Gregg D Alzate MD
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
8745 Aero Dr Suite 200 San Diego CA, 92123About
Dr. Gregg Alzate practices Pain Medicine in San Diego, CA. 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. Alzate 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 Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1979
University of California 1979
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Extrahepatic abdominal imaging in patients with malignancy: comparison of MR imaging and helical CT in 164 patients.
- Fast spin-echo MR imaging of the abdomen: contrast optimization and artifact reduction.
- Motion suppression in MR imaging of the liver: comparison of respiratory-triggered and nontriggered fast spin-echo sequences.
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