Raj N. Sureja, MD My role as an Interventional Pain Management Physician is to provide treatments that offer pain relief and function restoration without surgery. A lumbar nerve block delivers a local anesthetic or numbing medication to a nerve or set of nerves near the lower spine to provide pain relief. The sympathetic nerves are… Read more »
Joel D. Stewart, MD In my last article, I discussed the educational and training differences between a fellowship trained orthopedic foot and ankle specialist and a podiatrist. Both are specialists who diagnose and treat injury to and conditions of the foot, ankle, and leg. Today, I’ll discuss the differences and similarities in our medical… Read more »
Jenny L. F. Andrus, MD According to the CDC, 100 million Americans have diabetes or a condition known as pre-diabetes. Type 1 diabetes typically presents in childhood and is more rare, accounting for 10% of all diabetes cases. The more common Type 2, accounting for 90% of cases, occurs in adulthood and can be caused… Read more »