Provider's Bio

John Chan, MD

John Chan, MD, is a double board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation and pain medicine physician at Spine & Nerve Diagnostic Center. He completed his fellowship in pain medicine at UCLA and his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Stanford University. He earned his medical degree from the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine and a double major in molecular and cell biology and nutritional science from UC Berkeley. He has presented internationally on interventional spine care and has published in the areas of spine intervention outcomes, chronic pain management, and lifestyle medicine. Dr. Chan spends time with each patient to develop a treatment plan specific to their individual goals. He specializes in several interventional procedures, including epidural injections, radiofrequency ablations, spinal cord stimulation, and ultrasound-guided nerve and joint injections. Dr. Chan strives to provide thoughtful, evidence-based care to get patients back to the activities they love. In his free time, he enjoys backpacking, scuba diving, watching movies and spending time with his friends and family.