Dr. Gonzalez-Cota
Dr.
Alan Gonzalez Cota is a member of the American Society
Anesthesiologists with subspecialty training in Interventional Pain
Medicine.
He believes that pain relief is not possible without addressing the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels of the body to maintain wellness. At the Comprehensive Spine Center, he can interact with his patients and team to provide traditional western medicine techniques in combination with alternative medicine for patients in chronic pain.
His career in pain medicine started back in 2005 as a fellow research scientist at the Anesthesia lab of the University of California in San Diego, under mentorship of Dr. Tony Yaksh (2005-06). He then completed his Surgery Internship at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor (2006-07). He graduated from the University of Michigan, completing his residency in Anesthesiology and receiving the Peter J. Cohen award (2007-10), and undergoing subspecialty training in Interventional Pain Medicine (2010-11). He has been funded by the Medical Innovation Grant of the University of Michigan (2010-11). He has received national awards, including the 2009 Foundation for Anesthesia Research and Education (FAER) Resident Scholar of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (2009), the Best of Scientific Meeting Award of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA, 2009), and the 2010 ASRA Pain Meeting Resident Award during his training. His areas of clinical interest are spinal cord pharmacology, neurostimulation and non-narcotic management of chronic pain states.
He believes that pain relief is not possible without addressing the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels of the body to maintain wellness. At the Comprehensive Spine Center, he can interact with his patients and team to provide traditional western medicine techniques in combination with alternative medicine for patients in chronic pain.
His career in pain medicine started back in 2005 as a fellow research scientist at the Anesthesia lab of the University of California in San Diego, under mentorship of Dr. Tony Yaksh (2005-06). He then completed his Surgery Internship at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor (2006-07). He graduated from the University of Michigan, completing his residency in Anesthesiology and receiving the Peter J. Cohen award (2007-10), and undergoing subspecialty training in Interventional Pain Medicine (2010-11). He has been funded by the Medical Innovation Grant of the University of Michigan (2010-11). He has received national awards, including the 2009 Foundation for Anesthesia Research and Education (FAER) Resident Scholar of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (2009), the Best of Scientific Meeting Award of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA, 2009), and the 2010 ASRA Pain Meeting Resident Award during his training. His areas of clinical interest are spinal cord pharmacology, neurostimulation and non-narcotic management of chronic pain states.