John Stocking, MD

Addiction Medicine Anesthesiologist

Dr. John Stocking is an Addiction Medicine Anesthesiologist in Louisville, KY with special training and skill in treating opioid addiction while patients are under sedation. As an Addiction Medicine Anesthesiologist, John Stocking, MD performs anesthesia-assisted rapid opioid detox (AAROD). Addiction Medicine Anesthesiology is delivered for quick and comfortable withdrawal. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Addiction Medicine Anesthesiologists include addiction to opioids like oxycodone, morphine, and heroin. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Addiction Medicine Anesthesiologists include delivering anesthesia, applying the opioid antagonist naloxone, and monitoring patients when they wake.

An anesthesiologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of addictions.

Other Service Specialist

An individual educated and trained in an applied knowledge discipline used in the performance of work at a level requiring knowledge and skills beyond or apart from that provided by a general education or liberal arts degree.