Dr. Bruce Bryan Hughes MD
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
1829 E Franklin St Suite 200a Chapel Hill NC, 27514Rating
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Dr. Bruce Hughes practices Pain Medicine in Chapel Hill, NC. 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. Hughes 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 Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1988
Tulane University of Louisiana 1972
Tulane University School of Medicine 1972
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The nuclear matrix of slowly and rapidly proliferating liver cells.
- The nuclear matrix of slowly and rapidly proliferating liver cells.
- Isolation and characterization of the nuclear matrix from Zajdela ascites hepatoma cells.
- Isolation and characterization of the nuclear matrix from Zajdela ascites hepatoma cells.
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