Dr. Agnes M. Flaum, MD

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Dr. Flaum’s career in Anesthesiology began in 2006, when she graduated with her Medical Degree from Rush University. Thereafter, she completed her internship from Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital and her residency in Anesthesiology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is determined to enhance her patients’ quality of life, providing high caliber, individualized care in order to ensure the most optimal results. Dr. Agnes M. Flaum is an established Anesthesiologist who continues to provide exceptional care and support to her patients Colorado Springs, Colorado. Featuring over two decades of experience in her field, she has a special expertise in Pain Management and Anesthesia. To keep current with the new developments and technology in her field, Dr. Flaum remains a distinguished member of the Healthcare Executives Network, Leadership Think Tank, American Medical Association, Columbia Alumni Association, American Cancer Society, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, and American College for Advancement in Medicine. She has dedicated her life to delivering quality and compassionate care, and attributes her success to her hard work and wanting the best for her patients, first and foremost. Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and total care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine and pain medicine. A pain management specialist evaluates, diagnoses, and treats all different types of pain. Pain is a wide spectrum of disorders including acute pain, chronic pain and cancer pain and sometimes a combination of these. Pain can also arise for many different reasons such as surgery, injury, nerve damage, and metabolic problems such as diabetes. Occasionally, pain can even be the problem all by itself, without any obvious cause at all.

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