Physical Medicine & Pain Management
Lisa D. Persyn, M.D.
Board Certified · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
If a knee, shoulder, hip or back brought you here, Dr. Persyn is usually the first physician you will meet. Her whole practice is the non-surgical side of joint pain — finding out exactly what hurts, then treating it with enough precision that the medication lands where it should instead of somewhere near it.
Where she trained, and what she does with it
Dr. Persyn is a native San Antonian. She graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin with dual degrees in molecular biology and psychology, earned her medical degree at UT Health San Antonio, and completed her residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Her specialty is the part of joint care that never goes near an operating room: understanding how a joint actually works — and how it hurts — and treating it with image-guided precision injections. She has performed more than 100,000 joint injections.
What that means for your visit is simple. You get a diagnosis before you get a treatment plan, and you hear the options that are not ours as well as the ones that are. If an injection is not going to help you, she will tell you so.
Conditions & procedures
What Dr. Persyn treats here
Conditions she works up and treats, and the procedures she performs. Any one of these pages will tell you what the treatment is, what the evidence says, and where it falls short.
Away from the clinic
Away from the clinic, she’s outdoors — summers at the lake, winters skiing with her sons — and always in the middle of a good book.
More about ARV Centers
Tell us what’s hurting. We’ll tell you if we can help.
Call us directly, or send this form and we’ll call you to schedule. We do a complimentary benefits check before any procedure. No surprises.
210-405-1335Consultation hours
- Monday–Thursday8:00–5:00
- Morning · last consult11:30 AM
- Afternoon · last consult4:30 PM
- FridayProcedures only
Closed on major holidays.
3212 Napier Park, San Antonio, TX 78231
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Schedule an appointment
No referral needed for your initial consultation.
Rather book by phone? Call (210) 405-1335.