Dr. David Stephen Wilgarde M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
3001 E TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY STE 108 PALM SPRINGS CA, 92262About
Dr. David Wilgarde practices Pain Medicine in PALM SPRINGS, CA. 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. Wilgarde 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
Wayne State University School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR- Pain Medicine
Provider Details
Treatments
- Chronic Pain
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neuropathy
- Back Pain
- Sciatica
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Tendonitis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
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