Advanced Pain Management: Anuj Gupta, MD

Mar 2026

Dr. Gupta is HORRIBLE!! I wouldn't even call him a pain doctor because he doesn't even help his patients that are in pain! My daughter has been dealing with chronic pain for a year and was referred to Gupta. He was an hour late and when he came into the room he didn't introduce himself and then he preceded to put his face into the computer. He looked my daughter in the face one time out of the entire appointment. He was offering her more test and imaging to be done when her previous doctors already did them. I asked him if he was going to help her with her pain and all he said that he was going to do was more imaging! I said fine so do more imaging, but in the meantime...read full review

Nov 2025

Update:
I saw Dr. Contreras today, he is amazing, caring and took time to explain everything, i discussed my concern about office staff, and he will look into it.
The staff consistently fails at their managerial responsibilities. There was no callback after I called several times regarding my referral, which was marked as urgent by Dr. Gupta.

Every time I called, Jovani claimed they had already sent it for approval. I have severe head tremors, which cause severe neck pain, and I was recommended by Dr. to get an epidural injection. When I called the referral customer service, they told me they never received the referral. I had to send my husband to the office...read full review

Nov 2025

Update: I saw Dr. Contreras today, he is amazing, caring and took time to explain everything, i discussed my concern about office staff, and he will look into it. The staff consistently fails at their managerial responsibilities. There was no callback after I called several times regarding my referral, which was marked as urgent by Dr. Gupta. Every time I called, Jovani claimed they had already sent it for approval. I have severe head tremors, which cause severe neck pain, and I was recommended by Dr. to get an epidural injection. When I called the referral customer service, they told me they never received the referral. I had to send my husband to the office and have him stand there to ensure they faxed my referral. Jovani never followed up to see if it was approved. The back-and-forth took more than a month, with me calling the doctor's office only to find they were not truthful and no call back even-though they said they will call me back. They never took notes regarding my calls and concerns, so I had to explain the situation every time I called them. This caused me a great deal of stress. The person in charge of referrals Jovani at the doctor's office never called me with an update. This demonstrates such irresponsibility and a lack of service. I am very angry that they did not care how much pain I was in. I hope upper management look into all this negative reviews by other patients too, otherwise they will ruin Dr's. Reputation. Finally Shannon from Sharp referral customer service helped me by calling and follow up with Dr.office to make sure they fax my referral for approval. Thanks Shannon. I finally received my injection from Dr. Conteras, and he was great, but the office staff ruined my experience due to their lack of responsibility.