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Dr. Kelly DeSouza, M.D.
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
Dr. DeSouza is a double board certified in Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology by the American Board of Anesthesiology. She completed a residency in Anesthesiology and a fellowship in Pain Management at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She then remained on faculty as an Associate Professor and trained the next generation of pain physicians for 6 years. She is well versed with all pain management outpatient procedures including epidurals, nerve blocks, radiofrequency ablations/rhizotomy, spinal cord stimulators, peripheral nerve stimulators, platelet rich plasma, etc... She is originally from Brazil, was raised in South Florida and fluently speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English.
15 years
Experience
Dr. Kelly DeSouza, M.D.
- Davie, Florida
- Univ.Central del Caribe School
- Accepting new patients
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Is ankle arthritis serious?
It means inflammation of your ankle joint. It can cause a lot of pain and difficulty in ambulating which can be very debilitating but the symptoms can be treated.
Can a spine hernia be fixed?
Yes you can have surgery to fix a spinal herniation if it causing progressive weakness and numbness in your legs. There are many other conservative treatments trialed prior to READ MORE
Yes you can have surgery to fix a spinal herniation if it causing progressive weakness and numbness in your legs. There are many other conservative treatments trialed prior to surgery including physical therapy, activity and lifestyle modifications, bracing, medications, epidural steroid injections, etc.
