I was a health care provider for many years before I decided to go back to school to become a physician. I really enjoyed taking care of patients, but I wanted to understand more about why we did certain things or why we did things the way that we did when we took care of patients. I'm most passionate about collaborating with my patients on what their treatment options are. One of the major things that I have found is that lots of patients in chronic pain don't know what their options are. They feel they have to live with their pain, or they might have to take a medication every day. But lots of times, we have other options that they were completely unaware of and maybe even their doctors were unaware of. I enjoy going through that process with patients, telling them what their options might be and helping them to understand the advantages and the disadvantages of each of those approaches and then deciding with them the intervention or the pathway that they want to take.
Insurances AcceptedAetna, Anthem BlueCross BlueShield, Chickasaw Nation, Cigna, Community Care of OK, Coventry, GlobalHealth, HealthChoice, HealthSmart, Healthcare Highways, Humana, Indian Health Services, MultiPlan/PHCS, National Preferred Provider Network, Oklahoma Health Network, Oklahoma State Medical Association (OSMA), Preferred Community Choice, TRICARE (Humana Military), Three Rivers, Tribute, USA Managed Care Organization, United Healthcare
ServicesMercy Clinic Pain Management - Edmond I-35 provides pain management in Edmond, OK. A Pain Management Specialist is a physician who has four extra years learning anesthesiology and pain medicine to help patients with pain management.
Please call Joshua Woolard at (405) 757-3630 to schedule an appointment in Edmond, OK or to get more information.