Our Team
Michael Fredericson, MD
Director
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Out-Patient Clinics
Dr. Fredericson is Associate Professor, in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
He has been a head team physician with the Stanford Sports Medicine Program since 1992 and the Nike Farm Team for elite runners since 1994. He is extensively involved with USA Track & Field and has served as Medical Director for the 2002 and 2003 National Track & Field Championships and physician for the 2004 Track & Field Olympic Trials. He was also selected as volunteer physician for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.
He has over 50 scientific publications focusing on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of sports medicine injuries. He serves on the editorial boards of several national sports medicine journals, the scientific advisory board for Runner"™s World and Men"™s Health Magazines, and is past president of the American Academy of PM&R Sports Medicine Interest Group.
He was a charter member of the Physiatric Association of Sports, Spine and Occupational Rehabilitation and served for 8 years on their Medical Education Committee. He is also actively involved with Stanford PM&R resident teaching and has twice been honored with PM&R residents "Excellence in Teaching Award."
Raj Mitra, MD
Medical Director, Interventional Spine Center
Dr. Mitra is the Medical Director of the Stanford Interventional Spine Center, Director of Fellowship Program, and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
He completed his residency at Harvard Medical School, and subsequently completed a Pain Management Fellowship also at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital.
He is Board Certified and a Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dr. Mitra is also board certified in Pain Management.
His research interests include pain management, neck & low back pain, cancer pain, and neuropathic pain syndromes.
Jeffrey Teraoka, MD
Medical Director, Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
Dr. Teraoka is the Medical Director of the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit at Stanford Hospital & Clinics. He 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 (Physicial Medicine and Rehabilitation) residency at Stanford University.
He is Board Certified and a Diplomate of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and the American Board of Internal Medicine.
His research interests include stroke & orthopaedic rehabilitation, as well as spine and neuromuscular disease.
Henry Lew, MD, PhD
Medical Director, Inpatient Rehabilitation Center
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.