Physician Profile
Cristina Veloso, MD
Unclaimed ProfileAbout Dr. Veloso
Cristina Veloso, MD is a healthcare provider in East Providence, RI specializing in anesthesiology. According to Medicare claims data, Cristina cared for 569 Medicare patients across 606 services. The services billed most often include anesthesia for procedure on nerves, muscles, tendons, and tissue of forearm, wrist, and hand, ultrasonic guidance for needle placement, and anesthesia for injection, drainage or aspiration procedures on spine or spinal cord of lower back accessed through skin using imaging guidance. This provider record is associated with NPI 1578520474.
Factual summary compiled by Guide.md from public records; not written by this provider.
Education & Training
Specialty
Credentials & Licensing
Medicare information
Exactly as CMS reports it (National Downloadable File, Opt-Out Affidavits, Order & Referring). Not an insurance directory; confirm coverage with the office.
Contact Information
- (401) 443-4231
- Email not available
Practice Locations
1 KETTLE POINT AVE
East Providence, RI 02914
Conditions Commonly Evaluated or Treated
Within Anesthesiology generally. Availability varies by clinician, training and location — this profile has not been claimed, so nothing here is a personal claim by the provider.
Conditions
Anesthesia complications
- Anesthesia Allergy or Reaction
- Fear of Waking Up During Surgery
Back & spine
- Arthritis of the spine
- Degenerative disc disease
- Failed back surgery syndrome
- Herniated disc
- Lower back pain
- Neck pain
- Sacroiliac joint pain
- Spinal compression fracture
- Spinal stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Tailbone pain
- Upper Back Pain
Chronic pain
- Chest Wall Pain After Surgery
Facial & jaw pain
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Throat nerve pain
General pain
- Cancer pain
- Chronic pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Severe post-op pain
Head & facial pain
- Chronic migraines
- Occipital neuralgia
- Spinal headache
- Trigeminal neuralgia
Headaches
- Cluster Headaches
Joint pain
- Hip Replacement Pain
- Knee pain
- Lateral hip pain and trochanteric bursitis
- Shoulder Pain
Mental health
- Trauma
- Treatment-resistant depression
Muscle pain
- Muscle knots and spasms
Musculoskeletal pain
Nerve pain
- Abdominal wall nerve pain
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Foot Numbness and Tingling
- Groin nerve pain after hernia surgery
- Nerve damage after surgery
- Neuropathy
- Outer thigh burning and numbness
- Phantom limb pain
- Pinched nerve
- Piriformis syndrome
- Sciatica
- Shingles pain
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Pelvic pain
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Pudendal nerve pain
Post-surgery recovery
- Hoarseness and throat pain after surgery
- Nausea After Surgery
Sedation & anesthesia
- Anesthesia anxiety
- History of anesthesia complications
Spine pain
- Torn spinal disc
- Whiplash neck injury
Procedures & services
Ablation
- Hip radiofrequency ablation
Head & facial procedures
- Botox for chronic migraines
- Facial nerve block for headache
- Occipital nerve block
Implants & devices
- Pain pump implant
- Pain pump refill and check
- Peripheral nerve stimulator implant
- Spinal cord stimulator implant
- Spinal cord stimulator trial
Infusion therapies
Infusion therapy
- Lidocaine Infusion for Chronic Pain
Joint injections
- Joint injection or aspiration
- Ultrasound-guided hip injection
Muscle injections
- Trigger-point injection
Nerve blocks
- Abdominal Nerve Block
- Celiac Plexus Nerve Block
- Ganglion impar block
- Groin nerve block
- Pudendal nerve block
- Superior hypogastric plexus block
Nerve injections
- Celiac plexus block
- Lumbar sympathetic block
- Nerve block
- Rib nerve block
- Shoulder nerve block
- Stellate ganglion block
Nerve procedures
- Knee nerve block and ablation
- Peripheral nerve hydrodissection
- Radiofrequency ablation
Pain relief procedures
- Cryoneurolysis
Regional anesthesia
- Adductor canal block
- Brachial plexus block
- Popliteal nerve block
Sedation
- IV sedation for endoscopy
Sedation & anesthesia
- General anesthesia
- Labor epidural
- Moderate dental sedation
- Pre-surgery anesthesia consult
- Sedation for dental work
- Spinal spinal block
Spine injections
- Epidural steroid injection
- Facet joint injection
- Medial branch block
- Sacroiliac joint injection
- Tailbone epidural injection
Spine procedures
- Blood patch for spinal headache
- Epidural Lysis Of Adhesions
- Interspinous Spacer
- Kyphoplasty
- Mild procedure for spinal stenosis
- Percutaneous disc decompression
