Dr. Franklin Perry, M.D., Ph.D., pain management specialist, founded Rainbow Medical Corporation in 2000 to bring an integrative medicine and mindfulness perspective to pain and stress management.

Dr. Perry’s special interest has been in helping people to manage pain and suffering. For most of his career he has focused on pain relief using both traditional modern medicine and whole body practices intended to strengthen the mind-body connection. He uses medications, as well as meditation, nutrition, and body strengthening techniques. Dr. Perry aims to treat the whole person.
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Dr. Perry stays up to date by attending medical conferences and meditation retreats, to better help his patients. 
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The practice includes evaluation and management of spinal, joint, soft tissue, and neurologic problems, as well as stress, anxiety, depression, and related disorders.

Experience
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology: Yale University, 1966-1970
  • Masters Degree in Psychology San Francisco State University, 1980
  • Ph.D. Degree in Health Psychology: UCSF, 1985
    • Research: ​Psychophysiology of Sleep, Smoking Cessation, Psychophysiology of Clinical Pain, Autonomic Nervous System Function in Chronic Pain, Postoperative Pain Management, Adverse Drug Reactions        
  • M.D. Degree: Saint Louis University, 1991
  • Medical Internship: Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, 1991-1992
  • Anesthesiology Residency (partial): Stanford University, 1993-1994
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Saint Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco, 1994-1996
  • Pain Management: The Spine Center at Saint Mary’s, 1996-1998
  • House Physician: Seton Hospital, Daly City, 1996-1998
  • Private Practice: general internal medicine, San Francisco, 1996-2000
  • Attending Physician: California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, 1996-2000
  • Medical Director of the Student Health Center: UC Hastings School of Law, San Francisco, 1999-2002
  • Attending Physician: Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, 2000-2019
  • Staff Physician: SPARCMed Functional Restoration Program, Menlo Park, 2000-2001
  • Attending Physician: Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, 2000-2004
  • Private practice: pain medicine, 2000-current
    • Began developing “integrative medicine” concepts to chronic pain management, 2006
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training with Renee Bugard, 2006
  • MBSR teacher training with Bob Stahl, Ph.D., 2007
  • MBSR classes at Rainbow Medical in Palo Alto, 2008
  • Project to develop network of integrative medicine & complementary and alternative providers, 2009-2010
  • Attending Physician: Hospice of the Valley, San Jose, 2011-2013
  • Staff Physician: SpineCare Medical Group, Daly City, 2013-2016
  • Dr. Roizen's Preventative, Integrative, and Longevity Conference: Hosted by Cleveland Clinic, Maui, 2014
  • Dr. Roizen's Preventative, Integrative, and Longevity Conference: Hosted by Cleveland Clinic, Las Vegas, 2015-2018
  • Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP) with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, online and Santa Cruz, 2017-2019
  • Napa Pain Conference: Hosted by Neurovations, 2019
  • ​Kauai Pain Conference: Hosted by Neurovations, 2020
  • Napa Pain Conference (Online): Hosted by Neurovations, 2020