Dr. Bonni Goldstein is one of the country’s most respected and experienced medical cannabis physicians. She is the owner and Medical Director of Canna-Centers Wellness & Education. Since establishing her practice in Los Angeles in 2008, she has successfully treated thousands of adult and pediatric patients with serious and chronic medical conditions. She has spoken both nationally and internationally at numerous scientific conferences and patient group events. In September 2020, she published her second book, “Cannabis is Medicine: How Medical Cannabis and CBD Are Healing Everything from Anxiety to Chronic Pain.” She is a board member of the International Association of Cannabinoid Medicines, and also a member of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, and the Society of Cannabis Clinicians.
A native of New Jersey, Dr. Goldstein received her undergraduate education at Rutgers College. She pursued her medical degree at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. After completing her internship and residency at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, she served as Chief Resident. She was a Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics at USC School of Medicine in Los Angeles, Emergency Transport Attending Physician at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Emergency Medicine Attending Physician in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. Dr. Goldstein developed an interest in the science of medical cannabis after witnessing its beneficial effects on an ill friend.