Dr. Allan T Parr M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
7015 Hwy 190 E Serv Rd 101 Covington LA, 70433About
Dr. Allan Parr practices Pain Medicine in Covington, LA. 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. Parr 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
Louisiana State University Health Shreveport / School of Medicine 1989
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1989
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Systematic review of the effectiveness of cervical epidurals in the management of chronic neck pain.
- Lumbar interlaminar epidural injections in managing chronic low back and lower extremity pain: a systematic review.
- Ambulatory surgery centers and interventional techniques: a look at long-term survival.
- Caudal epidural injections in the management of chronic low back pain: a systematic appraisal of the literature.
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
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