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Dr. David M. Hirsch brings extensive experience in cutting-edge procedures to South Texas Spinal Clinic. Dr. Hirsch’s patients in the South Texas area benefit from his advanced training in injection techniques that deliver regenerative, anti-inflammatory, and pain-relieving treatment to the precise location of orthopedic conditions in joints, disc space, muscles, bursa and tendon sheath. He specializes in ultrasound medicine for diagnostics and pain procedures, specifically ultrasound-guided injections of stem cells, platelet-rich plasma, and cortisone.

Dr. Hirsch earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, then received his medical degree from the School of Osteopathic Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. He was awarded a full scholarship to medical school by the United States Army, then later served in his specialty at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He completed his military obligation as a major in 1994.

As a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation, and the pain management physician for the South Texas Spinal Clinic, Dr. Hirsch manages an electrodiagnostic lab that performs electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies, serving as one of only two board-certified EMG labs in San Antonio.

Dr. Hirsch is a diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management, a fellow of the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and a member of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

Dr. Dianne Lou is a native Texan and spent most of her childhood in the suburbs of Houston. She is an alumnus of San Marcos Baptist Academy in San Marcos, Texas where she graduated in the top 10% of her class at the age of 16. She earned a direct admission spot to a 7 year Pharm.D. program at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ but ultimately decided to pursue a medical degree instead. She returned home and pursued an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of Houston, graduating summa cum laude and with Honors in Major. She then received her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX and her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. To further her training and career, Dr. Lou traveled to the prestigious Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN where she completed an Anesthesiology residency with an emphasis on research. She remained on staff as an attending Anesthesiologist for an additional year while completing her research project focused on cancer-related pain. She returned to her final year of training in the highly competitive Interventional Pain Fellowship program at Vanderbilt. Dr. Lou is a board-certified Anesthesiologist and board-certified n Pain Medicine.

Dr. Lou brings an expansive array of knowledge and expertise in all aspects of Pain Medicine. She has had the privilege of training under mentors who have also trained at elite institutions such as Vanderbilt University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Wake Forest University, University of Texas, and Memorial Sloan Kettering/Cornell.

She is committed to providing the highest quality of care to her patients by tailoring a unique treatment plan for each of her patients and offering the latest in interventional procedures to the San Antonio community. Outside of work, you can find her spending time with her husband and children looking for the next greatest adventure. She is excited to be back in Texas, surrounded by HEB, good food, and family!