Dr. Scott Richard Johnston M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
250 Huff Dr Jacksonville NC, 28546About
Dr. Scott Johnston practices Pain Medicine in Jacksonville, NC. 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. Johnston 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
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1986
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1986
Duke University School of Medicine 1995
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Chronic Pain
- Spondylolisthesis
- Fibromyalgia
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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