Dr. John W. Arbuckle, MD

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Get to know Interventional Pain Management Specialist Dr. John W. Arbuckle, who serves patients throughout the State of Indiana.

Dr. Arbuckle is a top minimally invasive spine specialist with Indiana Spine Group, focusing on spinal diagnostics and therapeutics. His areas of medical interest include interventional pain management and degenerative spine disease.

Offering world-class comprehensive spine care, Indiana Spine Group operates in offices throughout the state of Indiana, including Carmel, Danville, Indianapolis, Fishers, Greenfield, Rushville, Kokomo, and Greenwood. The medical professionals working there treat each patient as an individual with unique needs and use a team approach to enable timely, effective diagnoses and treatments. They believe in educating patients as much as possible about their condition and available treatment alternatives so that they can take an active part in their own care.

A 1975 graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Dr. Arbuckle went on to pursue his training. He completed his internship in obstetrics and gynecology and his residency in anesthesiology and pain medicine at the same educational venue.

Following his training, the doctor earned board certifications in anesthesiology and pain medicine through the American Board of Anesthesiology, whose mission is to advance the highest standards of the practice of anesthesiology.

Among his professional affiliations, Dr. Arbuckle is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, the Indiana Society of Anesthesiology, the International Spine Intervention Society, and the North American Spine Society.

Pain management is a branch of medicine employing an interdisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of those living with chronic pain. A pain management specialist is a doctor who specializes in pain medicine, focusing on the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of pain.

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