Board Certification/Licensure

1991: State of California, Medical License
1993: DEA, Controlled Substance Registration Certification
1996: American Board of Anesthesiology Certification
2009: American Academy of Pain Management Certification
2009: State of California, Fluoroscopy X-Ray Supervisor and Operator Permit
2010: American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians Certification
2011: American Board of Pain Medicine Certification
2012: DEA, Drug Addiction Treatment Act Buprenorphine Waiver Certification
2012: American Board of Addiction Medicine Certification
2016: Fellow, American Society of Addiction Medicine
2018: American Board of Preventive Medicine – Addiction Medicine Certification

Education

1986-1990: University of Bologna, School of Medicine and Surgery, Bologna, Italy
1991-1992: USC, Internal Medicine Internship
1992-1995: USC, Anesthesiology Residency – Awards for Academic/Clinical Contributions

Professional Experience

1990-1991: Research Assistant, Doheny Eye Institute/USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
1995-Present: Staff Anesthesiologist, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, CA
1998-2003: Co-Chief, Ambulatory Anesthesia Associates Medical Group, Torrance, CA
1999-2003: Medical Director, Outpatient Surgical Unit, Torrance, CA
1999-2003: Director of Anesthesia, Palos Verdes Plastic Surgery Center, Torrance, CA
1999-2010: Staff Anesthesiologist, Kerlan Jobe Orthopedic Clinic, Los Angeles, CA
2010-Present: Active Staff, St, John’s Regional Med. Center/Pleasant Valley Hospital, Oxnard/Camarillo, CA
2011-2017: Clinical Peer Reviewer, Specialty Trusted Advisors Review, Beverly Hills, CA
2011-Present: Volunteer Physician, Westminster Free Clinic, Thousand Oaks, CA
2011-Present: Founder/Director, Pain Mgmt Support Group, Camarillo Healthcare District, Camarillo, CA
2012-Present: Practice Monitor, Medical Board of California
2013-2015: Speaker/Consultant, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2013-2015: Butrans Speaker/Consultant, Purdue Pharma, LLC
2013-Present: Speaker/Consultant, Depomed, Inc.
2013-Present: Active Staff, Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura, CA
2013-Present: Instructor, Fluoro-Guided Interventional Technique, Amer. Soc. of Interventional Pain Physicians
2014-2015: Director at Large, California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
2014-2016: Practicum Mentor/Content Expert, Doctor of Nursing Program, Grand Canyon University
2015: Medical Director, Pure Recovery California, Mandalay Beach, Oxnard, CA
2015-2016: Mentor, North American Neuromodulation Society, Resident and Fellow Section
2015-2017: President, California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
2015-2017: Annual Meeting Co-Director and Faculty Chair, CA Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
2015-Present: Instructor, Ultrasound for Regenerative Medicine, Amer. Soc. of Interventional Pain Physicians
2016-2018: Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, A Healing Place – The Estates, Camarillo, CA
2016-Present: Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Gold Coast Health Plan
2016-Present: Director, International Board of Directors, Tumaini International
2017-Present: Director at Large, California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
2018-2019: Speaker/Consultant, Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc.
2018-Present: Expert Witness, American Medical Forensic Specialist
2019-Present: Board Examiner, American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians
2020-Present: Physician Specialist Consultant Panel, AristaMD
2022-Present: Physician Mentor, International Neuromodulation Society Mentorship Program
2022: Annual Meeting Chairman, California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
2022-Present: Vice Chairman, International Board of Directors, Tumaini International
2022-Present: Teaching Physician, Community Memorial Health System Graduate Medical Education Program

Honors and Awards

2016 Outstanding State Initiative, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
2017 Distinguished Service Award, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
2017 Vitals Patient Choice Award
2020 Vitals Patient Choice Award
2020 Vitals Compassionate Doctor Award
2020 Vitals On-Time Doctor Award
2021 American Registry Most Honored Doctors Award (Top 5%)
2022 American Registry Most Honored Doctors Award (Top 10%)
2022 Marquis’ Who’s Who in America
2022 Vitals Bedside Manner Award (5/5 Stars)

Professional Society Memberships

American Academy of Pain Medicine
American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
International Neuromodulation Society
North American Neuromodulation Society
American Society of Addiction Medicine
California Society of Addiction Medicine
American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine

