Anesthesiology

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Dr. Aalap Shah is a board-certified general and pediatric anesthesiologist based in Southern California, renowned for his expertise in clinical and administrative services across diverse healthcare settings, including hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, dental offices, and medical spas. With a steadfast dedication to advancing perioperative healthcare, Dr. Shah integrates process improvement, clinical decision support, and sustainability to optimize patient outcomes. Dr. Shah’s scholarly contributions include peer-reviewed publications on topics such as nerve injury, perioperative quality improvement, and environmental sustainability. He has...
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Dr. Anita Gupta is a board-certified anesthesiologist, pain medicine specialist, and pharmacologist with over two decades of clinical, academic, corporate, and public service experience. She currently serves as a Full Clinical Professor at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine and a Professor at Loma Linda School of Medicine. She also holds an appointment as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she contributes to global education and research initiatives.  Dr. Gupta earned...
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Dr. Chester Ho-Yin Chan is a board-certified anesthesiologist with a multifaceted background in medicine, education, and technology. He currently practices as an anesthesiologist with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group at Woodland Hills Medical Center and the Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He also works as an independent contractor in the Los Angeles area. Dr. Chan earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Michigan Medical School in 2013. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology and Perioperative...
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Dr. Elizabeth A. Bales, M.D. is a board-certified anesthesiologist with a clinical focus in acute pain management, perioperative optimization, and patient advocacy. With over 15 years of experience in adult and pediatric anesthesia, she has served as a physician leader in operating rooms across Southern California, combining her expertise in anesthesiology with a lifelong dedication to service and public health​​. Dr. Bales completed her undergraduate and medical education at Loyola University of Chicago, graduating with honors from both programs. She...
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Dr Irina V. Williams, MD, MHA is a Double Board-Certified Anesthesiologist, Pain Management Specialist and an accomplished Healthcare leader. Dr Williams completed her Anesthesiology training at Wayne State University, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. She then completed Interventional Pain Management Fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. Dr Williams clinical expertise includes treatment of various spine disorders, musculoskeletal pain, neuropathic pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), fibromyalgia, chronic pain after a traumatic injury, refractory pain conditions, chronic pain...
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Dr. Mark Levin is a board-certified anesthesiologist with over 28 years of clinical, leadership, and medical case review experience both in the US military and in private practice. He has extensive experience performing legal reviews of anesthesia, operating room, critical care, and hospital medical records and providing prompt, clear, and timely assessments.   Dr. Levin has held leadership positions at numerous hospitals including Chief of Anesthesia for 12 years in private practice, Chief of Medical Staff, and has held multiple clinical...
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Dr. Mir E. Ali is a board-certified pain management and anesthesiology physician with over two decades of experience in interventional pain medicine, anesthesiology, and spine-related care. He currently serves as an Attending Anesthesiologist in Walnut Creek, CA and also served as an Attending Pain Management Physician at Golden State Orthopedics & Spine, where he directed the Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord Stimulation Program. Since 2006, Dr. Ali has been an Attending Anesthesiologist with the Department of Anesthesiology at John Muir...
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Dr. Mofya Diallo is a distinguished pediatric anesthesiologist and a public health professional with a focus on health equity and pain management. She is currently a Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California and serves as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. In this role, she works in the Division of Anesthesiology within the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Medicine. Dr. Diallo is board-certified in both Anesthesiology and Pediatric Anesthesiology...
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Dr. Sonali Agarwal is a board-certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain management physician with nearly two decades of clinical, academic, and leadership experience. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences in 1996 and her Doctor of Medicine in 1999 from Saba University School of Medicine, Netherlands-Antilles, following undergraduate studies in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. She completed her internship in Internal Medicine in 2001 and her residency in Anesthesiology in 2004 at the University...
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Dr. Stacey J. Swift is a board-certified anesthesiologist with subspecialty certification in pediatric anesthesiology and extensive clinical experience across academic medical centers, private practice, and international volunteer service. She currently practices as an anesthesiologist with Delta Locums Group at Labryo Fertility Center in Newport Beach, Pacific Anesthesia Group at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Los Angeles, and Turiya Anesthesia at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood and East LA Doctors Hospital. In addition to her medical career, she is the...