Dr. Vivek B Pai’s medical education and training began in India, where he earned his Secondary School Leaving Certificate (High School Diploma) from St. Thomas’ High School in Bombay in 1974. He completed his Inter Science (Pre-Med Equivalent) studies at the Chauhan Institute of Science, University of Bombay, in 1976. Following this, he earned his M.B.B.S. degree from the University of Bombay’s Seth G.S. Medical College in 1981. Dr. Pai then completed a rotating internship at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Bombay from 1981 to 1982.

Relocating to the United States, Dr. Pai continued his rigorous postgraduate medical training. From 1983 to 1984, he completed an Internal Medicine Internship at the Downstate University New York Affiliate, St. Johns’ Episcopal Hospital, in Far Rockaway, NY. He subsequently completed an Internal Medicine Residency from 1984 to 1986 at the Cornell University Affiliate, La Guardia Hospital, in Forest Hills, NY. He concluded his postgraduate training with a Neurology Residency at the VA Medical Center in Martinez, CA, through the UC Davis East Bay Program, from 1986 to 1989. Dr. Pai is board-certified in Internal Medicine (ABIM), Adult Neurology (ABPN), and Vascular Neurology.

In December 1989, Dr. Pai began his enduring tenure as an Attending Neurologist on staff at the Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in Vallejo, CA. His leadership trajectory at the institution includes serving as the Chief of Neurology for The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. in Vallejo from April 1995 to 2007. He also directed the Vallejo Kaiser Headache Clinic from May 2000 to 2016. Since January 2009, he has served as the Medical Director of the Primary Stroke Center at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Vallejo. In this prominent role, he successfully steered the medical center through its initial JCAHO Certification and subsequent biennial recertifications as a Primary Stroke Center in 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2026. After 37 years of dedicated service, he will be retiring from his current position as Attending Neurologist at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center on January 11, 2027. In his current clinical practice, Dr. Pai interprets EEGs and performs EMG-guided Botox injections for the treatment of cervical dystonia, hemifacial spasms, blepharospasms, and chronic migraines. A member of the American Academy of Neurology, Dr. Pai holds an active California State medical license and is fluent in both English and Hindi.