Dr. Joseph D Fortin D.O.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
9502 LIMA ROAD FORT WAYNE IN, 46818Rating
3/5
About
Dr. Joseph Fortin practices Pain Medicine in Fort Wayne, IN. 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. Fortin 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
Mi State Univ, Coll of Osteo Med, East Lansing Mi 1984
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine 1984
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sacroiliac joint innervation and pain.
- Serratus posterior muscles: anatomy, clinical relevance, and function.
- The postoperative pain experience: a description based on the McGill Pain Questionnaire.
- The sacroiliac joint: anatomy, physiology and clinical significance.
- Minimally invasive options to disc surgery.
- Thoracic facet blocks: bent needle technique.
- Can the sacroiliac joint cause sciatica?
- Competitive figure skating injuries.
- Thoracolumbar syndrome in athletes.
- Current applications of electrotherapeutics in collagen healing.
- Precision diagnostic disc injections.
- Internal disc disruption and low back pain.
- [Assaults in psychiatric wards : Experience and perceptions of mental health workers at the Pavillon Roland-Saucier du Complexe hospitalier de la Sagamie.].
- Does opioid use for pain management warrant routine bone mass density screening in men?
- Environmental conditions and performance outcomes: a preliminary report of implications for patient outcomes.
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Back Pain
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
Dr. Joseph D Fortin D.O.'s Practice location
Practice At 3898 New Vision Dr Suite B
3898 New Vision Dr Suite B -Fort Wayne, IN 46845Get Direction
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