Dr. Joseph T Gillespie M.D.
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
1103 Kaliste Saloom Rd Suite 202 Lafayette LA, 70508About
Dr. Joseph Gillespie is an anesthesiologist practicing in Lafayette, LA. Dr. Gillespie ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Gillespie also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
La State Univ Sch of Med In New Orleans, New Orleans La 1992
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1992
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Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Opiate Dependence
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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