Dr. Dana E Zalkind MD
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
690 Canton St Suite 325 Westwood MA, 02090Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Dana Zalkind practices Pain Medicine in Westwood, MA. 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. Zalkind 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
University Of Massachusetts Medical School 1990
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
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Practice At 690 Canton St Suite 325
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