Jacob Chodakiewitz M.D.
Functional and Stereotactic Neurosurgery
For Pain and Involuntary Movements
About Dr. Chodakiewitz
Jacob Chodakiewitz M.D. is a stereotactic neurosurgeon with a specialty in the field of Functional Neurosurgery for the control of Involuntary Movement and Chronic Pain Disorders.
He has been performing tremor and chronic pain control procedures for over 14 years.
Dr. Chodakiewitz is clinical assistant professor at University of California Irvine, Department of Neurosurgery, where he performs neurosurgical procedures for the control of tremor and chronic pain.
He is the neurosurgical consultant for Kaiser Permanent Hospitals in Los Angeles, at Kaiser Sunset, Department of Neurosurgery, where he performs neurosurgery for the treatment of involuntary movement and chronic pain disorders.
Dr. Chodakiewitz works in close collaboration as a team, with Dr. Patricia Rinaldi, a renown neurophysiologist.
Dr. Chodakiewitz has been a principal research investigator in the FDA studies for Deep Brain Stimulation.
He has collaborated closely with Professor D. Albe-Fessard of Paris, the pioneer of microelectrode brain mapping in the thalamus, in the clinical applications of functional and stereotactic surgical techniques for the control of tremor and pain.
He is a senior instructor at the Craniofacial Pain Unit, at White Memorial Hospital, affiliated with Loma Linda University.
He is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management.
Dr. Chodakiewitz is a member of the Brain Research Institute, UCLA.
