Dr. Tracy A Thompson MD
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
4050 Dublin Blvd. Dublin CA, 94568About
Dr. Tracy Thompson practices Pain Medicine in Dublin, CA. Pain medicine is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients experiencing pain. Pain medicine physicians use a broad-based approach to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of disease to pain as the primary disease. Dr. Thompson serves as a consultant to other physicians but is often the principal treating physician, providing care at various levels; such as treating the patient directly, prescribing medication, prescribing rehabilitative services, performing pain relieving procedures, counseling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other healthcare providers, and providing consultative services.
Education and Training
Ok State Univ, Coll of Osteo Med, Tulsa, Ok 1994
University of California 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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