Dr. Alexandru N Nitu MD
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
6820 Parkdale Pl Suite 105 Indianapolis IN, 46254About
Dr. Alexandru Nitu practices Pain Medicine in Indianapolis, IN. 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. Nitu 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
Carol Davila University of Medicine & Pharmacy 1993
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Neuropathy
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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