EP 138 - Chronic Pain Medicine in the US and Canada - Dr. Michael CT Wansbrough
Description
Pain physician Dr. Michael CT Wansbrough joins the GH360 podcast. In this Episode Dr. Wansbrough and Dr. Ferguson discuss treatment options for chronic pain, differences in how pain medicine is practiced in the US and Canada, and some differences between private and public health care systems. The US has a higher incidence of chronic pain than Canada, and chronic pain in the US tends to be regional.
Dr. Michael CT Wansbrough, MD CCFP(EM) DTM&H DLHSTM CHSE ACPP MSc is a Pain & Emergency Physician and the Medical Director of the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Institute, in Toronto, Canada. He is also an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. Dr. Wansbrough studied in Canada and the UK, and has practiced medicine in Africa and Canada.