Adrian Blotner, MD.

Adrian Blotner, MD is a physician in private practice specializing in the evaluation and treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, mood, & sleep disorders since 1988.

Dr. Blotner serves as medical director of the La Paloma Stress Management for Chronic Pain Program IOP, an outpatient program that helps those who suffer from chronic pain conditions to improve their functioning in their important life roles, cope more effectively with stressful situations, and reduce the impact of stress on mind & body.

He is board certified in Pain Medicine as well as Psychiatry, and is a nationally recognized expert in the management of chronic pain disorders with associated symptoms of sleep, anxiety, & mood disorders. He is also recognized as an expert in safe and effective prescription of narcotic pain medications.

His continuing education lectures offer a clinical framework for effective assessment & treatment of individuals who suffer from both psychiatric and physical illnesses.

He trained in psychiatry at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, with an externship in consultation psychiatry at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr Blotner has faculty appointments at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis and at LSU Health Science Center in New Orleans