Address

Interventional Pain Specialists

340 Thomas More Parkway Suite 260
Crestview Hills, Kentucky 41017

Licensure

National Board of Medical Examiners - 1984
Indiana Physician License - Since 1984
Kentucky Physician License - Since 1988
Ohio Physician License -Since 2008

Board Certified - 4 Pain Board Certifications

• Added Qualifications/Certification in Pain Management from The American Board of Anesthesiology
• Diplomat American Board of Anesthesiology
• Senior Disability Analyst & Diplomat of the American Board of Disability Analysts
• Diplomat of American Academy of Pain Management
• Diplomat of American Board of Pain Medicine
• Competency Certification in Controlled Substance Management from the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians
• Fellow of Interventional Pain Practice, World Institute of Pain

Affiliations

• Board of Directors, American Society of Interventional Pain
• Physicians (ASIPP) 1999-2002
• Legislative and Public Relations Committee (ASIPP) 1999-2002
• Political Action Committee (ASIPP) 1999- 2002
• American Pain Society
• Kentucky Medical Association
• Kentucky Society of Anesthesiology
• Society for Pain Practice Management
• American Academy of Pain Management
• American Society of Regional Anesthesia
• American Medical Association
• International Association for the Study of Pain
• International Spine Injection Society (ISIS)
• American Board of Disability Analysts
• National Academy of M.U.A. Physicians
• Cervicogenic Headache Society
• International Anesthesia Research Society
• Staff Physician, St. Luke Hospital, Florence, KY - before sale
• Staff Physician, St. Elizabeth Hospitals, N. Kentucky
• National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI)
• Greater Cincinnati Pain Society -previously
• Kentucky Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (KSIPP)
• Southern Pain Society
• World Institute of Pain
• Board of Directors and Co-Chair of Research/Education Committee, Kentucky Pain Society

Professional Experience

• Chief, Department of Anesthesiology
  St. Luke Hospital West, 1988 - 1991
• Emergency Room Staff Physician, 1985 - 1986
  William S. Major Hospital, Shelbyville, Indiana
  Memorial Hospital, Jasper, Indiana
• President, Turfway Professional
  Anesthesiology, P.S.C., 1988 - 1991
• Director, St. Luke West Pain Clinic, 1988 - 1994
  Florence, Kentucky
• Private Practice, Interventional Pain Specialist, 1994 - 2000
  Florence, Kentucky
• President/CEO Interventional Pain Specialists
  2001 - Present

Education

• Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
  Doctor of Medicine, 1984
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
  Bachelor of Arts, Biology 1978
• Residency in Anesthesiology
  Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis
  R.K. Stoelting, M.D., Chairman, 1987
• 1996 - 2001: Hundreds of CME hours for Advanced Interventional Techniques for:
• Fiberoptic Epiduroscopy Lysis of Adhesions
• Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation
• Cryoablation
• Neuromodulation/Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Discography/Intradisc Procedures, Nucleoplasty, Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy
• Didactic and Hands-on Cadaver, Animal and Human training with:
• Menno Sluiter, Prof., M.D. - Maasstricht, Netherlands
• Matt Kline, M.D., - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Gabor Racz, M.D., - Birmingham, Alabama
• Steven Pyles, M.D., - Ocala, Florida
• John Nelson, M.D., - Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Philip Finch, F.F.A.R.C.S.- South Perth, West Australia
• Charles Gauci, M.D., - South Bend, Indiana
• Michael Hammer, M.D., - Birmingham, Alabama
• Maarten van Kleef, - Maasstricht, Netherlands
• Joseph Fortin, M.D., - South Bend, Indiana
• Charles Aprill, M.D., - New Orleans, Louisiana

Awards Leadership Service

• Numerous "Top Doctors" Awards USA, Top Ten Doctor, Patient's Choice, Interventional Pain Management 2008-2015
• Board of Directors, American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) 1999-2002(Interventional pain's largest organization)
• Board of Directors and Chair of Research/Education Committee, Kentucky Pain Society 2003-present
• Legislative and Public Relations Committee, ASIPP 1999-2002
• Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
• Outstanding Civic Service Award, Valparaiso, Indiana
• Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
• Student Athletic Board, Indiana University(undefeated NCAA Champs) Chairman, Promotions Committee, Basketball - 1976
• Vice President of Medical Class, 1980 - 1982 Student Council, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1980 - 1982
• Chief, Department of Anesthesiology, St. Luke Hospital West, 1988 - 1991
• President, Kentucky Pain Society, 2007-2009
• President/CEO Interventional Pain Specialists. Largest pain practice in Tristate: Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana. More spine procedures than any facility 2001-2016

Miscellaneous

• Channel 19 News - Cincinnati. Health report on RSD/Complex
  Regional Pain Syndrome and its treatment 1999
• Speaker, 2001 ASIPP annual meeting, Washington D.C.
  The IME (Independent Medical Evaluation) Issue
• Participation with ASIPP and several federal Congressmen,
  Congresswomen and Senators to achieve specialty designation for "Pain Management" as of 1-1-2002 and add guidelines for IME (Independent Medical Evaluations) in the new "Patient Bill of Rights"
• Speaker and Panel Member, "Pain Management" at National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators Annual Meeting October, 2001 - (NADDI)
• Speaker, "Interventional Pain Management for Low Back Pain" at Annual Kentucky Pain Society Meeting, November, 2003
• Speaker, "Interventional Procedures for Cervicogenic Headaches and Extracranial Headaches" and "The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, Opiates, and You" at Annual Kentucky Pain Society Meeting, November, 2004
• Speaker, Interventional Procedures for Lumbar Discs Nov. 2009 Annual KPS meeting