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Introduction of California Headache and Pain Center
Chong-hao Zhao, MD, PhDAmerican Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology
Subspecialty Board of Headache MedicineAmerican Board of Pain Medicine
American Board of Medical AcupunctureCalifornia Permit Fluoroscopy X-Ray Supervisor and Operator
Medical Director
California Headache and Pain Center, Burbank, CAAdvanced Pain Center, Alhambra, CA
Lecturer Graduate Orofacial Pain Program at UCLA
California Headache and Pain Center(Established in May 2004)
201 S Buena Vista Street, Suite 238, Burbank, California 91505
California Headache and Pain Center
We Provide One-Stop Services
My Strengths in Headache and Pain Practice
• Eastern and Western Medicine background– Holistic concept
• Neurology trained– Neuroanatomical Diagnosis
• Headache Fellowship– Advanced treatment options
• Pain training experience in Anesthesia, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation– Musculoskeletal diagnosis and
multiple treatment options
• Interventional pain management technique– Powerful treatment tool in the
management of difficult headache and pain
Multi-Specialty Team
Carson Ling, MD, Interventional Anesthesia Pain Dung Tran, D.PT, Pain Physical Therapist
Bruce Zeng, O.M.D, Acupuncturist & Herbalist Brooke Matthew, LCSW, Pain Psychologist
Why Refer Us the Difficult Headache Patients ?
• What we can offer:
– Comprehensive diagnosis:• Mixture of migraine, tension-type
headache, cervicogenic headache, neuralgia, myofascial pain, spasmodic torticollis, psychogenic headache
– Multiple powerful treatment tools that most doctors don’t do in their offices:• Various nerve blocks• IV injection of migraine medicine• Out-patient complex IV infusion• Botulinum toxin injection• Psychotherapy• Acupuncture and physical therapy
– Treatment goal: to break the headache cycle, 50% reduction in headache frequency and intensity
Why Refer Us the Difficult Neck Pain Patients ?
• What we can offer:
– Good understanding of the neck anatomy and neuroanatomical distribution of the pain
– Specific treatment options for the correlated diagnosis
– Major: Fluoroscopy-guided interventional pain management
– Supportive: Acupuncture, physical therapy, medications
– Treatment goal: > 50 % pain reduction, before or after the neck surgeries
Interventional Pain Management Before Considering Neck Surgery
• Major causes: cervical radiculopathy, spinal stenosis, bulged disc, facet joint hypertrophy, failed neck surgery syndrome
• Common treatment options: fluoroscopy-guided cervical epidural steroidal injection, and cervical facet joint (medial branch) nerve block
• We have helped many patient avoiding the neck surgery and those who have failed the prior surgeries
Why Refer Us the Difficult Low Back and Leg Pain Patients ?
• What we can offer:
– Comprehensive diagnosis
• Muscle spasm• Lumbosacral radiculopathy• Bulged & degenerative disc• Ligamentum flavum
hypertrophy• Neuroforaminal & central
canal stenosis• Spondylolisthesis• Sacroiliac joint arthritis and
inflammatory pain syndrome• Failed low back pain
syndrome
– Individualized treatment plan: fluoroscopy-guided spinal injections, physical therapy, acupuncture
– Treatment goal: > 50% pain reduction, before or after low back surgeries
Common Pain Procedures for Low Back and Leg Pain
L4/5 Interlaminar Epidural Steroidal Injection Bilateral L5 & S1 Transforaminal Epidural Steroidal Injection
Right L3,4,5 Facet Joint (medial Branch) Nerve Block Right Sacroiliac Joint Steroidal Injection
We Are Ready to Welcome Your Patients
We Are Ready to Help Your Patients
• We accept most major health insurance:– Medicare – Blue cross– Blue shield– Health net– Aetna– Others
• HMO/IPA that we intend to contract with:– Motion picture– Facey medical– Regal medical &
Lakeside medical
– Health care partner
– Caremore medical
Thank You for Your Referral !
201 S Buena Vista Street, Suite 238, Burbank, CA 91505Tel: 818-842-1688Fax: 818-842-1638
WWW. CHPCI.COM
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