Prestige Pain & Trauma Institute works with attorneys, physicians, rehabilitation professionals, and other referring partners who need careful evaluation of complex pain, injury, and trauma-related conditions.
Led by Dr. Martin, M.D., QME, our practice combines interventional pain expertise with the diagnostic perspective of a physician who is dual board-certified in Pain Medicine and Emergency Medicine. Dr. Martin completed his interventional pain fellowship through Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. This background supports a disciplined approach to causation, diagnosis, treatment planning, functional impact, and medical documentation.
Whether you are requesting a medical-legal evaluation, referring an injured client, or coordinating specialty pain care for a patient, our team aims to make the process clear, responsive, and clinically focused.
Medical-legal matters require more than a routine clinical examination. They require a careful review of the history, available records, reported symptoms, objective findings, prior treatment, and the broader medical questions involved in the case.
As a Qualified Medical Evaluator, Dr. Martin provides objective, evidence-based medical-legal services designed to meet the demands of California’s workers’ compensation and injury-related systems. His combined background in interventional pain management and emergency medicine allows him to consider both the initial injury and its possible long-term effects.
Providing state-certified, neutral assessments for contested Workers’ Compensation claims.
Thorough assessments for PI, motor vehicle accidents, and disability claims outside the Workers’ Comp system.
Serving as a mutually trusted expert to resolve complex medical disputes.
Offering high-tier clinical management and secondary opinions to optimize patient outcomes and clarify medical necessity.
Detailed reporting on causation, future medical needs, and impairment ratings.
Attorneys handling personal injury, workers’ compensation, motor vehicle accident, disability, or trauma-related cases need medical opinions that are clinically grounded and clearly communicated.
Prestige Pain & Trauma Institute works with legal professionals seeking evaluation of clients with persistent pain, traumatic spine or joint injuries, nerve symptoms, post-surgical pain, and other complex conditions. The practice offers QME, IME, AME, personal injury evaluation, medical consulting, and treatment-related opinions for pain and injury cases.
Dr. Martin’s dual-board perspective may be particularly valuable when a case involves both an acute traumatic event and ongoing pain-related limitations. His approach focuses on reviewing the available information carefully, identifying possible pain generators, and distinguishing supported clinical findings from assumptions.
Providing organized information at the beginning can help reduce delays and clarify the purpose of the request.
Please include, when available:
Our team can review the request and clarify what additional materials may be needed before scheduling.
We understand that attorneys need to know whether a referral has been received, whether additional documentation is required, and what the next step will be.
Our goal is to provide a straightforward referral pathway while preserving the clinical independence required for an objective evaluation.
Prestige Pain & Trauma Institute welcomes referrals from primary care physicians, surgeons, emergency departments, neurologists, oncologists, rehabilitation professionals, and other healthcare providers.
Dr. Martin evaluates acute pain, chronic pain, spine-related conditions, nerve pain, headaches, joint pain, post-traumatic symptoms, and complex injury-related concerns. Treatment recommendations are based on the patient’s diagnosis, clinical findings, history, prior care, and functional goals.
Patients may be referred for a focused consultation, diagnostic evaluation, interventional procedure, medication review, or consideration of advanced treatment options.
A referral may be appropriate when a patient needs:
Please send the information most relevant to the reason for referral:
The initial evaluation may include:
