Education
Medical school
Dr. Kothawala attended University of Illinois College of Med and graduated in
2011 (11 years ago). University of Illinois College of Med is ranked #56 number in the "Best Medical Schools" by U.S. News.
About Me
Dr. Kothawala works at Rockford Anesthesiologists Associated LLC, which has 52 other health providers.
- Interventional Pain Management
- Anesthesiology
- 11+ years
- Male
- 1891042552
Hospital Affiliations
Dr. Kothawala is affiliated with the following hospitals.
Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital
Rochelle Community Hospital
Swedish American Hospital
As an interventional pain management and anesthesiology, Dr. Kothawala may see patients with the following conditions. Please check with Dr. Kothawala what conditions he treats. Dr. Kothawala may treat additional conditions not listed.
- Cancer pain
- Facet arthropathy
- General anesthesia
- Herniated disc
- Osteoarthritis
- Pain medication management
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Postherpetic neuralgia
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Regional anesthesia
Specialties
Dr. Kothawala is an interventional pain management and anesthesiology. His primary specialty is interventional pain management.
Interventional Pain Management
Interventional pain management or interventional pain medicine is a medical subspecialty defined by the National Uniforms Claims Committee (NUCC) as, "invasive interventions such as the discipline of medicine devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of pain related disorders principally with the application of interventional techniques in managing sub acute, chronic, persistent, and intractable pain, independently or in conjunction with other modalities of treatment."
Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology, or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. The core element of the specialty is the study and use of anesthesia to safely support a patient's vital functions through the perioperative period.