Christine Chilaka, MD

Dr. Christine Chilaka is a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation resident in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine. She developed her passion for medicine at a young age, accompanying her mother, a nurse, during hospital shifts in Southern California. Her clinical interests include interventional spine, pain medicine, interventional pain management, and improving access to care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

When not treating patients in the hospital or clinic, Dr. Chilaka advocates for better resident conditions as the department representative for the Northwest/CIR/SEIU resident and fellow physician union. Her motto is "Always question why, and if you see a gap, fill it."

Education and Training

• The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, MD, May 2022 
• University of California, Berkeley, BA, May 2015 

Clinical Interests

• General Rehabilitation
• Interventional Pain Medicine
• Interventional Spine
• Pain Medicine
• Disability Advocacy

Research Interests

• Quality Improvement
• Interventional Pain
• Interventional Spine
• Pain Medicine
• Cancer Pain