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Dr. George Hudson Drakes M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
6188 Oxon Hill Rd Suite 100 Oxon Hill MD, 20745About
Dr. George Drakes practices Pain Medicine in Oxon Hill, MD. 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. Drakes 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
Wayne State Univ Sch of Med, Detroit Mi 1986
Wayne State University School of Medicine 1986
University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences 1976
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Chronic Pain
- Arthritis
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Opiate Dependence
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Dr. George Hudson Drakes M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 6188 Oxon Hill Rd Suite 100
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