SomaticNerveBlock near Mount Vernon, WA

Biography: Dr. Howard Chansky, MD is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist who practices in Seattle, WA. He is 65 years old and has been practicing for 38 years. Dr. Howard Chansky, MD is affiliated with UW Medical Center-Montlake and UW Medicine.

Biography: Dr. C Keith Fujisaki, MD is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist who practices in Burien, WA. He is 69 years old and has been practicing for 43 years. Dr. C Keith Fujisaki, MD is affiliated with St. Anne Hospital.

Biography: Dr. Stacie Donion, MD is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist who practices in Tacoma, WA. She is 56 years old and has been practicing for 28 years. Dr. Stacie Donion, MD is affiliated with St. Joseph Medical Center.

Biography: Dr. Peters Otlans, MD is an Orthopedic Surgery Specialist who practices in Burien, WA. He is 42 years old. Dr. Peters Otlans, MD is affiliated with St. Anne Hospital.

Biography: Marcus Ponce de Leon, MD, FAAN, is a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in movement disorders. He loves providing excellent, compassionate, evidence-based care to his patients and believes they should have a strong input into their care. Patient education and patient satisfaction are his priorities. _x000D_ Dr. Ponce de Leon is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and a member of the Movement Disorder Society. He most recently served as the director of the TBI Clinic/Intrepid Center at Madigan Army Medical Center and as an assistant professor of neurology with the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. _x000D_ Away from work he enjoys hiking.

Care Philosophy: He strives to partner with his patients and assist them to take a critical role in their own care and well-being. For the control of acute and chronic pain, he draws from multiple modalities ranging from physical therapy and injections, to complementary medicine and surgery. Each program is tailored to the patient, not to the diagnosis. Dr. Swedarsky has a strong formal education in electrodiagnostic testing and the use of ultrasound. He also has training in the neurophysiology of pain and practices osteopathic manipulation. Dr. Swedarsky is a veteran who served as a physician for wounded warriors, family members and veterans. After completing his residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he was transferred to Joint-Base Lewis McChord, where he completed his military service obligation as Chief of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service.

Care Philosophy: His favorite aspect of patient care is surgery, but he thinks it is of utmost importance that patients have an adequate understanding of their issues, expected outcome and prognosis.

Biography: Dr. Keyi Yang M.D., Ph.D. Our founder and medical director, Dr. Keyi Yang is an American Psychiatry and Neurology Board certified Neurologist. He received his medical degree from the Shanghai No.2 Medical College in Shanghai, China, and a Ph.D. in Physiology/Neuroscience at the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Yang completed his residency training in neurology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and he also received additional training in electrophysiological studies (EMG), Botulism Toxin Therapy, and sleep studies at the VA Medical Center Houston and the Institute of Sleep Medicine in Houston, Texas. Before moving to Tacoma, Dr. Yang was an assistant Professor of Neurology and Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Dr. Yang was actively involved in research in developing new therapy for brain injury and Parkinson's disease while simultaneously teaching at the neurology resident program of Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Yang was an attending physician and staff neurologist at the VA Medical Center Houston. Dr. Yang has developed 12 years of academic neuroscience research experience in the world renowned Houston Texas Medical Center. He is the principal investigator for the National Institute of Stroke and Neurological Disorder with funded research programs for the development of neurotrophic gene therapy for treatment of brain injury. In addition, Dr. Yang functioned as the principal investigator for the Department of Veteran Affairs gene therapy study of treatment for Parkinson's Disease. Dr. Yang has published 40 medical research papers in prestigious medical journals, received numerous grants and rewards from the National Institute of Health, Department of Veteran Affairs and Texas High Education Committee. After many neuroscience medical research achievements, Dr. Yang decided to apply his research and teaching experience to the neurology clinical private practice. In 2004, Dr. Yang opened the Mount Rainier Neurology Clinic and focused on serving his patients. In the last 8 years, Dr. Yang has efficiently diagnosed and kindly treated the various difficult neurological diseases of patients in the Puget Sound area. From 2012, Dr. Yang added a satellite weekend clinic in the city of Bellevue, to better serve the patient needs. Dr. Yang's unique training and considerable experience in clinical neurology and neurosciences research provides him an advantage in diagnosing difficult neurological disorders. His expertise in both current Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine equips him with a broad spectrum of evaluation and treatment modalities for difficult-to-treat neurological disorders.