Physician Profiles

 


Farid Kia, MD

Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Certified in Subspecialty of Pain Medicine

Professional Experience
2013 to Present Pain Management Specialists, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, and Atascadero, CA
2012-2013 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Pain Management Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
2009-2012 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency, Philadelphia, PA
2008-2009 Harbor UCLA Medical Center, General Surgery, Torrance, CA
2007-2008 University of Minnesota Medical Center, General Surgery Internship, Minneapolis, MN

Education
2003-2007 Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN 1998-2002 Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN

Scope of Practice
Dr. Kia utilizes a multidisciplinary approach for treating chronic pain arising from a variety of disease processes. He strongly believes in patient education and incorporates individual patient goals into the treatment plan. He is skilled in fluoroscopic interventional procedures including spinal injections and radiofrequency ablation. He also offers implantable pain devices such as spinal cord stimulators and intrathecal pain pumps. His training in physical medicine & rehabilitation allows him to improve the patients overall functional capacity while managing their pain in a safe, effective, and individually tailored manner.




Timothy Kuang, MD, QME

Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Subspecialty Board Certified in Pain Management

Professional Experience
2001- Present Timothy Kuang, MD, Inc, Pain Management Specialist, Comprehensive Pain and Rehabilitation Management

Education
2000-2001 Pain Management Fellowship, Department of Anesthesiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center
1997-2000 Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center
1996-1997 Internal Medicine Internship, Cornell University Medical College, New York Hospital at Queens
1992-1996 M.D., St. George's University, School of Medicine
1988-1992 B.S., Cornell University, Major: Biology, Biochemistry Concentration

Scope of Practice
Pain Management Specialist highly trained in the diagnosis and treatment of pain with the Pain Management Associates of the Central Coast. Active provider in pain management with extensive experience and focus in conservative pain management, diagnosis and therapeutic nerve blocks, spinal cord stimulation, spinal infusion pump and implantation management, radiofrequency therapy, and MILD procedures.
 


Russ L. Levitan, MD, QME
Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Anesthesiology
Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management

Professional Experience
1997-Present Pain Management Specialists of San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria, CA
1989-1997 Director of Anesthesiology, Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, Arroyo Grande, CA

Education
1989 St. Vincent's Hospital-Los Angeles, Cardiac Anesthesiology fellowship
1988 Children's Hospital-Los Angeles, Pediatric Anesthesiology fellowship
1986-1989 UC-Irvine, Anesthesiology residency
1985-1986 UC-Irvine, Internal Medicine internship
1985 UC-Irvine, MD degree
1981 UCLA BS Psychobiology, Magna Cum Laude

Scope of Practice
Pain Management Specialist highly trained in the diagnosis and treatment of pain with the Pain Management Associates of the Central Coast. Active provider in pain management with extensive experience and focus in conservative pain management, diagnosis and therapeutic nerve blocks, spinal cord stimulation, spinal infusion pump and implantation management, radiofrequency therapy, and MILD procedures.



Carlos L. Untal, MD
Interventional Pain Management Specialist

Professional Experience
Present Pain Management Specialists of San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria, CA
2005-2006 University of California, Davis Medical Center, Pain Fellowship, Sacramento, California
2005 Veterans Hospital, General Anesthesiologist VA Hospital, Mather, California
2001-2004 University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Anesthesiology Residency, Cleveland, Ohio
2000-2001 University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Medicine Internship, Cleveland, Ohio

Education
1995-2000 Doctor of Medicine: Ross University School of Medicine: Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies
1992-1995 Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences: California State University, Sacramento: Sacramento, California
1989-1992 Associate Arts in Biological Sciences: Solano Community College: Suisun, California

Scope of Practice
Dr. Carlos Untal Graduated from Ross University School of Medicine in 2000. He completed Anesthesiology residency at Case Western Reserve University Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio in 2004. His interest in pain management led him to his pain management fellowship at University of California at Davis Medical Center. In 2006, Dr. Untal joined Pain Management Specialists of the Central Coast.

Dr. Untal treats patients with chronic pain conditions by using a multidisciplinary model to provide functional pain control. Treatments may include injection intervention, use of opioid pain medication, physical therapy, pain psychology and implantable pain devices. He works closely with local oncologists to provide cancer intrathecal pain pumps. This provides highly effective control of severe and intractable cancer pain.