Research Experience

Retinal Ganglion Cell Degeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease (with Janet C. Blanks, Ph.D., Doheny Eye Institute/USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California). Volunteer status changed to salaried by Doheny Eye Institute after first two weeks of work. April-May 1988

Rehabilitative Therapy in Geriatrics (with C. Menarini, M.D., Institute of Physical and Rehabilitative Therapy, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy). Medical School Thesis. 1989-1990

Anterior Segment Prosthesis (with Ronald E. Smith, M.D., Doheny Eye Institute/USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California). 1990-1991

Mammalian Retinal Development (with Janet C. Blanks, Ph.D., Doheny Eye Institute/USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California). 1990-1991

The Maternal, Fetal, and Neonatal Effects of Desflurane Anesthesia for Cesarean Section (with Therese Abboud, M.D., Women’s Hospital, LAC/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California). 1991

A Comprehensive Study of Diprivan (propofol) as an Induction and Maintenance Agent vs. Standard General Anesthetic Techniques for Cesarean Section: Maternal and Neonatal Effects (with Therese Abboud, M.D., Women’s Hospital, LAC/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California). 1991

Comparison of Three Oral Premedicants; Ketamine, Midazolam, or Combination Ketamine and Midazolam for Pediatric Outpatient Surgery (with Donna Warner, M.D., Pediatric Pavilion, LAC/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California). 1993-1995

Coronary Blood Flow and Cardiac Wall Motion During Controlled Hypotensive Anesthesia with Intravenous Nitroglycerin (with Duraiyah Thangathurai, M.D., Norris Cancer Hospital/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California). 1994

Preoperative Screening Test for Controlled Hypotension (with Duraiyah Thangathurai, M.D., Norris Cancer Hospital/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California). 1994

Controlled Hypotension During Anesthesia and Surgery: A Retrospective Study (with Duraiyah Thangathurai, M.D., Norris Cancer Hospital/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California). 1994

The Use of Prophylactic Nitroglycerin Decreases the Incidence of Myocardial Ischemia in High Risk Patients Following Major Surgery (with Duraiyah Thangathurai, M.D., Norris Cancer Hospital/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California). 1994

Publications (Peer Reviewed Research)

Y. Torigoe. J.C. Blanks, R.H.I. Blanks, J. Cabaret, “Ganglion Cell Loss in Maculas of Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease”, Society for Neuroscience, 15: 1112, 443.12, 1989.

Joseph A. Cabaret, M.D., Cristine Spee, Janet C. Blanks, “Ectopic Photoreceptors in the Developing Human Retina”, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 32/4: 1128; 2246-7, 1991.

Donna Warner, M.D., Joseph Cabaret, M.D., David Velling, M.D., “Comparing Oral Ketamine, Oral Midazolam, and Combined Oral Ketamine and Midazolam as Premedication for Pediatric Patients”, Paediatric Anaesthesiology, 1995; 5 (5): 293-5.

Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, Christopher J. Centeno, MD, Sairam Atluri, MD, Sheri L. Albers, DO, Shane Shapiro, MD, Gerard A. Malanga, MD, Alaa Abd-Elsayed, MD, MPH, Mairin Jerome, MD, Joshua A. Hirsch, MD, Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, Steve M. Aydin, DO, Douglas Beall, MD, Don Buford, MD, Joanne Borg-Stein, MD, Ricardo Buenaventura, MD, Joseph A. Cabaret, MD, Aaron K. Calodney, MD, Kenneth D. Candido, MD, Cameron Cartier, MD, Richard Latchaw, MD, Sudhir Diwan, MD, Ehren Dodson, PhD, Zachary Fausel, MD,

Michael Fredericson, MD, Christopher G. Gharibo, MD, Myank Gupta, MD, Adam M. Kaye, PharmD, FASCP, FCPhA, Nebojsa Nick Knezevic, MD, PhD, Radomir Kosanovic, MD, Matthew Lucas, DO, Maanasa V. Manchikanti, R. Amadeus Mason, MD, Kenneth Mautner, MD, Samuel Murala, MD, Annu Navani, MD, Vidyasagar Pampati, MSc, Sarah Pastoriza, DO, Ramarao Pasupuleti, MD, Cyril Philip, MD, Mahendra Sanapati, MD, Theodore Sand, PhD, Rinoo Shah, MD, Amol Soin, MD, Ian Stemper, MS, Bradley W. Wargo, DO, and Philippe Hernigou, MD, “Bone Marrow Concentrate (BMC) Therapy in Musculoskeletal Disorders: Evidence-Based Policy Position Statement of American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP)”, Pain Physician, 2020; 23: 1-59 • ISSN 1533-3159

