Advanced in Opioid Induced Constipation

Dr. Joseph Kapcia

Palliative Medicine
Geisinger Health System
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center - Palliative Medicine Cancer Center
1000 East Mountain Boulevard, 
Wilkes Barre, PA 
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Advanced in Opioid Induced Constipation
Geisinger Health System
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center - Palliative Medicine Cancer Center
1000 East Mountain Boulevard, 
Wilkes Barre, PA 
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Joseph Kapcia, MD, is an internal medicine physician specializing in hospice and palliative care. He helps adults and their families with comprehensive symptom management and advance care planning. He has a special clinical interest in cancer-related pain and serious illness conversations.|“It remains an incredible honor to help patients live as well as possible and navigate through the complexity of serious illness,” he says.|Dr. Kapcia earned his undergraduate and medical degrees from Temple University in Philadelphia. After medical school, he completed a residency and fellowship at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville.|Originally from Philadelphia, he moved to central Pennsylvania for his residency. “My wife and I fell in love with the area and decided to raise our family here,” Dr. Kapcia says.

Dr. Kapcia is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Opioid Induced Constipation. His top area of expertise is Opioid Induced Constipation.

Graduate Institution
Geisinger Medical Center, 2018|Geisinger Medical Center, 2017|Geisinger Medical Center, 2014|Temple University, School Of Medicine, 2013 - Doctor Of Medicine
Specialties
Palliative Medicine
Licenses
Emergency Medicine in PA
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Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Geisinger Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center - Palliative Medicine Cancer Center
1000 East Mountain Boulevard, Wilkes Barre, PA 18711
Call: 800-275-6401
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