Dr. John Erskine Welsh M.D.
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
851 Fremont Ave Suite 109 Los Altos CA, 94024About
Dr. John Welsh is a physiatrist practicing in Los Altos, CA. Dr. Welsh is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Welsh 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. Welsh 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.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Diego, Sch of Med, La Jolla Ca 1994
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University 1993
Provider Details
Treatments
- Pinched Nerve
- Spinal Stenosis
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