 mi
Ruben Kalra, MD, is a highly skilled doctor specializing in anesthesiology and pain management. He provides integrative and empathetic care to patients in pain at Pain Medicine Consultants in Pleasant Hill, Corte Madera, and Novato, California.
Born and raised in California and trained in anesthesiology and pain management at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Kalra is affable and approachable. He completed an anesthesia and critical care residency followed by a pain management fellowship at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. This stellar program enabled him to learn first-hand Brigham's pioneering pain treatment techniques.
Dr. Kalra maintains double board certifications in anesthesiology and pain medicine. He was the chairman of the Cross-Campus Pain Management Team for the John Muir Health Medical Center in Walnut Creek and Concord, California, from 2010-2015. He also served as the director for the pre-eminent functional restoration program in San Francisco and has served as a board member of the California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians since 2010.
Dr. Kalra is one of the few pain doctors nationwide invited as a pain management expert for Grand Rounds (https://grandrounds.com/). Dr. Kalra is the treating physician of the California Highway Patrol and hundreds of firefighters and law enforcement. Dr. Kalra has an avid interest in mindful meditation and the use of minimally invasive techniques for the relief of neck and back pain.
Dr. Kalra speaks Spanish and conversational Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Hindi, Bulgarian, and Haitian Creole. He enjoys surfing around the globe, barbecuing, yoga, and gardening.
Dr. Kalra was the first and only physician in Marin and Sonoma counties to offer the minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) procedure, a novel treatment for spinal stenosis.
Dr. Kalra is also Marin's County's leading expert on spinal cord stimulation (SCS), an innovative option used to treat a variety of pain conditions without the need for invasive surgery. He has expertise in providing spinal cord stimulation to patients with many conditions, including complex regional pain syndrome, ongoing back and leg pain after spine surgery, back pain, neck pain, chronic pain after cardiac and thoracic surgery, ongoing knee pain despite knee replacement, intercostal neuralgia, ilioinguinal neuralgia, intractable angina, trigeminal neuralgia, post-herpetic neuralgia, chronic abdominal pain, chronic pelvic pain, and migraines.
Dr. Kalra is a strong advocate of neuroplasticity and using the body to heal itself. Pain Medicine Consultants offers an IV ketamine program to enable neuroplastic changes as well as use of platelet-rich plasma and stem cell therapies to give the body an opportunity to heal naturally.
Dr. Kalra has been invited to speak at numerous conferences and hospitals on advances in interventional pain management and the MILD procedure, the latest in minimally invasive spine procedures, and, most recently, talks at the University of California, San Francisco; the University of California, Davis; Columbia University in New York City; and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, about the use of mindfulness meditation in treating pain.
Nate Gamsky, MD, is an experienced pain management specialist serving patients at Pain Medicine Consultants in Pleasant Hill and Pleasanton, California. He takes a multimodal approach to pain management, including interventional procedures, pharmacotherapy, and physical rehabilitation.
Dr. Gamsky is an East Bay native who earned his medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. He went on to complete an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Then, he returned to the Bay Area to complete his anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, where he served as chief fellow.
Dr. Gamsky has expertise in advanced interventional spine and pain management techniques, including spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, radiofrequency ablation, regenerative medicine, and minimally invasive spinal procedures.
He has published and presented on anesthesiology and pain medicine and is active in several medical and professional associations. Dr. Gamsky is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Pacific Spine and Pain Society, the American Medical Association, and the North American Neuromodulation Society.
Outside of work, Dr. Gamsky spends his free time surfing, swimming, and exploring the California coast.
Dr. Sameera Alocozy has a special interest in the nonsurgical treatment of musculoskeletal injuries and back pain. During medical school, she was the President of the Student National Medical Association committed to supporting and representing the needs of minority medical students as well as promoting cultural and social competency in medicine. She continued to be involved in various leadership activities during her residency training. Dr. Alocozy credits her culturally diverse background with giving her a broad and multifaceted outlook on individual health and well-being. This view carries over into her interaction with her patients and emphasis on creating treatment plans tailored towards the unique needs of each patient rather than a “one fits all” approach. Outside of the office, Dr. Alocozy enjoys outdoor activities, reading, cooking and spending time with family and friends.
