Dr. Joseph Lell Weems M.D.
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Hospice and Palliative Medicine
6423 Shelby View Dr Suite 103 Memphis TN, 38134About
Dr. Joseph Weems is a physiatrist practicing in Memphis, TN. Dr. Weems is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Weems focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Weems can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
Georgetown University in Washington DC 1969
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Treatments
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Stroke
- Lung Cancer
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Dementia
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Vascular Disease
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