Dr. Mordecai Potash M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
1440 Canal St Tulane Psychiatry De New Orleans LA, 70112About
Dr. Mordecai Potash practices Pain Medicine in New Orleans, 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. Potash 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.
Board Certification
UrologyAmerican Board of UrologyABU
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Fellowships
- ONCOLOGY, MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, NEW YORK, NY 2001
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