Mrs. Ushma Patel MD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
617 23rd Street Medical Plaza A Suit Ashland KY, 41101About
Dr. Ushma Patel is a physiatrist practicing in Ashland, KY. Dr. Patel is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Patel 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. Patel 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
Ross University School Of Medicine, Roseau, Commonwealth Of Dominica, West Indies MD
Ross University School of Medicine 1998
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
Provider Details
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Opiate Dependence
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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- Mr. Harry Jules Bell MD1101 SAINT CHRISTOPHER DR ASHLAND KY 41101
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