Publications (Book Chapters)

Rosemary Daly-Camacho, DO, Joseph Cabaret, MD, Matt Novich, BS, Elyse Cornett, PhD, and Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD, Essentials of Regenerative Medicine in Interventional Pain Management, ASIPP Publishing, 2019, Chapter 13, Implications of Antithrombotic Therapy in Regenerative Medicine; p. 183-198

Joseph A. Cabaret, MD, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD, and Aaron Calodney, MD, Essentials of Regenerative Medicine in Interventional Pain Management, ASIPP Publishing, 2019, Chapter 26, Regenerative Medicine for Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction; p. 509-534.

Lectures and Presentations

“Ectopic Photoreceptors in the Developing Human Retina”. Presented, with funded travel, at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in Sarasota, Florida, May 2,1991.

“Coronary Blood Flow and Cardiac Wall Motion During Controlled Hypotensive Anesthesia with Intravenous Nitroglycerin”. Presented, with funded travel, at the European Anesthesia Research Group 7th Annual Meeting in Hamburg, Germany, September 8, 1994.

“The Use of Prophylactic Nitroglycerin Decreases the Incidence of Myocardial Ischemia in High Risk Patients Following Major Surgery”. Presented, with funded travel, at the European Academy of Anesthesiology 16th Annual Meeting in Hamburg, Germany, September 10, 1994.

“Comparison of Three Oral Premedicants; Ketamine, Midazolam, or Combination Ketamine and Midazolam for Pediatric Outpatient Surgery”. Presented at the Western Anesthesia Residence Conference in Marina Del Rey, California, April 23, 1995.

“Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment Options”. Presented at the Camarillo Healthcare District Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group meeting in Camarillo, CA, February 23, 2012.

“The New Opioid Paradigm – Keeping Yourself and Your Patients Safe”. Presented for CME at St. John’s Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Grand Rounds on October 15, 2012, and as CME lecture for St. John’s Medical Staff (videotaped for Physician Portal website) on October 22, 2012 in Oxnard, CA. Presented for CME at Community Memorial Hospital’s J. W. Moore Conference on January 8, 2013 in Ventura, California.

“Non-Opioid Pain Management Techniques – The Sequel”. Presented for CME at Community Memorial Hospital’s J. W. Moore Conference on August 27, 2013 in Ventura, California. Presented for CME at St. John’s Regional Medical Center Internal Medicine Grand Rounds on October 21, 2013, in Oxnard, CA.

“The Prescription Drug Epidemic – Is Your Practice at Risk?” – Presented for CME at St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, CA, February 14, 2014.

“Sports Injuries and Arthritis” – Presented at the Camarillo Healthcare District in Camarillo, CA, July 15, 2014.

“Neck and Back Pain” – Presented at the Camarillo Healthcare District in Camarillo, CA, September 16, 2014.

“Complete Resolution of Fibromyalgia Symptoms After Intravenous SVF Deployment” – Presented at The Cell Surgical Network Annual Conference in Beverly Hills CA, June 2015.

“Pain and Coexisting Disorders” – Presented at the Camarillo Healthcare District in Camarillo, CA, June 22, 2016.

“Overview of Pain Medicine” – Presented at the California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians 7th Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara, CA, November 12, 2016.

“Legalization of Recreational Marijuana in California – What to Expect” – Presented for CME at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, CA, January 25, 2017.

“Transformative Solutions for Chronic Pain and Co-Existing Disorders – Turning Low Outcome Patients into High Outcome Success Stories” – Co-Presented, with Dr. Stephen Grinstead, at the 43rd Advanced International Winter Symposium, Addictive Disorders, Behavioral Health, and Mental Health in Colorado Springs, CO, January 30, 2017.

“Chronic Pain Management and the Heroin Epidemic – It’s Time for Evidence Based Medication Assisted Treatment” – Co-Presented, with Dr. Stephen Grinstead, at the 43rd Advanced International Winter Symposium, Addictive Disorders, Behavioral Health, and Mental Health in Colorado Springs, CO, January 30, 2017.

