Tel: 415.408.3500
Text: 415.729.3539
Fax: 415.408.3365
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Pain Management and Rehabilitation
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Qualified Medical Evaluation
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EMG NCS Diagnostics
Biography
Dr. Kimelman is an established and highly skilled physician, possessing several decades of experience in musculoskeletal medicine, treating joint, muscle, and nerve conditions. He is well regarded as a physician who reduces disabling pain, increases function, and reduces burdens of disability.
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In addition to treating medical conditions that cause pain or disability, he has navigated patients through complex medical legal issues regarding their short or long term disability policies, worker's compensation, return to work allowances, and employment stability despite their medical impairments.
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By his patients, he is known as caring, empathetic, passionate, and fearless. In addition to his physician duties of diagnosing and treating patients, he addresses areas of insurance conflict by bringing medical expertise to reduce such conflicts. He has been certified by the State of California as Qualified Medical Evaluator.
Education & Training
1975
Bachelor of Science, Columbia University.
New York, New York
1979
Medical Doctor, St. Louis University School of Medicine.
St Louis, Missouri
1980
Internship, Northwestern University.
Chicago, Illinois
1982
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
1982-present
Medical license, The Board of Medical Quality Assurance, State of California
1981
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1984
Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1989
Diplomate, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
1994-present
Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME)
California Worker's Compensation Medical Board