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Denise Wilkes

Denise Wilkes, MD, PhD UTMB Health Provider

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    Specialties: Anesthesiology
    Pain Medicine
    Languages: English
  • UTMB Health Pain Management, PCP Galveston
    • 400 Harborside Drive
      Suite 110, Entrance A
      Galveston, TX 77555
    • Phone: (832) 505-2450
    • Fax: (409) 747-0011
    UTMB Health Pain Management, Town Center
    • 2660 Gulf Freeway South
      Entrance B
      League City, TX 77573
    • Phone: (832) 505-2450
    • Fax: (281) 337-0720
  • Dr. Denise Wilkes is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. She is board certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. She joined the UTMB Pain Medicine Practice in 2007 and treats chronic pain conditions with emphasis on cancer and facial pain. Her practice provides medical management and interventional procedures such as steroid injection, neurolytic blocks, spinal cord stimulator, vertebroplasty, and kyphoplasty.

    Dr. Wilkes is also a researcher. She works with other scientist in the Department of Neurosciences translating basic science discoveries into potential clinical treatments. Her research focus is to study novel therapeutic approaches for neuropathic pain such as gene therapy. The National Institute on Drug Abuse currently funds her research.

  • Medical/Professional School:

    University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, TX, MD, 2002

    Residencies:

    Anesthesiology, Bangalore, 2006

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