Dr. Doris Kathleen Cope, M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
5355 Reynolds St Ste 315 Savannah GA, 31405Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Doris Cope practices Pain Medicine in Savannah, GA. 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. Cope 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
Med College Of Georgia Augusta Ga MD
Board Certification
American Board of Anesthesiology
Pain Medicine (Anesthesiology)
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Dr. Doris Kathleen Cope, M.D.'s Expert Contributions
Is anesthesiology safe after age 75?
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gene therapy and chronic pain.
- The steroid withdrawal syndrome: a review of the implications, etiology, and treatments.
- Interventional management for cancer pain.
- A new animal model of trigeminal neuralgia produced by administration of cobra venom to the infraorbital nerve in the rat.
- Higher dose dexamethasone increases early postoperative cognitive dysfunction.
- The distance from skin to cervical and high thoracic epidural space on chinese adults as read from MRI.
- Pre-induction dexamethasone does not decrease postoperative nausea and vomiting after microvascular decompression for facial spasm.
- Total intravenous anesthesia for cesarean section in a pregnant woman with spinal muscular atrophy.
- A New Animal Model of Brachial Plexus Neuralgia Produced by Injection of Cobra Venom into the Lower Trunk in the Rat.
- To give to the world.
- Trigeminal neuralgia induced by cobra venom in the rat leads to deficits in abilities of spatial learning and memory.
- Distance, Depth and Puncture Angle for Cisterna Magna in Chinese Adults as Read from Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- Rat Model of Trigeminal Neuralgia Using Cobra Venom Mimics the Electron Microscopy, Behavioral, and Anticonvulsant Drug Responses Seen in Patients.
- Thunderclap Headache Caused by an Inadvertent Epidural Puncture During Oxygen-ozone Therapy for Patient with Cervical Disc Herniation.
- Analgesic Effects and Neuropathology Changes of Electroacupuncture on Curing a Rat Model of Brachial Plexus Neuralgia Induced by Cobra Venom.
Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Professor and Vice Chair University of Pittsburgh 2010 - Present
Awards
- Medical Advisory Board 2015 Best Doctors Inc
Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors
- Independent Presbyterian Church
- DAR
- Garden Club of Savannah
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