Staff

Alex Kaliakin Dc, qme, CCSP

Dr. Alex Kaliakin is a Los Angeles native who completed his undergraduate studies at California State University Northridge in 1977. He then attended Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles and graduated in 1980 with honors including Summa Cum Laude and class valedictorian. Dr. Kaliakin has been in private practice in Santa Monica, CA since 1981 and recently retired from Santa Monica Physical Medicine (www.smphysmed.com). He is also the director of musculoskeletal diagnostic ultrasound externs for West Coast Ultrasound Institute, hosting ultrasound tech students at his Santa Monica office, where they experience both diagnostic and assistance in image guidance procedures of patients. He is a member of The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. He has attended multiple MSKUS seminars and courses and has been teaching and reading images since 2000. Additionally, he is a certified chiropractic sports physician (CCSP).

Kevin Drake MD

Dr. Kevin Drake is a board certified Radiologist since 1980 and also board certified in Nuclear Medicine since 1985. He is a Pennsylvania native, graduate of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, did his internship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, and did his radiology residency at UCLA as well as his fellowship in Nuclear Medicine. He has a long history of practicing radiology and has been director of radiology at multiple hospitals and imaging centers including Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and most recently The Angeles Clinic (a leading cancer center in Los Angeles).