About Us

Elaine S. Date, M.D.

Dr. Date is the Associate Professor and Head, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is Board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Date completed her residency at Stanford Hospital and Clinic and her Medical School Training at The Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Date has published numerous articles in various journals such as Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Her research interests include Spine, Electrodiagnostic Medicine, Clinical Pain Management, Pharmacological Management and Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury.

Jeffrey Teraoka,M.D..

Dr. Teraoka is the Medical Director of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit at Stanford University Medical Center , & also supervises interventional spine procedures at the Stanford Palo Alto Veteran's Administration Hospital . After graduating from the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Dr Teraoka completed his PM&R residency at Stanford University . He is Board Certified & a Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the American Board of Internal Medicine . His research interests include stroke & orthopedic rehabilitation; as well as spine & neuromuscular disease.

Henry Lew,MD, PhD

Dr. Lew is Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford University and Medical Director of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. Together with Dr. Date and Dr. Teraoka, he provides supervision and teaching to the spine fellows and PM&R residents while they perform interventional spine procedures at the VA. Dr. Lew is Board certified by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He completed PM&R residency and fellowship training at the University of Washington. His clinical and research interests include Traumatic Brain Injury, Electrophysiologic Diagnosis, Interventional Spine Care, and Clinical Outcome Studies. For more information refer to http://guide.stanford.edu/henrylew

Michael Fredericson, MD

Michael Fredericson , MD, is an associate professor of orthopedic surgery. He is director of the sports medicine clinic and co-director of the electromyography clinic in the division of physical medicine and rehabilitation. He is an associate editor for the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. His research interests include the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of low back pain and overuse injuries in athletes. He received the 2003 Jose Montero excellence in teaching award and helped establish and currently co-directs the Stanford Sports Medicine Fellowship. He has been team physician for many Stanford teams as well as National Team Physician for USA Track and Field, and a clinician at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.

Jackie Guingona

Jackie Guingona is the Administrative Assistant of the Stanford Interventional Spine Center. She is an integral part of the Interventional Spine team, and also is the coordinator of the the interventional spine cadaver course at Stanford Medical School.

Telephone : 1-650-725-9323