John R. Swicegood MD

Summary

• Dr. John Swicegood is an anesthesiologist based in Fort Smith, AR, with a subspecialty in pain medicine. He completed his medical education at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, his internship in surgery at Orlando Health, and his residency in anesthesiology at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Dr. Swicegood has co-authored multiple publications focusing on interventional pain techniques, many of which have been cited extensively. He holds the Diplomate of the American Board of Interventional Pain Practice and is also a Diplomat of the World Institute of Pain being awarded with Fellow of Interventional Pain, FIPP. Currently his clinic is temporarily closed and Dr. Swicegood is doing locums Anesthesia applying his interventional skills to acute postoperative pain. He feels when CMS stops persecuting independent practicing physicians with baseless audits and progressive fee reductions, he intends, if time allows, to reopen Advanced Interventional Pain and Diagnostics (AIPD).