Dr. Spencer M. Paterson M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
1702-A Meadows Lane Vidalia GA, 30474About
Dr. Spencer Paterson practices Pain Medicine in Vidalia, 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. Paterson 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 Coll of Ga Sch of Med, Augusta Ga 1989
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The utilization of methylmalonyl-CoA for branched-chain fatty-acid synthesis by preparations from bovine (Bos taurus) adipose tissue.
- The utilization of methylmalonyl-CoA for branched-chain fatty-acid synthesis by preparations from bovine (Bos taurus) adipose tissue.
- Biosynthesis of branched-chain fatty acids by preparations from bovine adipose
- Aspects of omega- and (omega-1)-oxidation of fatty acids by microsomal
- omega-Hydroxylation of fatty acids by microsomal preparations from rat and sheep tissues.
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