Dr. Joseph Crapanzano M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
4500 Clearview Pkwy Suite 101 Metairie LA, 70006Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Joseph Crapanzano practices Pain Medicine in Metairie, 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. Crapanzano 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
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans 1982
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Arthritis
- Neuropathy
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Herniated Disc
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
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OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTERl
1516 JEFFERSON HWY NEW ORLEANS LA 70121