Dr. Fredrick Lahvis MD
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Hospice and Palliative Medicine
114 Somerset Rd Wilmington DE, 19803About
Dr. Fredrick Lahvis is a physiatrist practicing in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Lahvis is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Lahvis focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Lahvis can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
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Upstate Medical University/ College of Health Professions 1956
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