Brandon Dairo, MD

“It’s about figuring out the patient’s goals and what’s the safest way to help them achieve those goals.”

Dr. Dairo’s interest in medicine started with a childhood desire to understand how things around us work. As he began to learn how science applied to the human body, Dr. Dairo started shadowing some of his friends’ fathers who were physicians. “I liked being able to apply a scientific understanding of how things work to help people,” he says.

Approach
Dr. Dairo wants to get to know his patients first, especially how their pain has affected their quality of life. He received good advice from one of his medical school instructors: “The patient will always tell you what is wrong with them if you take the time to listen.” Dr. Dairo believes that a physician’s role is to listen carefully before offering ideas for treatment. “I’ve found that if I take more time to listen carefully,” he says, “the answer is there.” Because of his previous experience, Dr. Dairo is skilled in some advanced procedures like spinal cord stimulators, interspinous spacers, and intrathecal pain pumps, as well as regenerative medicine therapies like ketamine infusions, plasma-rich platelet (PRP) therapy, and bone marrow concentrate (BMC) injections. He is also excited about the pain-relief potential for rhizotomies and ablations because these procedures can offer pain relief from six months to two years.

Credentials
Dr. Dairo grew up in Indiana and graduated with his undergraduate degree and a master’s in medical sciences from Indiana University. He completed medical school and an internship in internal medicine at Howard University, followed by an anesthesia residency at the University of California San Diego. After a one-year fellowship in interventional pain management, Dr. Dairo began working for Pacific Pain Medicine Consultants in 2019, later joining Synovation in October 2022.

Personal
Dr. Dairo enjoys surfing, playing beach volleyball, and riding a longboard. He’s an avid skier and looks forward to trying out a snowboard soon. Music of all kinds is important to him, and if there’s a live music festival nearby, you’ll probably find him there.