Justin
T. Hata, M.D.
Co-Director, Comprehensive Spine Program
Justin T. Hata, M.D., co-director of the UC Irvine Comprehensive Spine Program, oversees
the program’s nonsurgical component. Hata, an interventional physiatrist,
specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation and nonoperative treatments
for spinal conditions.
Hata is responsible for developing an interventional spine program component that will
focus on conservative and nonsurgical treatment options for back pain. With the
addition of Hata’s expertise and experience, the UC Irvine Comprehensive Spine
Program is one of only a few programs in the nation to combine pain medicine,
physical medicine, nonoperative neurosurgery and orthopedics under one roof to
provide patients with highly-coordinated, multidisciplinary care.
Hata received his doctorate with New York Medical College and finished his residency
in physical medicine and rehabilitation and a fellowship with the Department of
Anesthesiology at UC Irvine Medical Center. His clinical interests include spine
pain, acute and chronic pain, spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal drug
delivery, neuropathic pain and interventional pain management. He is
board-certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation by the American Board of
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation.
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