With 10+ years of experience in interventional pain management and added certification in integrative medicine, I utilize a comprehensive approach, diverse skill set, and am dedicated to compassionate healing to help set the new standard in modern-day pain care. I specialize in both traditional and cutting-edge interventional pain procedures, non-operative orthopedic, sport, and spine injuries, and electrodiagnostic testing (EMG/NCV).
Dr. Richard Keyme takes the time getting to know his patients using a main approach focusing on patients’ overall quality of life, working together with the patients’ unique personal situations, and not just treating the pain. He also believes in a multi-disciplinary approach, as well as empowering patients to take ownership of their health. Due to Dr Keyme living with his own lower back pain for the past 20 years, he takes a special interest in lower back pain and is a double-board certified physician. After graduating with degrees in Biomedical Science and Psychology, he then taught high school for 3 years as a science teacher, then earned his medical degree graduating with honors. He also has interest in how technology can improve modern medicine and completed the BioDesign Innovative Course at Stanford. Outside of the office, Dr. Keyme enjoys cooking Korean BBQ, playing basketball, and walks with his dog.
With multiple medical board-certifications and an extensive background of devoted patient care, I am both humbled and honored to be recognized as an industry leader for my work in interventional spine and orthopedic medicine, pain management, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, an digital health. Backed by an award-winning multidisciplinary team, I have a proven track record in helping people who suffer from pain and injury. I am passionate about collaborative, cutting-edge, innovative, and value/evidence-based approaches to patient care. My objective is simple: optimize function and quality of life in the most efficient, conservative, and minimally-invasive way possible, one individual at a time. I have developed and indoctrinated cost-effective best practices to produce best-in-class patient care outcomes on a consistent basis, and I’m excited to continue building on this calling as both a physician and healthcare executive.
Dr. Joseph Enayati is a fellowship-trained and double board-certified Pain Medicine physician who brings his expertise and advanced skill set to LA Pain in Beverly Hills, California.Dr. Enayati’s considerable diagnostic and surgical skills allow LA Pain to offer other sophisticated treatments including neural mapping, allograft neural flossing, radiofrequency ablation, and spinal cord stimulation, which are not offered at all pain management practices.He also provides a comprehensive array of traditional pain management services with the highest standards of quality, precision, and personalization.Dr. Enayati also offers advanced regenerative medicine treatments, including PRP injections, that facilitate genuine healing and rejuvenation for damaged joints, muscles, and spine—often with truly remarkable results!
Dr. Enayati and his team are dedicated to treating all sorts of chronic and acute pain, and focus on getting to the root cause of the problem to provide long-term pain relief tailored to each patient’s unique situation.This practice is ready to go the extra mile to ensure that patients achieve the best results possible.Call today to book an appointment and discover why LA Pain truly is at the forefront of pain medicine.
Dr. Enayati is Board Certified in two specialties—Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology—by the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Board of Anesthesia. He completed his Pain Medicine Fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical School’s Manhattan Center for Pain Management in New York City.He completed his Anesthesiology Residency at the University of Chicago and his General Surgery Internship at the University of California, San Francisco.Dr. Enayati attended medical school at Midwestern University and attended the University of California, Berkeley for his undergraduate education.
Please note that LA Pain is a non-narcotics practice that focuses on treating patients’ pain with targeted interventions, such as injections and other minimally-invasive procedures.We suggest that patients who are seeking narcotic medications find treatment elsewhere.
Nate Gamsky, MD, is an experienced pain management specialist serving patients at Pain Medicine Consultants in Pleasant Hill and Pleasanton, California. He takes a multimodal approach to pain management, including interventional procedures, pharmacotherapy, and physical rehabilitation.
