3 Best Pain Management Doctors in Salinas, CA

“Dr. Jesse Bernstein is board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) with fellowship training in interventional pain management. He offers services in all forms of interventional pain and PM&R, including, but not limited to, epidurals, ultrasound-guided injections, regenerative medicine/ortho biologics, spinal cord simulators, radio frequency ablations, and electrodiagnostic. He is affiliated with Community Hospital Of The Monterey Peninsula. His goal is to treat the person as a whole and find the most effective and least invasive means of helping people achieve their goals. He uses nonoperative, minimally-invasive, and regenerative techniques to improve patients' function and quality of life so they can return to what they love most. He completed his PM&R training at Downstate University Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, and attended a prestigious fellowship training program at OSS Health in York, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bernstein has numerous publications and remains committed to future research and cutting-edge technologies.”

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“Dr. Lisa Ramirez Kroopf is an interventional pain physician who is double-board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. She finished her pain medicine fellowship at Loma Linda University Medical Center. Dr. Lisa performs traditional pain-relieving procedures such as epidural steroid injections, joint injections, and nerve blocks. She uses a rigorous method of history-taking, physical examination, and diagnostic evaluations to identify the specific underlying cause of each individual’s pain condition. Her team is dedicated to providing personalized care and advanced treatments. Dr. Lisa works directly with her patients to develop a customized treatment plan that helps them reach their personal goals and improve their quality of life. Dr. Lisa Ramirez Kroopf currently practices at They use a scientific-based approach to identify the underlying root cause of acute and chronic pain to reach an accurate diagnosis. Her office is located 19.1 miles from downtown Salinas.”

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“Dr. Salar Deldar is a double-board-certified physician specializing in non-surgical musculoskeletal medicine with a focus on interventional pain management. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California Berkeley and medical studies at UAB School of Medicine. Dr. Deldar did his residency at Stanford University and fellowship at Oregon Health Science University. He is the founder of Pacific Rehabilitation & Pain, as well as the Associate Director of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. He founded and is the Medical Director of the Comprehensive Pain Center at Mee Memorial Hospital, the first pain medicine clinic in South Monterey County. Dr. Deldar has held several national leadership positions in medical education and has been actively involved in a variety of publications, lectures, and national presentations on topics in pain medicine and sports medicine, including a reference in The New York Times. He is a member of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Spine Intervention Society, the North American Spine Society, and the California Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Salar Deldar currently practices at Pacific Rehabilitation & Pain, which is committed to providing patient-centered, compassionate care. They offer a caring approach that combines evidence-based medicine and innovative treatments to help patients manage their pain, improve their daily functioning, and enjoy a better quality of life.”

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