March 2012

• Advance Health Solutions' staff (Maryam Navaie, Dr.P.H., Leighla H. Sharghi, B.S.N., M.P.A., and Jessica C. Smith, M.P.H.) and senior colleagues from our Health Professional Advisory Board including Anita H. Hickey, M.D. and Eric T. Stedje-Larsen, M.D. in collaboration with partners at Advanced Pain Centers, S.C. in Hoffman Estates, Illinois including Eugene G. Lipov, M.D. and Kevin Burkhardt, B.S. present their study entitled "Stellate Ganglion Block as the First Biologic Treatment Alternative for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Results and Postulated Mechanism of Action from a Retrospective Case Series" at the annual meeting of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine in San Diego, California.

ASRA Poster (click to enlarge)

• Advance Health Solutions' staff (Maryam Navaie, Dr.P.H., Leighla H. Sharghi, B.S.N., M.P.A.), board member Matthew T. Provencher, M.D. and Dr. Eugene G. Lipov, Courtney Rothfeld, PA-C and Briana Kelzenberg, PA-C from Advanced Pain Centers plan to present their research entitled "A Minimally Invasive Approach for the Treatment of Persistent Arthrogenic Shoulder Pain: Results from a Case Series with Long-Term Follow-Up" to the International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS).
• More research presentations are expected to follow at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Washington, D.C. These include presentations entitled "Innovations in Treatment with Stellate Ganglion Block: Improved Combat-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Associated Memory Dysfunction in a Case Report" by Eugene G. Lipov, M.D., Maryam Navaie, Dr.P.H., Peter R. Brown, Psy.D., and Anita H. Hickey, M.D. and "A Novel Approach for the Treatment of Persistent Anthrogenic Shoulder Pain: Use of Intraarticular and Intrabursal Pulsed Radiofrequency in a Case Series" by Eugene G. Lipov, M.D. and Maryam Navaie, Dr.P.H., Courtney Rothfeld, PA-C, Leighla H. Sharghi, B.S.N., and Matthew T. Provencher, M.D.