Education
Medical school
Dr. Purtock attended Medical College of Wisconsin and graduated in
1980 (42 years ago).
About Me
Dr. Purtock works at Anex, S.C., which has 35 other health providers.
- Anesthesiology
- Interventional Pain Management, Pain Management
- 42+ years
- Male
- 1992789390
Hospital Affiliations
Dr. Purtock is affiliated with the following hospitals.
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
As an anesthesiology, interventional pain management, and pain management, Dr. Purtock may see patients with the following conditions. Please check with Dr. Purtock what conditions he treats. Dr. Purtock may treat additional conditions not listed.
- Abdominal pain
- Acute pain
- Angina
- Arthritis
- Back pain
- Calciphylaxis
- Cancer
- Cancer pain
- Cancer-related pain
- Car accident injuries
Specialties
Dr. Purtock is an anesthesiology, interventional pain management, and pain management. His primary specialty is anesthesiology.
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.
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."
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.