Christopher Coe MD

James J. Choo, MD is a native of Knoxville, TN. He graduated from Emory University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science in Anthropology, and received a Doctor of Medicine degree in 2004 from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. After medical school, Dr. Choo completed his residency in anesthesia at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, LA. After residency, he attended the University of New Mexico and completed an ACGME-accredited pain fellowship. Dr. Choo is ABMS board-certified in anesthesiology and pain medicine.

Dr. Choo serves as the Medical Director of PCET Surgery Center and as the primary investigator for PCET Research Center. He has also worked with state legislators, other medical providers, and law-enforcement providers with regard to pain-management legislation issues in Tennessee. He served on the Opioid Prescribing Committee for the Tennessee Medical Association in order to help craft legislation aimed at curbing presciption drug abuse while protecting chronic pain patients' needs. This committee has developed opioid "best practices" guidelines for all physicians and mid-level providers in Tennessee who treat chronic pain.