Rick Chavez, MD, ABPM, ABAM, ABFM

PREVIOUS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FAMILY MEDICINE 10 YEARS AND MEDICAL STUDENT INSTRUCTOR 10 YEARS UCLA GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE; PREVIOUS MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF SAN PEDRO & PENINSULA HOSPITAL PAIN MEDICINE PROGRAM 4 YEARS, PREVIOUS MEDICAL DIRECTOR BAY HARBOR HOSPITAL PAIN MEDICINE PROGRAM 2 YEARS; PREVIOUS ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR HEALTHCARE PARTNERS MEDICAL GROUP REGION III 2000-2002 CURRENT MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF HEALTH CARE RESOURCE GROUP EXPERT IN UTILIZATION REVIEW AND WORKERS COMPENSATION 2002-CURRENT; CURRENT HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES PROVIDING EXPERT CONSULTATION IN THE SPECIALTIES OF PAIN AND ADDICTION MEDICINE AT TORRANCE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, AND PROVIDENCE/LITTLE COMPANY OF MARY MEDICAL CENTER IN TORRANCE CALIFORNIA; COURT ROOM TESTIMONY, MEDICAL CHART REVIEWS, DEPOSITIONS, UNDERCOVER AND SUBROSA FILM AND VIDEO REVIEW, CURRENT MEDICAL PRACTICE AT THE P.A.I.N. INSTITUTE (The Pain & Addiction Integrated Network, Inc.) treating and managing patients suffering from disorders related to pain and addiction medicine from 2002 to current. Practiced inpatient and outpatient family medicine from 1982 thru 2002 NEWBORN THRU GERIATRIC IN ALL FIELDS OF MEDICINE, INCLUDING EXTENSIVE SURGICAL ASSISTING PRIVILEGES; FORMER DIRECTOR OF TODD PACIFIC SHIPYARDS OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE CLINIC 1982-1987 Pain is a universal symptom which presents in many medical disorders, estimated to affect over 100 million Americans. Pain crosses every single specialty of medicine, from Pediatrics to Geriatrics to Orthopedics to Neurology to Physical Medicine to Emergency Medicine to Psychiatry to Dermatology to Surgery to Podiatry and so forth. "PAIN" is often called “the 5th Vital Sign” because discomfort is considered a Universal symptom & is generally the reason why patients seek medical care. The numbers of well-trained physicians available to address the epidemic of "pain and addiction" challenging our health system will be inadequate to meet our needs over the next decade.