“Overcoming the Challenges and Stigma of Heroin, Opioid, and All the Other Addictions – It’s Time to Fully Utilize Evidence Based Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)” – Co-Presented, with Dr. Stephen Grinstead, at the 43rd Advanced International Winter Symposium, Addictive Disorders, Behavioral Health, and Mental Health in Colorado Springs, CO, January 31, 2017.

“Identifying the Red Flags for Opiate Misuse” – Co-Presented, with Dr. Stephen Grinstead, at the 44th Advanced International Winter Symposium, Addictive Disorders, Behavioral Health, and Mental Health in Colorado Springs, CO, January 29, 2018.

“The Role of MAT in Addressing the Opioid and Chronic Pain Epidemic” – Co-Presented, with Dr. Stephen Grinstead, at the 44th Advanced International Winter Symposium, Addictive Disorders, Behavioral Health, and Mental Health in Colorado Springs, CO, January 29, 2018.

“Fentanyl and Benzos Don’t Mix: But Many People Try To” – Co-Presented, with Dr. Stephen Grinstead, at the 44th Advanced International Winter Symposium, Addictive Disorders, Behavioral Health, and Mental Health in Colorado Springs, CO, January 30, 2018.

“Self-Directed Holistic Modalities in the Chronic Pain Patient” – Co-Presented, with Dr. Stephen Grinstead, at the Institute of Behavioral Healthcare Summit for Clinical Excellence; The Clinician’s Role and Treatment Practices in the Opioid Crisis, in Tempe, Arizona, February 15, 2018.

“Resolving the Chronic Pain and Opioid Epidemics, Turning Low Outcome Patients into High Outcome Success Stories” – Co-Presented, with Dr. Stephen Grinstead, at California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists 2018 Advancing the Art & Science of Psychotherapy Conference, in Orange County, CA, April 28, 2018.

“The Opioid Epidemic and Our Community – Where We Are, How We Got Here, and What We Can Do About It” – Presented at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, CA, October 9, 2018 and at Saint Vincent De Paul Society in Camarillo, CA, October 23, 2018.

“Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells” – Presented at American Society of Regenerative Medicine Annual Meeting in Nashville, TN, December 7, 2019.

“Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain: Transforming Our Most Challenging Patients into Our Greatest Success Stories” – Presented for CME at Community Memorial Hospital’s J. W. Moore Webinar Conference on January 12, 2021 in Ventura, California. Presented for CME at St. John’s Regional Medical Center Webinar Conference on January 26, 2021, in Oxnard, CA. Presented at California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians-Sponsored Webinar Conference on June 11, 2021. Presented at California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Annual Meeting on October 16, 2021 in Palos Verdes, CA. Presented at American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Annual Meeting on May 7, 2022 in Las Vegas, NV.

“PRP, Current Literature on MSK and Spine Applications” – Presented for CME at California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Regenerative Medicine Webinar Conference on March 26, 2021.

“Pain Brain and Neuroplasticity” – Presented for CME at California Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Annual Meeting on October 15, 2021 in Palos Verdes, CA.

“Spinal Cord Stimulation for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy” – Presented for CME at St. John’s Regional Medical Center and St John’s Hospital Camarillo Webinar Conference on December 14, 2021 in Oxnard/Camarillo, CA. Presented for CME at Community Memorial Hospital’s J. W. Moore Webinar Conference on August 16, 2022 in Ventura, CA.

“Adherence Monitoring and Genetic Testing in Chronic Pain – Keeping Your Patients and Your Practice Safe” – Presented for CME at American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Controlled Substance Management Virtual Review Course on February 29, 2023.

“Buprenorphine and Naltrexone for Substance Use Disorders” – Presented for CME at American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Controlled Substance Management Virtual Review Course on February 29, 2023 and Management of Substance Use Disorders and Controlled Substance Management Webinar on May 21, 2023.

“Incorporating Office Detoxification into Your Interventional Pain Management Practice – Suboxone and Beyond” – Presented for CME at American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Controlled Substance Management Virtual Review Course on February 29, 2023 and Management of Substance Use Disorders and Controlled Substance Management Webinar on May 21, 2023.