Dr. Kemesha Delisser is a Board-Certified Physiatrist and Board-Certified
Pain Medicine specialist with subspecialty training in Interventional
Spine from Stanford University. She founded KeyTone Medical to bring
together three areas she has spent her career mastering — orthobiologics,
interventional pain medicine, and the medico-legal evaluation of
musculoskeletal injury.
Her path is unusual. She graduated from Princeton with a degree in
Chemical Engineering before earning her MD at Mount Sinai School of
Medicine through the Engineering and Medicine Early Acceptance
Program. She completed her residency in Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, then a
fellowship in Interventional Spine Medicine at Stanford. Along the
way, she added an MBA from Quantic — because running a practice well
is its own discipline.
That blend of engineering precision, clinical depth, and operational
literacy is what KeyTone patients and referring attorneys can expect
from every consult, procedure, and report.
Credentials
Board Certified — Physiatry
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Received 2012, recertified 2022
Board Certified — Pain Medicine
American Board of Pain Medicine
Received 2014, recertified 2024
Qualified Medical Evaluator
State of California
Medico-legal panel
California Medical License
Active — verification on request
(Also licensed in WA, VA, DC, NY)
BLS / ACLS
Current certifications
MBA
Quantic School of Business
Practice management & operations
Training & Career
2024 — Present
Founder, KeyTone Medical
Pain management, regenerative orthobiologics, and California QME services.
2023 — 2024
Allied Spine and Pain Institute, California
Interventional Pain Management Physician across multiple California locations.
2019 — 2022
Medical Director, Pain Management — Samaritan Healthcare
Led pain management at Samaritan in Moses Lake, WA. Surgical Services Executive Committee, Block Scheduling Committee Chair, Surgical Services Committee Chair.
2012 — 2019
Executive Physician — National Spine and Pain Centers
Practicing pain management clinician and executive across DC and Virginia locations.
2011 — 2012
Stanford University School of Medicine
Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery — concurrent with Interventional Spine Medicine fellowship.
2008 — 2011
Residency, Mount Sinai Hospital
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residency in New York.
2007 — 2008
Internship, New York Hospital of Queens
Internal Medicine internship.
Selected Publications
- Delisser K, Greenwald B. Initial rehabilitation interventions in the acute hospital setting and transitioning to the next level of care. Management of Traumatic Brain Injury (Demos Medical, 2011).
- Delisser K. Anterior Cord Syndrome. Spinal Cord Injury: Rehabilitation Medicine Quick Reference (Demos Medical, 2010).
- Delisser K. Brown Sequard Syndrome. Spinal Cord Injury: Rehabilitation Medicine Quick Reference (Demos Medical, 2010).
- Delisser K. Cauda Equina Syndrome. Spinal Cord Injury: Rehabilitation Medicine Quick Reference (Demos Medical, 2010).
- Delisser K. Conus Medullaris Syndrome. Spinal Cord Injury: Rehabilitation Medicine Quick Reference (Demos Medical, 2010).
- Li CY, Price C, Delisser K, et al. Long-term disuse osteoporosis seems less sensitive to bisphosphonate treatment than other osteoporoses. J Bone Miner Res. 2005.
Professional Service
- American Medical Association — Marijuana Task Force (2019 – present)
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (2008 – present)
- American Academy of Pain Medicine (2012 – present)
- American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (2012 – present); Virginia Director-at-Large (2015 – 2019)
- Princeton University Alumni Undergraduate Interview Committee (2023 – present)
