Pain Specialists of Orange County

My physician is Dr. Small and he has surpassed my expectations. He gets to the point and provides you with options/​alternatives to anything that you have tried and are willing to try. He takes his time explaining things and is extremely gentle. I am receiving epidurals for my nerve damage and pain, and before I know it… the procedure is done. The entire staff is extremely kind and very patient.

I had a sudden onset dominant arm C7 radiculopathy, and Dr. Gerayli did an excellent and thorough job assessing the problem. I know this because I am a physician myself. When it was in the acute phase my pain was pretty out of control and two epidurals did the trick without any need for surgery.
Now that I am recovering, he has guided me through followup and for restoration of strength and functioning.
Because of his responsiveness I missed only a minimal amount of work and my job involves frequent use of arms and the right hand. Before my consultation, I was unable to type nor sleep. It was necessary for me to get care right away and his office accommodated me very well.
Highly recommended not only for relief of pain but followthrough of other medical issues that arise. He treats the whole patient.

I saw Dr. Gerayli about 5 weeks ago. I’d suffered with mid thoracic back pain that was impacting my daily life and had been relentless for 18 months. After other specialists wanting to do surgeries, I finally came here for a pain management consult. Turns out myofascial pain syndrome can hurt pretty bad and a few trigger point injections done right there in the office was the fix I needed. I am 85% better and VERY grateful to Dr. Gerayli and his staff. Everyone was kind and helpful and the doctor took the necessary time to review my reports and listen to my concerns.

Dr. Mino was my doctor, buy now I have Dr. Shahbazian and he is equally amazing! I trust my life to these professionals! The best option to find quality of life in short and long term.

I am so grateful to the Pain Specialists of O.C. and specifically Dr. Gerayli. I was very impressed with him and all the staff. I highly recommend them. I had been in dreadful pain for weeks due to degenerative disc disease. In my first meeting with Dr. Gerayli I really appreciated the way he listened. He recommended a cortizone shot and he was able to get me in soon as I was in a lot of pain. With one expertly guided cortizone shot by Dr. Gerayli I am now feeling much, much better. I was scheduled for two follow-​up shots, if needed, but I don’t need them… one and done! Thank you!

Dr Small has been very forthcoming about the procedures he has recommended for me and his staff have been extremely helpful in getting my procedure approved. He had also helped me control my pain and had given me answers other doctors couldn’t!
Thank you Dr Small & your staff

I been seeing Dr. Small for a few years now for chronic back pain and he’s absolutely the BEST. I couldn’t ask for a better pain management doctor. He listens and he helps. I am very thankful to Dr. Small for all that he does.

Dr Small and his staff are the best. 5 years ago I fractured a vertebrae in my lumbar region and damaged 2 discs as well. For 4 years I struggled everyday with pain and all my doctors did was to give me opioids. When I started with doctor small he promised me to get my pain under control as well as the medication. In a year he has controlled my pain with injections and I’m no longer dependent on pain medication. There were times I felt like giving up but Dr. Small and his friendly staff gave me a new lease on life.

I was referred to Dr. Gerayli by my primary care physician. My experience with Dr. Gerayli was not good to say it nicely. I was sent there to get pain management as I have multiple conditions that are very painful. When Dr. Gerayli reviewed my current medications that I was given by my primary care physician. He question about the dosage. More of interrogation as if I was lying to him. I explained to him that the dosage that I was taking was not even taking the pain away. He kept me on the same medication and lowered my dosage by more than half. When I asked him why he was doing that he accused me of questioning him and threatened to not even give me the medication at all, as if I was some kind of street drug addict begging for drugs. I did my best to let him know I was not trying to challenge him or his authority. I even apologized if it was taken that way. He refused to give me even the amount of medication my Dr. Was giving me. The FDA maximum recommended dosage 4000mg per 24 hours. He gave me 975mg witch is not even close the FDA max. So it’s clear its wasn’t out of concern for my health and well being that he lowered my dosage. I have MRI reports to back up the reason for me being in so much pain. Dr. Gerayli treated me horrible. I am still in pain. I called the office yesterday to speak with some one about my situation and have gotten to return phone call. I would not recommend Dr. Gerayli or his pain clinic to any one ever!

Dr. Shahbazian has given me my life back. I could barely walk, sit, sleep, work and was in constant misery. After only a few months I am virtually pain free! I am back to work! He is such a nice man, so gentle and calming. He is also very skilled! I don’t even feel the injections he gives. The staff at the Irvine location are AMAZING. The nicest, most personable, professional office staff I have ever encountered. If you are tired of living in pain, PLEASE GO SEE THE PAIN SPECIALISTS OF ORANGE COUNTY!

