Dr. Gavin D Chartier M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
328 N 2nd St Suite 308 Vincennes IN, 47591Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Gavin Chartier practices Pain Medicine in Vincennes, IN. 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. Chartier 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 Ks Sch of Med, Kansas City Ks 1990
University of Wales in Great Britain 1990
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Treatments
- Kyphoplasty & Vertebroplasty
- Kyphoplasty (for vertebral fractures)
- Kyphoplasty (vertebral Augmentation)
- Kyphoplasty (vertebral Augmentation), Nerve Blocks, Vertebroplasty
- Nerve block therapy
- Pain Pump Implants
- Pain Pumps
- Spinal Cord And Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- MILD (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression)
- Epidural & Other Injection Therapy
- Lyme Disease
- Neurolytics of Celiac Plexus and Cancer Pain
- Neurolytic Block
Dr. Gavin D Chartier M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 328 N 2nd St Suite 308
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