Integrative Pain Management

Dr. Bonakdar is the Director of Pain Management at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, the immediate past president of the American Academy of Pain Management. and co-editor of textbook Integrative Pain Management as part of the Weil Integrative Medicine library. After completing his family medicine residency he completed a fellowship in integrative medicine at Scripps Clinic with a focus on integrative pain management and is certified in the subspecialty of Headache Medicine by the United Council for Neurological Subspecialties. He has additionally completed a Richter Fellowship in Southeast Asia, where he studied acupuncture, Tai Chi and mind-body practices. In addition to pain management he has a strong interest in nutrition and is a Fellow, American College of Nutrition, co-director of the Natural Supplements: An Evidence Based Update, now in its 14th year and author of the HERBAL Guide: Dietary Supplement Resources for the Clinician. His current clinical and research interests include integrative approaches to chronic disease with a focus on pain, metabolic disease and stress management.