Joel Castellanos, MD

Joel Castellanos, MD is a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist and pain medicine physician based in La Jolla, CA. With a focus on improving function and utilizing an individualized approach, Dr. Castellanos offers a range of interventional pain techniques to preserve and restore function. He evaluates, diagnoses, and treats various forms of functional disability and pain using a multi-disciplinary team-based approach, with specific clinical interests in pelvic pain, complex regional pain syndrome, phantom limb pain, and post-spinal cord injury pain syndromes.

As an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at UC San Diego School of Medicine, Dr. Castellanos is actively involved in instructing pain medicine fellows, medical students, and residents in their pain rotations. He completed his fellowship in pain medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine and residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan Medical School. Dr. Castellanos is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation and pain medicine, and is a member of various medical organizations including the American Academy of Pain Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

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