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Dr. Monica Torres MD, Pain Management Specialist
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Dr. Monica Torres MD

Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine

3/5(22)
4502 Medical Dr San Antonio TX, 78229
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3/5

About

Dr. Monica Torres practices Pain Medicine in San Antonio, TX. 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. Torres 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

University of Texas at Austin Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts , Biology 2000

University of Texas at Austin Bachelor of Arts M.D. 2005

Board Certification

Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR

Provider Details

FemaleEnglish

Treatments

  • Back Pain & Neck Pain Conditions
  • Blood Patch
  • Chronic Pain Conditions
  • Chronic Pain Treatments
  • Bursa Injection
  • Electromyography (emg)
  • Epidural Steroid Injection
  • Facet Joint Injection
  • Intra-articular Steroid Injection (Hip)
  • Intra-articular Steroid Injection (Shoulder and Knee)
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Medial Branch Block
  • MILD Procedure (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression)
  • Occipital Nerve Block
  • Prolotherapy/Regenerative Therapy
  • Radiofrequency Lesioning
  • Sacroiliac Joint Injection
  • Selective Nerve Blocks
  • Spinal Cord Stimulator
  • Sympathetic Nerve Block
  • Trigger Point Injection
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Viscosupplementation
  • Platelet ri
  • Stem cell in

Professional Memberships

  • Board Certified Obesort Medicine 
  • Professional Member American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 
  • Professional Member American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians 
  • Professional Member Obesity Medicine Association 

Dr. Monica Torres MD's Practice location

Practice At 4502 Medical Dr

4502 Medical Dr -
San Antonio, TX 78229
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Patient Experience with Dr. Torres


3.0

Based on 22 reviews

Dr. Monica Torres MD has a rating of 3 out of 5 stars based on the reviews from 22 patients. FindaTopDoc has aggregated the experiences from real patients to help give you more insights and information on how to choose the best Pain Management Specialist in your area. These reviews do not reflect a providers level of clinical care, but are a compilation of quality indicators such as bedside manner, wait time, staff friendliness, ease of appointment, and knowledge of conditions and treatments.

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