Dr. Friedhelm Sandbrink MD
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
50 Irving St Nw Dept. Of Neurology, Washington DC, 20422About
Dr. Friedhelm Sandbrink practices Pain Medicine in Washington, DC. 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. Sandbrink 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
Hannover Medical School 1990
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover 1990
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Treatments
- Back Pain
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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