Dr. David J Columbus D.O.
Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
2500 Rocky Mountain Ave Suite 2200 Loveland CO, 80538About
Dr. David Columbus is an anesthesiologist practicing in Loveland, CO. Dr. Columbus 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. Columbus also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Univ of Hlth Sci, Coll of Osteo Med, Kansas City Mo 1988
Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine 1988
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine 1988
University of Dodoma College of Health Sciences
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
Provider Details
Awards
- Florida Super Doctors 2009 - Gulf Coast Edition 2009
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Neuropathy
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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