UCLA Health Santa Monica Pain Medicine

Reviews

• BS

  Brendan Stratton

  Mar 4, 2026
  1.0
  Bad place
• SC

  Sophia Coverson

  Jan 2, 2025
  2.0
  I had surgery through UCLA at the beginning of the year. Knowing that chronic pain is not easy to manage, I have a care team of neurosurgeons, primary care, doctor, and a chronic pain doctor. that being said, I'm still having a very difficult time receiving basic care. My chronic pain doctor will refer me to everybody else for care, but not manage it herself. there are many miscommunications going on with the different care teams. primary care will tell me to speak to chronic pain and chronic pain will either refer me back to primary care or tell me that I don't even need her to be seen essentially. After expressing my concerns, I was told "you don't need a referral depending on what insurance I had" when orthopedics clearly told me I do need a referral. why are there care teams put in place if they do not want to address the pain, rather put it onto someone else. as a patient, it is not ideal to live in high amounts of pain that affect your daily tasks and that's what's going on here. I thought coming to such a procedure place would ensure great care and unfortunately, I was wrong. I had a very pleasant experience with neurosurgery, but very unpleasant with chronic pain
• KN

  Karen Nesheim

  Jul 28, 2022
  1.0
  6 months with Dr Wu “managing” my pain & my depression/pain have skyrocketed!!!! I’m in to much pain to do anything or even walk for 15 minutes every day like I used to! Plus their office is understaffed! I do not trust her at all!
• JR

  Josh Rapp

  Aug 7, 2020
  1.0
  The pain management clinic is a joke. And Dr. Irene Wu is evn more of one - very sarcastic, disrespectful and inconsiderate. In my first meeting with her, she had the attitude that I was bothering her! Shameful. Plus trying to get her so-called backup doctor from the clinic to call is impossible. It is Friday and I am hoping she will get in touch with me before tonight so I don't have to go to the ER.