Dr. Brent Thurness specializes in treating neuropathy, joint, neck, and back-related pain. He provides interventional pain services for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes and offers non-surgical musculoskeletal care to patients for whom surgery is not the best option or has failed to provide sufficient relief of symptoms.
Dr. Brent Thurness specializes in treating neuropathy, joint, neck, and back-related pain. He provides interventional pain services for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes and offers non-surgical musculoskeletal care to patients for whom surgery is not the best option or has failed to provide sufficient relief of symptoms.
Dr. Brent Thurness specializes in treating neuropathy, joint, neck, and back-related pain. He provides interventional pain services for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. In addition, he offers non-surgical musculoskeletal care to patients for whom surgery is not the best option or has failed to provide sufficient relief of symptoms.
Dr. Thurness attended medical school at the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City, graduating in 1994 and completing his residency in anesthesiology at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.
Most recently, Dr. Thurness served as the Medical Director of the Anesthesia Department at Campbell County Hospital in Gillette, WY. As the medical director, he was an advocate for the department's role in educating patients about the problem of opioid abuse and ways to prevent its spread with alternative pain management methods. As a result, he established a regional anesthesia program for post-op pain control. In addition, Dr. Thurness contributed to creating Orthopedic Institute's same-day total joint program that helped over 75 patients in its first three months.
Dr. Thurness and his wife Shelly have three (3) children. Cole and Chase played football in 2021/22 for Chadron State College in Nebraska, and their daughter Emma will run track at college in the Fall of 2022.
Always super friendly down to earth guy who never talks down to you and makes sure you understand and are comfortable
Very friendly and knowledgeable.
I think he is great. I have been in pain for 7 years and no one knew why, in 5 min Thurness knew what was wrong and how to treat it. great bedside manners too
He’s the best! Very thorough and kind beyond.
Thanks for the awesome experience
Great
Always the best doctor I know.
Very professional and personable.
Good to know about my lower back pain
Pleasant, upbeat, caring. Takes ample time to answer questions.