Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Biography

Dr. Andrea Trescot is a board certified Interventional Pain Physician and Director of the Pain and Headache Centers, Alaska. Dr. Trescot is the Past President of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Her distinguished resume includes Directorship of Pain Fellowships at the University of Washington School Of Medicine and at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Previous to those world renowned leadership roles, Dr. Trescot practiced for 10 years as an Interventional Pain Physician in Orange Park, Florida (a suburb of Jacksonville). She graduated from the University of Florida with a BS (honors) in zoology. Having finished college in 3 years, she worked as a laboratory technician for a year before starting medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. After graduating from medical school, she started her military career as an intern and resident at the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda in the department of anesthesia. After a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at the National Children’s Hospital in Washington, she was stationed at the Naval Hospital in Jacksonville, FL. Dr. Trescot has authored various publications on the field of Interventional Pain Management and most recently co-authored and published the acclaimed \"Pain-Wise, a Patients Guide to Pain Management.\"

Research Interest

Anesthesiology,Pain Medicine,Genetic Polymorphism and Chronic Low Back Pain