Dr. Bobak Afzali Koohian, MD is a board-certified anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist practicing at Kaiser Permanente's Woodland Hills Medical Center in Woodland Hills, California.

Dr. Koohian is a first-generation Iranian American who grew up in Oak Park, California. He completed his medical degree in St. Louis, Missouri, before returning to Southern California for his residency and fellowship training, which included serving as a Pain Medicine Fellow from 2020 to 2021. Early in his career, he spent two years practicing in the Fort Lauderdale/Tamarac area in Florida before returning home to practice in Southern California.

Acute Pain Management: He specializes in labor epidurals and targeted nerve blocks to provide immediate pain relief.

Wellness & Preventive Care: He is an active advocate for physical fitness, operating under the personal mantra that "Movement is Medicine".

Research Contributions: During his training, he participated in medical research aimed at mitigating the opioid epidemic by developing institutional electronic prescription accountability tracking systems.

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