The 20 Best Central Pain Syndrome Doctors Near Me in Palo Alto, CA

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Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 31 doctor with experience in Central Pain Syndrome near Palo Alto, CA. Of these, 26 are Experienced and 5 are Advanced.

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31 providers found
    Advanced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Neurosurgery
    Advanced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Neurosurgery

    Office

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Gary Steinberg is a Neurosurgery provider in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Steinberg is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Moyamoya Disease, Stroke, Arteriovenous Malformation, Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery, and Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery.

    Sean Mackey
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Stanford Health Care

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Sean Mackey is a Pain Medicine provider in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Mackey is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, Acute Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and Knee Replacement.

    Advanced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Advanced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Stanford University Medical Center

    450 Broadway St, 
    Redwood City, CA 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Michael Leong is a Pain Medicine provider in Redwood City, California. Dr. Leong is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Acute Pain, and Neuralgia.

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    Advanced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Advanced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Stanford University Medical Center

    450 Broadway St, 
    Redwood City, CA 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Ming-chih Kao is a Pain Medicine provider in Redwood City, California. Dr. Kao is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pain, Shingles, Neuralgia, and Pudendal Neuralgia.

    Advanced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Advanced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Stanford University Medical Center

    450 Broadway St, 
    Redwood City, CA 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Xiang Qian is a Pain Medicine provider in Redwood City, California. Dr. Qian is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Acute Pain, Neuralgia, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and Shingles.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Steven Feinberg M.D.

    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Matthew Wedemeyer is a Pain Medicine provider in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Wedemeyer is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Palsy, Moebius Syndrome, Femoral Nerve Dysfunction, and Pudendal Neuralgia.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Office

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Ryan Derby is a Pain Medicine provider in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Derby is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Acute Pain, Femoral Nerve Dysfunction, and Wallerian Degeneration.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Experience:
    17+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Vivianne Tawfik is a Pain Medicine provider in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Tawfik has been practicing medicine for over 17 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Chronic Pain, Neuralgia, and Syndactyly Cenani Lenz Type.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Jaimie Henderson is a Neurosurgery provider in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Henderson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Essential Tremor, Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Spasticity, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome

    Office

    965 High St, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Neil Schwartz is a Neurologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Schwartz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Thrombectomy, and Stent Placement.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Neurosurgery

    Outpatient Neurologic Rehabilitation Program

    213 Quarry Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Vivek Buch is a Neurosurgery provider in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Buch is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Essential Tremor, Seizures, Movement Disorders, Deep Brain Stimulation, and Thalamotomy.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Neurosurgery
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Neurosurgery

    Outpatient Neurologic Rehabilitation Program

    213 Quarry Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Paul Mcgeoch is a Neurosurgery provider in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Mcgeoch is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Phantom Limb Pain, Central Pain Syndrome, Essential Tremor, and Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE).

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome

    Outpatient Neurologic Rehabilitation Program

    213 Quarry Rd, 
    Palo Alto, CA 
     (1.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Helen Bronte is a Neurologist in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Bronte is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Movement Disorders, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Essential Tremor, and Deep Brain Stimulation.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    300 Pasteur Dr, 
    Stanford, CA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Experience:
    18+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Mohammad Rasouli is a Pain Medicine provider in Stanford, California. Dr. Rasouli has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Acute Pain, Giant Axonal Neuropathy, Pudendal Neuralgia, Knee Replacement, and Hip Replacement.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    300 Pasteur Dr, 
    Stanford, CA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Anuj Aggarwal is a Pain Medicine provider in Stanford, California. Dr. Aggarwal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Femoral Nerve Dysfunction, Neuralgia, Giant Axonal Neuropathy, and Wallerian Degeneration.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome

    Stanford Hospital And Clinics

    300 Pasteur Dr, 
    Stanford, CA 
     (1.9 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Kevin Graber is a Neurologist in Stanford, California. Dr. Graber is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Memory Loss, Partial Seizure, and Partial Familial Epilepsy.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Anesthesiology
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Anesthesiology

    Stanford Medicine Children's Health Specialty Services-Menlo Park-Pediatric Stroke Care

    321 Middlefield Rd Ste 225, 
    Menlo Park, CA 
     (2.1 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Genevieve D'souza is an Anesthesiologist in Menlo Park, California. Dr. D'souza is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Pain, Chronic Pain, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, and Central Pain Syndrome.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Neurology | Psychology
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Neurology | Psychology

    Stanford Health Care

    420 Broadway St, 
    Redwood City, CA 
     (4.4 miles away)
    Experience:
    18+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Heather Poupore-King is a Neurologist and a Psychologist in Redwood City, California. Dr. Poupore-King has been practicing medicine for over 18 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. Her top areas of expertise are Migraine, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Pain.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Stanford University Medical Center

    450 Broadway St, 
    Redwood City, CA 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Vafi Salmasi is a Pain Medicine provider in Redwood City, California. Dr. Salmasi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Pudendal Neuralgia, Neuralgia, Chronic Pain, and Vertebroplasty.

    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine
    Experienced in Central Pain Syndrome
    Pain Medicine

    Stanford University Medical Center

    450 Broadway St, 
    Redwood City, CA 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Einar Ottestad is a Pain Medicine provider in Redwood City, California. Dr. Ottestad is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Central Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Neuralgia, Chronic Pain, Acute Pain, and Nerve Decompression.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    When should I see a Central Pain Syndrome doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing a Central Pain Syndrome doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Central Pain Syndrome doctors near Palo Alto, CA?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Central Pain Syndrome doctors near Palo Alto, CA?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with a Central Pain Syndrome doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Central Pain Syndrome doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Central Pain Syndrome doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with a Central Pain Syndrome doctor near Palo Alto, CA?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Central Pain Syndrome doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Central Pain Syndrome doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Central Pain Syndrome doctors near Palo Alto, CA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Central Pain Syndrome doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find a Central Pain Syndrome doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Central Pain Syndrome doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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