Dr. Paul L Mefferd D.O.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
790 Church St Ne Suite 550 Marietta GA, 30060About
Dr. Paul Mefferd practices Pain Medicine in Marietta, GA. 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. Mefferd 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
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine 2002
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Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Opiate Dependence
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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