Dr. Brian D Smith M.D.
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
615 S New Ballas Rd Sjmmc Dept Of Anes Saint Louis MO, 63141About
Dr. Brian Smith is an anesthesiologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Smith 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. Smith also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Mo, Columbia Sch of Med, Columbia Mo 1986
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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