Dr. Ellen B. Duncan M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
18707 Hardy Oak Blvd Suite 105 San Antonio TX, 78258About
Dr. Ellen Duncan practices Pain Medicine in San Antonio, TX. 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. Duncan 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
Univ of Tx Med Sch At San Antonio, San Antonio Tx 1991
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 1991
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Arthritis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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