Dr. Steven Feinberg is a physiatrist and pain medicine specialist practicing in Palo Alto. He is an Adjunct Clinical Professor and teaches at the Stanford University Pain Service. He is a past president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) and the California Society of Industrial Medicine & Surgery (CSIMS). He served previously on the Western Occupational & Environmental Medical (WOEMA) Board of Directors. He is on the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) and the CSIMS Board of Directors. Dr. Feinberg received the 2021 WorkCompCentral Comp Laude Physician Professional of the Year Award. In 2024, he received the CSIMS Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the lead author of the California Division of Workers' Compensation Medical-Legal Quality Assurance Checklist.

He is a senior author of the 2024 ACPA-Stanford Resource Guide to Chronic Pain Management. Dr. Feinberg serves as Panel Chair for the ACOEM Chronic Pain Guideline. He is on the AMA Guides Editorial Panel. Dr Feinberg collaborated with the Department of Workers' Compensation (DWC) and the UC Berkeley Center for Occupational Mental Health (COEH) to provide educational materials for training QMEs, including the California Medical–Legal Quality Assurance Checklist and Important Terms and Concepts.