- Spinal bone nerve ablation
- Vertebroplasty
Procedures Most Often Billed to Medicare
606 services · 569 patients · 16 distinct codes
| Procedure | Type | Code | Services | Compared with peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into thigh nerve (femoral nerve) | Procedure | 64447 |
19 | As often as other peers in Anesthesiology |
| Other procedure on nervous system | Procedure | 64999 |
16 | As often as other peers in Anesthesiology |
| Anesthesia for procedure on nerves, muscles, tendons, and tissue of forearm, wrist, and hand | Anaesthesia | 01810 |
215 | More than most peers in Anesthesiology |
| Ultrasonic guidance for needle placement | Imaging | 76942 |
82 | More than most peers in Anesthesiology |
| Anesthesia for injection, drainage or aspiration procedures on spine or spinal cord of lower back accessed through skin using imaging guidance | Anaesthesia | 01938 |
62 | More often than most peers in Anesthesiology |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on forearm, wrist, or hand bones | Anaesthesia | 01830 |
43 | More than most peers in Anesthesiology |
| Anesthesia for nerve block and injection | Anaesthesia | 01991 |
28 | More often than most peers in Anesthesiology |
| Anesthesia for nerve destruction procedures on spine or spinal cord of lower back accessed through skin using imaging guidance | Anaesthesia | 01940 |
23 | More often than most peers in Anesthesiology |
| Anesthesia for injection, drainage or aspiration procedures on spine or spinal cord of neck or upper back accessed through skin using imaging guidance | Anaesthesia | 01937 |
19 | As often as other peers in Anesthesiology |
| Anesthesia for other procedure on skin, muscles, or nerves of head, neck, and upper back | Anaesthesia | 00300 |
18 | More often than most peers in Anesthesiology |
Source: CMS Medicare public data. Shows how often procedures were billed — not quality of care or patient satisfaction.
Related providers
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Also at this address 4
Providers at the same street address. Each files their own registry entry, so a shared practice often appears under several different names.
Trained at Other 8
Other providers in the same specialty who trained at the same institution.
Class of 1989 at Other 8
Providers who graduated from the same medical school in the same year.
More connections — 8 related providers in 1 group
Also performs Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into thigh nerve (femoral nerve) 8
Providers in RI who bill this service to Medicare most often.
Common questions
What does Dr. Veloso specialize in?
Dr. Veloso is an anesthesiologist in East Providence, RI. That is the designation recorded for this NPI in the federal registry, where it is listed as “Anesthesiology”.
NPI registry
Where is Dr. Veloso located?
Dr. Veloso is listed at 1 Kettle Point Ave, East Providence, RI 02914. Addresses come from the NPI registry and can lag a move, so confirm before travelling.
NPI registry
What is Dr. Veloso's phone number?
The number on file is (401) 443-4231. Contact the office directly to confirm availability and scheduling.
NPI registry
What is Dr. Veloso's NPI number?
Dr. Veloso's National Provider Identifier is 1578520474. It is issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and is unique and permanent — it does not change if they move practice.
NPI registry
Where did Dr. Veloso go to medical school?
Dr. Veloso attended Other, graduating in 1989. This comes from the CMS National Downloadable File.
CMS public data
How long has Dr. Veloso been practicing?
Dr. Veloso has 37 years experience. Calculated from a graduation year of 1989, reported in the CMS National Downloadable File.
CMS public data
What does Dr. Veloso do most often?
According to Medicare billing data, Dr. Veloso performs procedures including injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into thigh nerve and other procedure on nervous system; reads or performs imaging such as ultrasonic guidance for needle placement; provides treatments such as anesthesia for procedure on nerves, muscles, tendons, and tissue of forearm, wrist, and hand and anesthesia for injection, drainage or aspiration procedures on spine or spinal cord of lower back accessed through skin using imaging guidance. This reflects Medicare patients only and is billing volume, not a measure of quality.
Medicare claims
Has Dr. Veloso confirmed this information?
Not yet. This profile is built from public federal data and has not been confirmed by Dr. Veloso. If this is you, claiming it is free.
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