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Andrew Kochan, M.D.
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Andrew Kochan was introduced to medical research
beginning at an early age through his father,
who at that time a graduate student in microbiology
at Stanford University. The future Dr. Kochan
would accompany his father to the research laboratory
and observe the techniques and the rigorous thinking
of scientific investigation. As a teenager Andrew
worked in the immunology research laboratory
taking care of the animals used for immunologic
experiments. He "recieved" from
his father the desire to explore new concepts
and the satisfaction that comes from investigating
and proving or disproving an idea. Thus as a
youth, Andrew Kochan was privileged to receive
excellent inspiration and education in pre-medical
sciences.
After graduating cum laude with a B.A. in Chemistry
from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio Dr.
Kochan received his M.D. in 1977 from Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.
Following medical school he did a flex/surgical
internship at Valley Medical Center in Fresno,
California. He then completed a two year
Research Fellowship at the UCLA Department of
Orthopedic Surgery Bioengineering Laboratory.
He authored two research papers on knee anterior
cruciate injuries which were published in the
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He then completed
his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
at the University of Southern California
/LA County Medical Center and Northridge Hospital
Medical Center under the directorship of
Dr. Renee Calliet.
As a part of his residency training from
1981 to 1984 Dr. Kochan was evaluating and
attempting to treat patients who were having
chronic pain and the attendant social and
physical problems that result from inadequate
treatment and over or under medication. He
was acutely aware of the discomfort, disability
and frustration of patients living with musculo-skeletal
injuries as a result of an injury to his
own anterior cruciate ligament when playing
basketball in college and the three subsequent
knee surgeries that followed. Thus, his frustration
over modern medicine's inability to relieve
the pain and suffering of many of his patients
led him to examine complementary healing
modalities years before this trend became
fashionable. Dr. Kochan discovered first-hand
that certain complementary therapies are
effective for reducing symptoms of painful
conditions in cases where pharmacologic drugs
and surgery have failed.
Dr. Kochan began practicing prolotherapy,
an innovative non-surgical treatment for
musculo-ligamentous pain over twenty years
ago- well before its present-day surge in
popularity. In 1989 Dr. Kochan
incorporated apitherapy, particularly bee
venom therapy, into his practice as a treatment
for chronic and acute pain. His clinical
success with both prolotherapy and apitherapy
inspired him to open the Kochan Institute
of Healing Arts Research in 2001. Today,
Dr. Kochan is a leading international authority
in apitherapy. In his current role as President
of the American Apitherapy Society, Dr. Kochan
continues to promote public and professional
awareness about the medicinal value of honey
bee venom and other substances produced by
bees for a wide range of disorders.
Dr. Kochan holds membership in the Phi Beta
Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi societies and is
a member of the American Medical Association,
American Association of Orthopedic Medicine,
American Apitherapy Society, American Pain
Society, and the Los Angeles County Medical
Association. He has been a Board certified
physician in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
since 1989. He is on staff at Northridge
Hospital Medical Center and a Clinical Instructor
at the University of Southern California School
of Medicine. Earlier in his career Dr. Kochan
was Medical Director of the Head Trauma Rehabilitation
Center at Synergos Neurological Center at
Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills, CA, Medical
Director at the Orthopedic Hospital RehabCare
rehabilitation center in Los Angeles, and
was a staff physician at Northridge Hospital
Medical Center-Chronic Pain Program.
Dr. Kochan has been in private practice since
1984. He remains committed to furthering
research and sound clinical practice in integrative
pain medicine, combining conventional and
proven complementary approaches for relieving
acute and chronic pain. His training in complementary
modalities includes coursework in osteopathic
manipulation at Michigan State University
and acupuncture through the UCLA School of Medicine.
In addition, Dr. Kochan has studied under
the tutelage of Dr. W. Harold Kristal, a world-renowned
expert on Metabolic Typing and biochemical
individuality. Dr. Kochan serves as a volunteer
physician with the Hemwall-Hackett Foundation,
an organization based in Madison, Wisconsin
that is dedicated to educating the public
about prolotherapy and delivering health care
programs to under-served populations. He has
traveled to Honduras to perform prolotherapy
and other pain treatments free of charge for
indigent patients in local peasant communities.
Dr. Kochan, a sports enthusiast, enjoys mountain
biking, scuba diving, racing his 1968 Porsche
and performing close-up magic and playing
the piano.
To view Dr. Kochan's
CV please click here.
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