Dr. Kais I Alsharif MD
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
2888 Long Beach Blvd Suite 210 Long Beach CA, 90806About
Dr. Kais Alsharif practices Pain Medicine in Long Beach, CA. Pain medicine is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients experiencing pain. Pain medicine physicians use a broad-based approach to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of disease to pain as the primary disease. Dr. Alsharif serves as a consultant to other physicians but is often the principal treating physician, providing care at various levels; such as treating the patient directly, prescribing medication, prescribing rehabilitative services, performing pain relieving procedures, counseling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other healthcare providers, and providing consultative services.
Education and Training
University of Minnesota Medical School 2007
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Neuropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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