Dr. Richard Ian Gracer MD
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
5401 Norris Canyon Rd Suite 102 San Ramon CA, 94583About
Dr. Richard Gracer practices Pain Medicine in San Ramon, CA. 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. Gracer 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
Albany Medical College - Union University 1973
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Chronic Pain
- Spondylolisthesis
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Opiate Dependence
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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