Dr. Gamsky is an East Bay native who earned his medical degree from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C. He went on to complete an internship in Internal Medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Then, he returned to the Bay Area to complete his anesthesiology residency and pain medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco, where he served as chief fellow.
Dr. Gamsky has expertise in advanced interventional spine and pain management techniques, including spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulation, radiofrequency ablation, regenerative medicine, and minimally invasive spinal procedures.
He has published and presented on anesthesiology and pain medicine and is active in several medical and professional associations. Dr. Gamsky is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Pacific Spine and Pain Society, the American Medical Association, and the North American Neuromodulation Society.
Outside of work, Dr. Gamsky spends his free time surfing, swimming, and exploring the California coast.
Ruben Kalra, MD, is a highly skilled doctor specializing in anesthesiology and pain management. He provides integrative and empathetic care to patients in pain at Pain Medicine Consultants in Pleasant Hill, Corte Madera, and Novato, California.
Born and raised in California and trained in anesthesiology and pain management at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Kalra is affable and approachable. He completed an anesthesia and critical care residency followed by a pain management fellowship at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. This stellar program enabled him to learn first-hand Brigham's pioneering pain treatment techniques.
Dr. Kalra maintains double board certifications in anesthesiology and pain medicine. He was the chairman of the Cross-Campus Pain Management Team for the John Muir Health Medical Center in Walnut Creek and Concord, California, from 2010-2015. He also served as the director for the pre-eminent functional restoration program in San Francisco and has served as a board member of the California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians since 2010.
Dr. Kalra is one of the few pain doctors nationwide invited as a pain management expert for Grand Rounds (https://grandrounds.com/). Dr. Kalra is the treating physician of the California Highway Patrol and hundreds of firefighters and law enforcement. Dr. Kalra has an avid interest in mindful meditation and the use of minimally invasive techniques for the relief of neck and back pain.
Dr. Kalra speaks Spanish and conversational Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Hindi, Bulgarian, and Haitian Creole. He enjoys surfing around the globe, barbecuing, yoga, and gardening.
Dr. Kalra was the first and only physician in Marin and Sonoma counties to offer the minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) procedure, a novel treatment for spinal stenosis.
Dr. Kalra is also Marin's County's leading expert on spinal cord stimulation (SCS), an innovative option used to treat a variety of pain conditions without the need for invasive surgery. He has expertise in providing spinal cord stimulation to patients with many conditions, including complex regional pain syndrome, ongoing back and leg pain after spine surgery, back pain, neck pain, chronic pain after cardiac and thoracic surgery, ongoing knee pain despite knee replacement, intercostal neuralgia, ilioinguinal neuralgia, intractable angina, trigeminal neuralgia, post-herpetic neuralgia, chronic abdominal pain, chronic pelvic pain, and migraines.
Dr. Kalra is a strong advocate of neuroplasticity and using the body to heal itself. Pain Medicine Consultants offers an IV ketamine program to enable neuroplastic changes as well as use of platelet-rich plasma and stem cell therapies to give the body an opportunity to heal naturally.
Dr. Kalra has been invited to speak at numerous conferences and hospitals on advances in interventional pain management and the MILD procedure, the latest in minimally invasive spine procedures, and, most recently, talks at the University of California, San Francisco; the University of California, Davis; Columbia University in New York City; and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, about the use of mindfulness meditation in treating pain.
Ruben Kalra, MD, is a highly skilled doctor specializing in anesthesiology and pain management. He provides integrative and empathetic care to patients in pain at Pain Medicine Consultants in Pleasant Hill, Corte Madera, and Novato, California.
Born and raised in California and trained in anesthesiology and pain management at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Dr. Kalra is affable and approachable. He completed an anesthesia and critical care residency followed by a pain management fellowship at Harvard's Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. This stellar program enabled him to learn first-hand Brigham's pioneering pain treatment techniques.
