Lyndly Tamura, MD
Assistant Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine
Dr. Lyndly Tamura is a board-certified specialist in Physical Medicine and
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Rehabilitation (PM & R) focused on providing non-operative care for patients with acute and chronic spine pain, musculoskeletal disorders, and pain conditions. Dr. Tamura is fellowship-trained in Interventional Pain, and she is board-eligible in Pain Medicine. To alleviate pain and improve her patients’ quality of life, Dr. Tamura specializes in diagnostic and therapeutic interventional procedures, which include fluoroscopy-guided spine injections (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum), fluoroscopy-guided intra-articular injections, ultrasound-guided injections, and nerve conduction studies/electromyography. An active researcher, Dr. Tamura ‘s interests involve the safety and efficacy of regenerative medicine to treat spine related pain, reviewing practice patterns for certain spinal interventions, developing novel injection techniques for musculoskeletal and pain conditions, monitoring the efficacy of tele-nutrition in spinal cord injury patients, and quality improvement projects involving twoway smartphone messaging between physicians and nurses. Dr. Tamura grew up in Huntington Beach, Calif. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in General Biology from the University of California, San Diego, and completed her Medical degree from the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Dr. Tamura then completed a one-year internship in Internal Medicine at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco; she subsequently completed her residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Stanford University; and most recently, she completed fellowship training in Interventional Pain Medicine at Hudson Medical in New York City. Dr. Tamura was a competitive gymnast and a collegiate pole vaulter. She continues to enjoy leading an active lifestyle of running, hiking, and teaching group exercise. She also enjoys spending time with family, traveling, and exploring diverse cuisines. Dr. Tamura sees patients at the MarinHealth/UCSF Health Clinics in Marin County.
Awards
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- Resident Safety Council Project Multidisciplinary Winner, Stanford University, 2020
- Eleanore Coghlin Award for Medical School Excellence in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, 2016
Education & Training
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- Fellowship Interventional Pain Hudson Medical 2021
- Residency Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Stanford University 2020
- Internship California Pacific Medical Center 2017
- MD The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences 2016
- BS University of California, San Diego 2011
Websites
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- Preparing for your Non-operative Spine Appointment (orthosurgery.ucsf.edu)
- Meet the Doctor: Lyndly Tamura MD (youtube.com)
- Lyndly Tamura, MD, UCSF Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery (orthosurgery.ucsf.edu)
- Lydly Tamura, MD, UCSF Health (ucsfhealth.org)
Publications (2)
Top publication keywords:
Injections, EpiduralLumbar VertebraeProspective StudiesNeural ConductionElectromyographyPeroneal NerveAction PotentialsAdultTreatment OutcomeHumansIntervertebral Disc DisplacementMuscle, SkeletalReproducibility of ResultsSteroidsConversion Disorder
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Extensor digitorum brevis bulk and associations with fibular motor nerve conduction amplitude.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2021 Levin J, Lowe A, Tamura L, Miller E, Koltsov J, Kenrick A, Barrette K, Richardson J -
Conversion Disorder after a Lumbar Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation 2019 Tamura L, Huynh L