This doctor has an office manager by the name of Tonya Strum. Apparently she runs the show in the office. On the phone she was interrogating me and asking me medically related question which is non of her business because she is not a even nurse, she is just an office manager and then she was making medical decisions on behalf of the doctor telling me what he will do and what he will not do. After I asked to make an appointment with the doctor she refused to make me an appointment for me because she said that I have to provide her with medical documentations that she asked to review before I could see the doctor. I was in shock. I don’t know if the doctor is given her that kind of authority because he is too busy or she is taking it upon her self to make herself feel important and in power.

My wife Julie and I have been seeing Dr. Gerayli for over 6 months now. He is a wonderful doctor! Very intelligent, articulate, caring, and compassionate. The medications he has prescribed for us has helped us to be able to do things and live a somewhat normal life again. Thank you Dr. Getayli for all your help.

Usually very happy, but today it’s ridiculous. Appointment at 2, get here early & still waiting at 2:37. Need to get my son from school in 10 minutes. In traffic!!! Not gonna make it!

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Minokadeh for 2 months now and it has been as good as it gets. No problems with anything.
I’ve gotten two epidurals for my backpain and a prescription for pain medicine that have helped me alot. Before I saw dr. Minokadeh for the first time I could hardly work, now I shop up every day without problems.

I transferred my care to Dr. Mino from a doctor in San Diego to make access to pain management more readily available since I live in South Orange County. I was a patient of Dr. Minokadeh for 6 months. I saw him monthly during that time. During each appointment he wanted to double the dose of one medication, & repeatedly asked me to take medications that I have tried in the past that were NOT effective and/​or caused serious side effects. I told him clearly on each appointment that I had tried all these drugs in the past WITHOUT success. I stated the specific reasons for each drug that I could not tolerate, and that I was in fact, looking to DECREASE the amount of medication I was taking. Inspite of that, he sent me home after the first appointment with multiple sample bottles. I was bewildered by that? My husband was with me, and he felt since Dr. Mino’s manner was kind, it was worth it to try seeing him a second time to see if I could clarify things with him.
5 more monthly appointments followed. Even though his manner is empathetic, I began realizing he was NOT LISTENING. I found myself dreading the appointments because his conversation was always the same & I was constantly repeating myself. It was exhausting. He seemed to have an attitude that there is a certain medication recipe for my particular diagnosis and he wanted me on those medications regardless of side effects or that fact that I stated multiple times they did not improve the quality of my life, that in fact, they were detrimental to my alertness & cognitive functioning. The strangest part was, I was NOT ASKING for any changes other than to decrease my current meds. AT that time, I felt the meds were not adding anything positive to my coping with pain, so I wanted to see how I did with less. I don’t want to put chemicals into my body if they are not truly helping. During my last appointment, I did ask him if he would please stop asking me to double up on the one drug and add the other meds he had been talking about the last 6 mths. I was extremely kind in my approach and even mentioned I was trying to speak to him as one human being to another but I would like to change the direction of my appointments to be geared more to what I need as an INDIVIDUAL. I am a retired Critical Care RN so feel I do know how to speak with other medical professionals. He became defensive & sarcastic & the final straw was as I was getting ready to leave, he actually said, «You really need to double the dose…» I changed to Dr. Scott Martin and it was the best decision I ever made. Please see his reviews.

I was referred to Dr. Minokadeh by my Insurance Company about a month ago. I made an appointment, and saw the doctor. Everything seemed to be Very Good, Polite Staff, Good Nurses, and Dr Minokadeh seemed to Genuinely care about my health and well being. He wrote me a prescription, and said that the Insurance company would require a «Prior Authorization» for my medicine. He gave me a sample bottle of the medicine to hold me over for 4 days. I went to the pharmacy DIRECTLY from his office, and was told the same thing. They processed the prescription, and sent the appropriate paperwork to the Dr’s Office. after 4 days the Pharmacy called me and said that they had not received any information back from the Dr’s Office. I called the Dr’s Office, explained the situation, and was transferred to a voice mail. A week later, I get another call from the Pharmacy saying that the Dr’s Office WILL NOT return their call, or give them ANY information about the «Prior Authorization», and according to the Insurance company WILL NOT complete the paperwork. Today (2÷12÷14) I called the Dr’s Office to find out what is going on? I started to explain to the lady who answered the phone my situation, Half way through, she hung up on me. I called back, Now even MORE FRUSTRATED. She answered the phone and asked if I could hold. I said NO, I CAN’T, and started to explain the situation again. AGAIN, SHE HUNG UP ON ME! I called back a 3^rd time, and told the girl who answered what was going on, and she pretended that she didn’t know anything about hanging up on me. She took the information and SAID she’ll have some one look into it. What are the chances of that happening??? I’M NOT HOLDING MY BREATH!!!