Ruben B. Timmons, M.D., president and lead physician of Regenerative Medicine and Pain Management Physicians, PLLC, has been practicing medicine for over 25 years. He holds double board certifications in interventional pain medicine and anesthesiology.  He attended Purdue University as an undergraduate.  He completed residencies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in Anesthesiology and Pain Management and Pediatrics at the University of Florida.

He was founder of Comprehensive Pain Medicine and functioned as president and was instrumental in the training of many physicians in interventional pain medicine throughout the United States.

In 2010, Dr. Timmons was appointed Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation for the country of Panama. During his five years in that position he worked with pioneering advancements in the field of stem cell research. He helped to establish a comprehensive stem cell law that provided a framework for the ethical practice of conducting clinical investigations using human stem cells. He authored guidelines for conducting clinical research with human stem cells in human subjects and established a national investigational review board in Panama for reviewing and overseeing lawful clinical investigations that utilized stem cells from sources approved within the established guidelines.

Here in the United States, Dr. Timmons works with universities and labs to further develop and improve regenerative medicine. He has publications on ortho-biologic treatments and recently completed an IRB-approved 40-subject study of amniotic membrane allograft injections for knee osteoarthritis.

Dr. Timmons’ practice focuses on treatments for the spine, musculoskeletal, and orthopedic injuries. He aims to optimize healing treatments that may allow the patient to return to activities of daily living, work, exercise, and sports while improving the overall quality of living.  The goal of his treatments is to avoid surgery and to minimize the use of steroids, opioids and other medicines that come with deleterious side effects. His clinical skills include fluoroscopically-guided, as well as ultrasound-guided, minimally invasive outpatient procedures.  His experience with injection treatments include ortho-biologics and other regenerative treatments.

Dr. Timmons is specialized in pediatrics and anesthesiology.  He completed his residency in pediatrics at the University of Florida’s Shands Teaching Hospital followed by anesthesiology and pain medicine residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Timmons is a certified Diplomat of The American Board of Anesthesiology and has a Subspecialty Certification in Pain Medicine by the American Board of Anesthesiology.