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Balaji S. Charlu, M.D.

Balaji S. Charlu, M.D.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
Accepting new patients
Language
  • English
Affiliation
  • Hoag Physician Partners
Board Certification
  • American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Pain Medicine
  • American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Sports Medicine
  • American Board of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Insurance
  • Aetna
  • Anthem
  • Blue Shield
  • Cigna
  • Scan
  • United Healthcare

Insurance accepted byBalaji S. Charlu, M.D.

HMO Plans

  • Aetna
  • Aetna Value Network
  • Anthem Blue Cross of California
  • Anthem Priority Select HMO
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Blue Shield TRIO
  • Cigna
  • Cigna Select
  • United Healthcare

Medicare Advantage Plans

  • Aetna PPO Advantage
  • Anthem Blue Cross of California
  • Aetna Medicare Select HMO
  • Aetna Medicare Value HMO
  • Anthem Medicare HMO
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Blue Shield 65 Plus HMO
  • Blue Shield 65 Plus Plan 2
  • Blue Shield Total Dual Plan
  • Blue Shield Coordinated Choice Plan
  • Blue Shield Advantage Optimum Plan
  • Blue Shield Vital HMO
  • Blue Shield Inspire
  • SCAN
  • Scan Classic HMO
  • United Healthcare
  • United Healthcare AARP Medicare Complete Secure Horizons Premier/Essential
  • United Healthcare AARP Medicare Advantage Secure Horizons Focus Plan
  • United Healthcare AARP Medicare Advantage Patriot
  • United Healthcare Group Medicare Advantage
  • United Heatlhcare Medicare Advantage Assure

PPO Plans

  • Aetna
  • Anthem Blue Cross of California
  • Beech Street
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Cigna
  • Coventry
  • Multi Plan
  • Private Health Care Systems
  • TRICARE, Managed by Healthnet

Medicare PPO Plans

  • Aetna Medicare PPO
  • Alignment Health PPO Powered by Hoag
  • Anthem Medicare PPO
  • Blue Shield Medicare PPO
  • United Healthcare Medicare PPO

Covered California

  • Blue Shield HMO TRIO and PPO Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum plans
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About Balaji S. Charlu, M.D.

Balaji (Bobby) S. Charlu, M.D. is an Interventional Physiatrist who specializes in the non-operative management of musculoskeletal and spine related disorders. As an avid tennis and soccer player growing up in Michigan, Dr. Charlu was naturally drawn to sports and musculoskeletal medicine when choosing his medical specialty. “Physiatrists are experts in the rehabilitation of nerve, muscle, and bone injury. Treating injury, improving pain, and enhancing performance is the cornerstone of changing our daily movement and function. My goal is to offer any and all minimally invasive treatments to the sports and spine related pain outside of surgery.” In addition to performing basic spinal therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, Dr. Charlu brings a variety of advanced pain management therapies to Newport Orthopedics including radiofrequency ablation, discography, percutaneous discectomy, spinal cord neuromodulation, and regenerative PRP. He is currently active in Interventional Spine research, and is a teaching faculty member of the North American Spine Society.

Dr. Charlu is Board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) with sub-specialty Boards in Pain Management and Sports Medicine. Dr. Charlu attended Michigan State medical school and completed his residency in PM&R at the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas where he was Chief resident. He completed his fellowship training in Interventional Pain Management at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2006.

In his spare time, Dr. Charlu enjoys spending time with his wife and three children in Irvine in addition to his active participation in sports including tennis, running, biking and a new-found passion for triathlons.

Dr. Charlu also enjoys giving back to the community by serving as the team doctor for the University High School football team in Irvine.

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