Meet The Team
Our Providers
Advanced Pain Medical Group was founded by Dr. Paul B. Johnson and Dr. Vimal S. Lala. As anesthesiologists and pain medicine physicians, Dr. Johnson and Dr. Lala were fellowship trained at the premier pain medicine program in the country, UCLA.
Our physicians and medical team are highly regarded specialists with extensive experience, having collectively performed tens of thousands of interventional pain procedures that have meaningfully improved lives. As a physician-owned practice with over 20 years of continuous operation, APMG is known for clinical excellence, consistency, and trusted patient outcomes, treating the whole body by relieving both acute and chronic pain.
Dr. Vimal S. Lala
Double Board-Certified in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Management
Residency in Anesthesiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Fellowship in Interventional Pain Medicine at UCLA
Dr. Eric Martinez
Board-Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in New York, NY
Residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY
FNP. Roma Bhagia
Double Board-Certified in Pain Management and Orthopedics
Family Nurse Practitioner, Pain Management & Orthopedics
Undergraduate Studies in Neurobiology at The University of California, Davis