Mailing Address
1613 Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA 94111

Education
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, BA in Biological Basis of Behavior 1997
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, MS in Biomedical Sciences 1998
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, Doctor of Medicine 2002

Internship & Residency
Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC, July 2002 to June 2006

Fellowship
Pain Management, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, July 2006 to July 2007

Board Certification
American Board of Anesthesiology
• Primary Certification April 20, 2007
• Pain Medicine Certification September 15, 2007

Appointed Qualified Medical Evaluator
Division of Workers’ Compensation, Medical Unit, April 2015

Practices
Fair Oaks Anesthesia Associates, General anesthesia and pain management, Fairfax, VA, Aug. 2007 to Apr. 2010
Pain Management Institute, Comprehensive pain management, Bethesda, MD, Jan. 2008 to Apr. 2010
Napa Pain Institute, Comprehensive pain management, Napa, CA, Apr. 2010 to Apr. 2012
Integrated Pain Care, Comprehensive pain management, San Pablo, CA, Oct. 2012 to present
California Spine Care, Comprehensive pain management, Concord, CA, Jan. 2015 to present
California Pain Center, Comprehensive pain management, Sacramento, CA, Feb. 2015 to present

Professional Organizations
American Academy of Pain Medicine
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Teaching Appointments
Adjunct Associate Professor, Touro University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Feb. 2013 to present

Clinical Research
• A multicenter randomized, double-blind, controlled study to evaluate safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of two capsaicin concentration variations of NGX-1998 (10% or 20% w/w) in subjects with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), 2010 to 2012
• Implantable System Performance Registry (ISPR), 2010 to 2012
• Neuro Ambulatory Data Recorder (ADR) Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) study, 2010 to 2012
• Prospective, single-center, randomized, double-masked, controlled, cross over study for minimally invasive decompression device for lumbar spinal stenosis

Publications
RD Valley and Dennis Yun, Effective Epidural Anesthesia For Children Does Not Always Require A Catheter, Avoiding Common Anesthesia Errors, Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer, 2008

Licensure
State of California


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