Education
Medical school
Dr. Tong attended University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and graduated in
1974 (48 years ago). University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine is ranked #28 number in the "Best Medical Schools" by U.S. News.
About Me
Dr. Tong works at Yee-Wing Tong, M.D., Inc., which has 1 other health providers.
- Anesthesiology
- Interventional Pain Management
- 48+ years
- Male
- 1609987718
As an anesthesiology and interventional pain management, Dr. Tong may see patients with the following conditions. Please check with Dr. Tong what conditions he treats. Dr. Tong 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. Tong is an anesthesiology and interventional 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."