John P. Rowlands, M.D.

Biography

John Rowlands, M.D., is a board-certified anesthesiologist who is fellowship trained in Interventional Pain Management, with a focus on Spine (neck and back disorders.) 

Dr. Rowlands utilizes non-opioid pain management, with a focus on interventional techniques including:

• Transforaminal, interlaminar, & caudal epidural steroid injections (for neck, back, arm, and/or leg pain)
• Diagnostic medial branch blocks (for neck and back pain)
• Radiofrequency ablations (RFA) (for neck and back pain)
• Spinal cord (dorsal column) stimulators (for back and/or leg pain)
• Sacroiliac (SI) joint injections (for back and/or leg pain)
• Selective nerve root blocks (for neck, back, arm, and/or leg pain)
• Trigger point injections (for neck, back, shoulder, arm, and/or leg pain)
• Sympathetic nerve blocks (for arm or leg pain)
• Other procedures not listed here

After completing his pre-medical training at the University of Notre Dame and his medical training at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Dr. Rowlands completed a residency in Anesthesiology at Dartmouth Medical Center.  He then returned to Philadelphia to attend a Pain Management fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He currently lives with his wife and daughter in northern Delaware.

Dr. Rowlands works closely with Dr. Mark Eskander, fellowship-trained spine surgeon at Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists, to provide Comprehensive Spine Care.

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