Ashok Jayaram, MD - Pain Management in Portland, Oregon

“I visited this Doctor for pain on hip bone. After an initial consultation and filling 10 pages of redundant and repetitive questions which were mostly unnecessary. I was given another appointment for an injection in my back. He told me that this will either make the pain go completely away, or nothing at all or something in between! Well, the next day my pain got worse than before and is hurting me a lot. This was he worst experience in my 79 years of life. He has an extremely unpleasant and rude demeanor. He did not appear to have access to my medical records and I was not given any summary of the procedure after my visit. This event does not appear on my medical charts and I have no documents to show me a record of his injection and the medication. I would highly recommend to stay away from this practice and seek help somewhere else.”

— Bijan Ansari

“Found him to be an astounding listener. He puts great value in what you tell him and seems almost anxious to hear more from you. He is most sympathetic about any misgivings you might have as to the course of treatment he suggests. You can tell that your relief from pain is of highest priority to him.He is impressed when His patients are extremely smart and can carry on an intelligent conversation with him. His staff is incredibly nice to patients and puts extra effort in help making sure you schedule all the appointments and treatments required. I kind of felt that they would even come get you if transportation was a problem for you. The benefits derived from the level of genuine care received there made it so I didn't have to keep a second appointment. I sleep better at night from their clinic's care. What a place.”

— Pamela Muir

“August 2022 Update - after almost a year as Dr. Jayaram's patient I am changing my review. The one treatment that worked fabulous was the injections he gave in my SI joint. That was a miracle of pain relief. His assistant Ronnie is a saint. That's where the good review ends. His primary treatment for me was morphine three times a day. I thought about if I wanted to become dependent on morphine for a long time. It seemed kind of extreme and scary. Finally, I believe it was last October 2021, I decided it was worth trying. It did help some of course, arthritis pain in the winter was still an issue though. He wouldn't talk to me about my situation and experience. He only wanted me to take the morphine, period. I truly thought I was taking it regularly and not missing hardly any. However, clearly that wasn't the case as I wasn't able to pick up my prescription in a timely fashion this July and found I had accumulated an extra week supply over the last several months. Maybe I was feeling better and just forgetting? Maybe I could take less and have another prescription on hand for flare ups which happened all along anyway? He marched in the exam room read me the riot act and was extremely mad at me. Seemed to think even after 11 months of knowing me that I was only seeking opiates from him and told me I could find another doctor if that's what I wanted. He insisted that the treatment I've been using for the last 15-20 years wasn't effective based on studies. Didn't matter that my experience was different. I wonder if my vocabulary didn't accurately fit his pain vocabulary? Anyway, he stormed out of the room leaving me feeling shell shocked. The nurse assured me I could call in for refills and it would be ok. That he was worried about getting in trouble and losing his license. After processing this for about an hour, I decided if I wasn't taking the morphine correctly anyway, I wanted to get off it. Called in asked how best to stop taking the morphine. The nurse said she couldn't tell me that the doctor had to do that. I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM YET, THAT WAS AUGUST 3. I tapered down beginning that day for a week then stopped. Started feeling weird and sick then looked into officially how to stop and found the process is called going through detox and should be done under doctor care. It takes 4-10 days. Decided to continue on my own and am fine now but it was a miserable week or so. SHAME ON YOU DR. JAYARAM”

— Michelle Allen

“I saw this doctor about 17 years ago for some lower neck pain that was bothering me for a long time. He have me the pain injections twice and the pain that I had been suffering for years never came back. I now have other pain that I would like to see if he can help with. He was an awesome doctor. I now live in Texas and will come up to Oregon to see him cause in Texas I can not find anyone as good as him.”

— Avelina Hernandez