Education
Medical school
Dr. Courtney attended University of Arkansas College of Medicine and graduated in
1982 (40 years ago). University of Arkansas College of Medicine is ranked #74 number in the "Best Medical Schools" by U.S. News.
About Me
Dr. Courtney is a solo practitioner.
- Interventional Pain Management
- Addiction Medicine, Anesthesiology, Pain Management
- 40+ years
- Male
- 1902884679
As an interventional pain management, addiction medicine, anesthesiology, and pain management, Dr. Courtney may see patients with the following conditions. Please check with Dr. Courtney what conditions he treats. Dr. Courtney may treat additional conditions not listed.
- Abdominal pain
- Abuse of prescription drugs
- Acute pain
- Addiction detox
- Alcoholism
- Angina
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Benzodiazepine addiction
- Calciphylaxis
Specialties
Dr. Courtney is an interventional pain management, addiction medicine, anesthesiology, and pain management. 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."
Addiction Medicine
Addiction medicine is a medical subspecialty that deals with the diagnosis, prevention, evaluation, treatment, and recovery of persons with addiction, of those with substance-related and addictive disorders, and of people who show unhealthy use of substances including alcohol, nicotine, prescription medicine and other illicit and licit drugs.
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.
Pain Management
Pain management is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of pain (pain relief, analgesia, pain control) in various dimensions, from acute and simple to chronic and challenging. Most physicians and other health professionals provide some pain control in the normal course of their practice, and for the more complex instances of pain, they also call on additional help from a medical specialty devoted to pain, which is called pain medicine. Pain management often uses a multidisciplinary approach for easing the suffering and improving the quality of life of anyone experiencing pain, whether acute pain or chronic pain.