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Interventional Pain Specialists - Anchorage, AK

We found 9 interventional pain specialists in Anchorage, AK.

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Dr. Loretta Leih-Sheng Lee, M.D.

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Interventional Pain Medicine

4001 Dale Street, Anchorage, AK

Dr. Loretta Lee is an Anchorage, AK physician who specializes in interventional pain medicine. Dr. Lee graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine.

"I've been a patient of Dr. Lee's for several years, and I'm always amazed with how easy it is to open up. She always asks if there's anything else you want to bring up, never rushes. Several times I have brought up medical issues I didn't think were important enough to mention, and even if it's not enough to treat she makes sure to chart it so if it continues to be an issue we know how long it's been going on for. "

September 2, 2022
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Dr. Luke D. Liu, MD

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Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine

2925 Debarr Road, Anchorage, AK

Dr. Luke Liu's areas of specialization are anesthesiology, pain medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine; he sees patients in Anchorage, AK.
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Dr. Christopher M. Gay, MD

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Interventional Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology

3851 Piper Street, Anchorage, AK 99508

907-215-7633

Dr. Christopher Gay specializes in anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine and practices in Fairbanks, AK and Anchorage, AK. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
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Dr. Jann L. Urban, MD

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Interventional Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology

4001 Laurel Street, Anchorage, AK 99508

907-277-7246

Dr. Jann Urban is an anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine specialist in Anchorage, AK. He studied at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Chicago Medical School.
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Dr. Lawrence A. Kropp, MD

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Interventional Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology

2751 Debarr Road, Anchorage, AK 99508

907-258-5009

chronic pain

Dr. Lawrence Kropp sees patients in Anchorage, AK. His medical specialties are anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine.
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Dr. Leon H. Chandler Jr., MD

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Interventional Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology

4100 Lake Otis Parkway, Anchorage, AK

Dr. Leon Chandler sees patients in Anchorage, AK. His medical specialties are anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine.
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Dr. Steven Johnson, MD

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Interventional Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology

2751 Debarr Road, Anchorage, AK

Dr. Steven Johnson specializes in anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine and practices in Anchorage, AK.
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Dr. Cynthia Kahn, MD

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Interventional Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology, Addiction Medicine

4951 Business Park Boulevard, Anchorage, AK

Dr. Cynthia Kahn's specialties are anesthesiology, interventional pain medicine, and addiction medicine. She practices in Anchorage, AK. She studied at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
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Dr. Teresa Ann Cherry, MD

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Interventional Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine

3300 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK

Dr. Teresa Cherry is an anesthesiology and interventional pain medicine specialist in Anchorage, AK.

Featured Anchorage Interventional Pain Specialist Reviews

Dr. Loretta Leih-Sheng Lee, M.D.

“I've been a patient of Dr. Lee's for several years, and I'm always amazed with how easy it is to open up. She always as...”

September 2, 2022

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What is Interventional Pain Medicine?

Interventional pain medicine is a specialty that is devoted to the management of pain through medical procedures, without the routine use of prescription medications. Usually practiced by anesthesiologists or pain medicine specialists, this subspecialty has had a marked increase in demand in recent years, as the illegal abuse of narcotic painkillers has become a nation-wide problem.

Interventional pain medicine physicians must be adept at diagnosing their patients. Until they can accurately pinpoint the source of the pain, it can be difficult to treat it effectively. In some cases, the pain has an obvious cause, such as the hurt experienced when healing after surgery or when dealing with some cancers. In other cases, there is no obvious problem causing the pain, and the pain itself is the issue. This can be the case with chronic lower back pain, migraines, neuropathies, and other disorders.

There are many treatment options that interventional pain medicine doctors might use to ease a patient's pain, ranging from non-invasive to minimally invasive. Some of these treatments are:

Physical therapy
Epidurals
Nerve blocks
Facet injections, which are injections of small amounts of anesthetic into the joints of the spine
Radiofrequency denervation, or the use of radio waves to stop painful nerves from firing
Spinal cord stimulation, or the use of electrical currents along the spine to interfere with the transmission of pain signals
Implanted intrathecal or epidural injection drug delivery systems

Reducing pain doesn't just help you feel better -- it allows you to become more active and increases your ability to heal. The goal of interventional pain medicine is to help people who are hurting to get back to working, playing, sleeping, and enjoying their life fully.