Dr. Alan J Ostrowe MD FACA
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
5319 Didesse Street Suite A Baton Rouge LA, 70808About
Dr. Alan Ostrowe practices Pain Medicine in Baton Rouge, LA. 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. Ostrowe 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
New York Med Coll- Valhalla Ny 1966
New York Medical College 1966
Board Certification
AnesthesiologyAmerican Board of AnesthesiologyABA
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