Director of Pain Management
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
San Diego, California
Dr. Bonakdar has been Director of Pain Management at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine since 2002 and also serves as a member of the Scripps systemwide Opioid Stewardship Committee. He served as an invited presenter to the congressionally mandated Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force and at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on non-pharmacological approaches to pain. He is a 2018 Mayday Pain Fellow and the editor of the Oxford University Press textbook of Integrative Pain Management. Additionally, he is certified in headache management by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties and board certified in Integrative Medicine by the American Board of Integrative Medicine.
Dr. Bonakdar has a special interest in non-pharmacological approaches to pain management including nutritional, mind-body and technological assisted approaches especially for migraine and neurological conditions.
BHV-02 - Empathy as a Clinician's Superpower in Pain Management
Thursday, September 4, 2025
7:30 AM – 8:25 AM PST
INTG-07 - Integrative Pain Therapies: An Update on Evidence and Real World Incorporation
Thursday, September 4, 2025
11:00 AM – 11:55 AM PST