Dr. Walter Petri M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
3815 Highland Ave Downers Grove IL, 60515About
Dr. Walter Petri practices Pain Medicine in Downers Grove, IL. 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. Petri 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1988
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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