SEATTLE -
Jan. 22, 2018 -
PRLog -- The team at Acute Pain Therapies is proud to announce that the practice's managing director, Dr. Zachary Fisk has been presented with the Seattle Health Innovators of the Year Award for top Pain Management Innovation. The award was presented at the Annual Health Innovation NW Awards Night held at the Cambia Grove. It was the third year of the annual health innovation awards program. This program is designed to celebrate the medical heroes who exemplify exceptional performance in traits necessary for successful innovation: Imagination, Customer-centered, Collaboration, and Perseverance. Separate awards were made to individuals Startups, Institutions, and Community Non-Profit sectors. Over 100 people came out to celebrate the accomplishments of 2017 and to prepare for another great year.
About Dr. Fisk, MD, MBA and Managing DirectorAcute Pain Management, PLLC - Dr. Fisk began his medical career at the VA Puget Sound Healthcare System, serving as an anesthesiologist to veterans in Seattle. There he founded and served as the director of the Division of Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia. Among his accomplishments there: standardizing nerve blocks and catheters for surgical patients, making ketamine infusions (
http://acutepaintherapies.com/protocols/ketamine-infusions/) protocols that enabled this medication to become available to all patients for post-operative pain control, and teaching doctors and other staff members at the VA how to manage post-operative pain more effectively. For more info go to www.acutepaintherapies.com.