Dr. Kalra maintains double board certifications in anesthesiology and pain medicine. He was the chairman of the Cross-Campus Pain Management Team for the John Muir Health Medical Center in Walnut Creek and Concord, California, from 2010-2015. He also served as the director for the pre-eminent functional restoration program in San Francisco and has served as a board member of the California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians since 2010.
Dr. Kalra is one of the few pain doctors nationwide invited as a pain management expert for Grand Rounds (https://grandrounds.com/). Dr. Kalra is the treating physician of the California Highway Patrol and hundreds of firefighters and law enforcement. Dr. Kalra has an avid interest in mindful meditation and the use of minimally invasive techniques for the relief of neck and back pain.
Dr. Kalra speaks Spanish and conversational Mandarin Chinese, Italian, Hindi, Bulgarian, and Haitian Creole. He enjoys surfing around the globe, barbecuing, yoga, and gardening.
Dr. Kalra was the first and only physician in Marin and Sonoma counties to offer the minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) procedure, a novel treatment for spinal stenosis.
Dr. Kalra is also Marin's County's leading expert on spinal cord stimulation (SCS), an innovative option used to treat a variety of pain conditions without the need for invasive surgery. He has expertise in providing spinal cord stimulation to patients with many conditions, including complex regional pain syndrome, ongoing back and leg pain after spine surgery, back pain, neck pain, chronic pain after cardiac and thoracic surgery, ongoing knee pain despite knee replacement, intercostal neuralgia, ilioinguinal neuralgia, intractable angina, trigeminal neuralgia, post-herpetic neuralgia, chronic abdominal pain, chronic pelvic pain, and migraines.
Dr. Kalra is a strong advocate of neuroplasticity and using the body to heal itself. Pain Medicine Consultants offers an IV ketamine program to enable neuroplastic changes as well as use of platelet-rich plasma and stem cell therapies to give the body an opportunity to heal naturally.
Dr. Kalra has been invited to speak at numerous conferences and hospitals on advances in interventional pain management and the MILD procedure, the latest in minimally invasive spine procedures, and, most recently, talks at the University of California, San Francisco; the University of California, Davis; Columbia University in New York City; and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, about the use of mindfulness meditation in treating pain.
With multiple medical board-certifications and an extensive background of devoted patient care, I am both humbled and honored to be recognized as an industry leader for my work in interventional spine and orthopedic medicine, pain management, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, an digital health. Backed by an award-winning multidisciplinary team, I have a proven track record in helping people who suffer from pain and injury. I am passionate about collaborative, cutting-edge, innovative, and value/evidence-based approaches to patient care. My objective is simple: optimize function and quality of life in the most efficient, conservative, and minimally-invasive way possible, one individual at a time. I have developed and indoctrinated cost-effective best practices to produce best-in-class patient care outcomes on a consistent basis, and I’m excited to continue building on this calling as both a physician and healthcare executive.
With 10+ years of experience in interventional pain management and added certification in integrative medicine, I utilize a comprehensive approach, diverse skill set, and am dedicated to compassionate healing to help set the new standard in modern-day pain care. I specialize in both traditional and cutting-edge interventional pain procedures, non-operative orthopedic, sport, and spine injuries, and electrodiagnostic testing (EMG/NCV).
Dr. Richard Keyme takes the time getting to know his patients using a main approach focusing on patients’ overall quality of life, working together with the patients’ unique personal situations, and not just treating the pain. He also believes in a multi-disciplinary approach, as well as empowering patients to take ownership of their health. Due to Dr Keyme living with his own lower back pain for the past 20 years, he takes a special interest in lower back pain and is a double-board certified physician. After graduating with degrees in Biomedical Science and Psychology, he then taught high school for 3 years as a science teacher, then earned his medical degree graduating with honors. He also has interest in how technology can improve modern medicine and completed the BioDesign Innovative Course at Stanford. Outside of the office, Dr. Keyme enjoys cooking Korean BBQ, playing basketball, and walks with his dog.
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