Eugene Lipov
Medical Director

Eugene G. Lipov, MD is a board certified in Anesthesiology as well as Interventional Pain Management.  He has been an authority in pain management for over 20 years.  He completed medical school at Northwestern in 1984 and completed advanced training in Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Management at Rush St. Luke's Medical Center.  He was part of Rush St. Luke's academic faculty for more than five years.

Dr. Lipov is currently the Director of Pain Research at Northwest Community Hospital and Medical Director at Advanced Pain Centers. He has built a reputation for innovation in medicine.  Based on his research on needle design in 1991, a commonly used spinal needle was redesigned to make spinal anesthesia safer.  He was one of the first in Illinois to pioneer IDET, epiduroscopy, and disktrode, among others.  He was also an instructor for ISIS (Internal Spine Injection Society), is a member of ISIS and NASS (North American Spine Society), and currently lectures internationally.

Recently at Advanced Pain Centers, he and his partner, Dr. Joshi, have innovated new treatments for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Hot Flashes, CRPS (Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome), Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, and other chronic medical conditions.  They have been the first in the world to provide new, effective treatments for common problems that were felt to be untreatable.  They have published articles on these innovations.  Recently, the partners have received international attention for their work on breast cancer related hot flashes in Lancet Oncology as well as for CRPS in the Netherlands.  He is also active in health care and workers compensation reform and is a member of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Healthcare Board.  Dr Lipov has been a consultant to major hospitals in forming comprehensive pain management programs to streamline patient care and increase tangible and intangible revenue sources.

Dr Lipov's expertise has lead to numerous appearances on television as well as coverage in the other press outlets.  Recently, he was featured on NBC and CBS for his innovative treatment of Hot Flashes and Hybrid Stimulators.  He and Dr. Joshi were finalists in the 2007 Chicago Innovation awards.

Email: elipovmd@painmngt.com

Jay Joshi , M.D.
Director of Research

Jay Joshi, MD is a board certified Anesthesiologist and a fellowship trained, ABA board certified Interventional Pain Management physician.

He was part of an accelerated honors medical program at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. He finished his college education in 3 years and was one of the youngest graduates of his medical school class. He also had a full academic scholarship and an additional private scholarship.

He subsequently went on to complete his internship in Internal Medicine at Northwestern University and completed extensive training in Anesthesiology at Henry Ford Hospital. While there, he provided intraoperative anesthesia and medical management for extremely challenging cases that included organ transplants, traumatic injuries, and medically complicated patients.  He then completed a rigorous Interventional Pain Management Fellowship at He nry Ford Hospital. This is one of the busiest and most comprehensive fellowship programs in the country. He also had the opportunity to work at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, where he worked on global policies for alcohol and tobacco cessation. 

Recently, he has helped innovate new treatments for PTSD, smoking, hot flashes, CRPS (Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome), Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, and other chronic medical conditions.  They have been the first in the world to provide new, effective treatments for common problems that were felt to be untreatable.  They have published articles on these innovations.  Recently, the partners have received international attention for their work on breast cancer related hot flashes in Lancet Oncology as well as for CRPS in the Netherlands. They also were finalists in the 2007 Chicago Innovation awards. He is also active in health care and workers compensation reform and is a member of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Healthcare Board.  He has been a consultant to major hospitals in forming comprehensive pain management programs to streamline patient care and increase tangible and intangible revenue sources.

He compliments his medical background with an interest in non-medical subjects, including traveling, photography, music, and sports.

Email: joshimd@painmngt.com

Deborah M. Little, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Anatomy, Ophthalmology, and Psychology
Director of MR Research, Dept. of Neurology
Center for Stroke Research
Center for Cognitive Medicine
little@uic.edu

Dr. Little is a neuroscientist with a research focus in advanced MRI imaging of the brain in patients with a history of traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress disorder, and processes involved in aging.

She is an Assistant Professor and Director of MRI Research in the Department of Neurology at the University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago Illinois (http://www.uic.edu/labs/tbi). She brings a strong background in methods of cognitive neuroscience, experimental psychology, statistics, and neuroimaging. She completed both her Masters and Doctorate at Brandeis University.

Following her PhD, she completed a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in MR Imaging in the Center for MR Research at UIC. She has expertise in the design, implementation and analysis of MRI studies, both functional and structural, with a recent focus on an innovative high resolution method of DTI. Dr. Little is the PI on a Department of Defense funded study of TBI and an NIH funded study in normal aging.  

Her recent work in TBI has recently been a focus on an episode of ScienceNow on PBS (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/0306/02.html). Dr. Little is working closely with Dr. Lipov in the design and implementation of a large clinical trial in PTSD.