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Dr. Peter M. Witherell, MD

Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine

3411 Silverside Road Suite 103 Rodney Bui Wilmington DE, 19810
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Dr. Peter Witherell is an anesthesiologist practicing in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Witherell ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Witherell also might help manage pain after an operation.

Education and Training

Sidney Kimmel Medical College medical degree 1991

Board Certification

American Board of Anesthesiology

AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine

Provider Details

MaleEnglish

Treatments

  • Chronic Pain
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Neck Pain
  • Pinched Nerve
  • Pain

Professional Memberships

  • International Spine Intervention Society  
  • American Society of Interventional Spine Physicians  

Fellowships

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center pain medicine  1996

Internships

  • Christiana Care Healthcare (1992)

Fellowships

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (1996)

Professional Society Memberships

  • International Spine Intervention Society, American Society of Interventional Spine Physicians

Dr. Peter M. Witherell, MD's Practice location

Practice At 3411 Silverside Road Suite 103 Rodney Building

3411 Silverside Road Suite 103 Rodney Bui -
Wilmington, DE 19810
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New patients: 302-478-7001
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Interventional Spine Pain Consultants, PA

774 Christiana Rd Suite 111 -
Newark, DE 19713
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Get to know Interventional Pain Management Specialist, Dr. Peter M. Witherell, who serves patients in Newark, Delaware.

Dr. Witherell is a board-certified interventional pain management physician providing advanced interventional treatment of adult spine related pain at SpineCare Delaware and FirstStateSpine in Newark, Delaware. Dr. Witherell formed Interventional Spine Pain Consultants dba SpineCare Delaware in 2003 alongside his colleague, Dr. James Downing. Moreover, he is affiliated with the Delaware Outpatient Center for Surgery.

Dr. Witherell earned his medical degree in 1991 from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, formerly known as Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA. Following an internship in internal medicine conducted at Prom Christiana Healthcare (1992), he completed the anesthesiology residency program at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (1995). He advanced his training with a fellowship in pain medicine, which he performed with the same teaching venue in 1996. 

Subsequent to his education, the doctor attained board certifications in both anesthesiology and in pain medicine through the American Board of Anesthesiology. The American Board of Anesthesiology sets standards and exams for the accreditation of Board certified anesthesiologists coming to the end of their residency. It is one of the 24 medical specialty boards that constitutes the American Board of Medical Specialties.

Prior to his current endeavors, Dr. Witherell was the director of the Christiana Care Pain Center. An avid lecturer and published author on pain management topics, he is a member of the International Spine Intervention Society and American Society of Interventional Spine Physicians. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

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