Dr. George Monroe Hammitt M.D.
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
2089 Southridge Dr Tupelo MS, 38801About
Dr. George Hammitt is an anesthesiologist practicing in Tupelo, MS. Dr. Hammitt ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Hammitt also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
University of Mississippi Medical Center M.D. 1994
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Treatments
- Caudal Steriod Injection
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection
- Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection (without Contrast)
- Cervical Facet Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Discography
- Facet Joint Injections
- Intrathecal Pump Implant (medtronic)
- Lumber Epidural Steroid Injection
- Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection (without Contrast)
- Lumbar Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Lumbar Sympathetic Block
- Sacroiliac Joint Steroid Injection
- Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant
- Stellate Ganglion Block
- Thoracic Epidural Steroid Injection
- Vertebroplasty
Professional Memberships
- Professional Member American Society of Anesthesiology
- Professional Member American Academy of Pain Medicine
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