Dr. Peter D Wright M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
2416 Regency Rd Suite 30 Lexington KY, 40503About
Dr. Peter Wright practices Pain Medicine in Lexington, KY. 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. Wright 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
Univ of Ky Coll of Med, Lexington Ky 1993
University of Kentucky College of Medicine 1993
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Pain Medicine
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Chronic Pain
- Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Opiate Dependence
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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