Imaging Patients with Low Back Pain

Imaging Patients with Low Back Pain

Jeffrey (Jerry) Jarvik, MD, discusses the risks and benefits of using imaging to treat and diagnose back pain. In this presentation Jarvik will cover how back pain prevalence is increasing, how back pain costs are increasing, and how the health status of patients tends to worsen overtime. 


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Jeffrey Jarvik, MD, MPH

Jeffrey Jarvik, MD, MPH

Dr. Jarvik is a neuroradiologist with specialized training in health services research, who has focused his research efforts on the imaging of low back pain and peripheral nerve disorders. He is a UW professor of radiology with a joint ...

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