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Dr. Eugene Lipov is a board-certified pain management and anesthesiology physician with over 35 years of clinical experience. Recognized nationally for his pioneering work in pain medicine and medical innovation, Dr. Lipov offers expert witness services across a broad range of medical and technical cases.
Board-certified in interventional pain medicine and anesthesiology, with more than 35 years of experience in pain medicine and 15 years in anesthesiology.
Currently maintains a part-time interventional pain medicine practice.
Extensive clinical, academic, research, and medical-device experience. Northwestern University graduate. Founder and first president of the Illinois Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP Illinois). Former Chief of Chronic Pain at Alexian Brothers Hospital and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at Rush University. Currently Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Loyola University Chicago. Extensive teaching and speaking experience, including Grand Rounds at Massachusetts General Hospital, Fort Bragg, and Northwestern University. Trained more than 1,000 physicians for anesthesiology board examinations and received teaching awards for residents and nurse anesthetists.
Clinical expertise includes spinal cord stimulation, implantable pumps, radiofrequency ablation, epidural and facet procedures, sympathetic blocks, and medical-device evaluation. Has implanted more than 500 spinal cord stimulators.
Pioneer in stellate ganglion block for PTSD and vasomotor symptoms, with extensive experience treating veterans, military personnel, and first responders. Author of more than 65 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
Featured in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, ABC, NBC, and WGN.
Medical-Legal Experience Has participated in more than 500 depositions as a treating physician in personal injury (PI) and workers’ compensation (WC) cases. Brings this extensive experience with medical testimony, causation, injury assessment, and explaining complex clinical findings to his expert witness work.
Experience reviewing complex medical-legal cases, including 2026 evaluations involving Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), spinal implants, and ketamine infusion complications. Skilled in analyzing extensive medical records, reconstructing clinical timelines, identifying inconsistencies, and uncovering critical medical facts that may be overlooked. Combines decades of clinical practice and scientific research to identify actionable, evidence-based findings relevant to liability, causation, standards of care, and outcomes .
Accomplished medical educator who communicates complex medical evidence clearly and accurately to attorneys and juries. Provides independent medical-legal opinions involving chronic pain, spinal injuries, interventional procedures, medical-device complications, CRPS, ketamine infusions, and standards of care. Licensed to practice medicine in nine states.
MEDIA APPEARANCE
Dr. Eugene Lipov discusses medical cases and pain medicine on Fox News.
FOX 5 New York — 2026: National Television Interview — Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial and Postpartum Psychiatric Illness.
Eugene Lipov, MD appeared on FOX 5 New York to discuss the high-profile Lindsay Clancy criminal court case involving the deaths of her three children and the broader neurobiological mechanisms underlying postpartum psychiatric illness. The interview addressed postpartum psychosis, postpartum depression, severe sleep deprivation, hormonal fluctuations, neuroinflammation, anxiety, cognitive impairment, brain fog, and altered perception of reality.
The discussion examined the relationship between severe postpartum psychiatric symptoms and the legal questions of criminal responsibility, psychiatric competency, and the insanity defense. Dr. Lipov emphasized the importance of early recognition of psychiatric warning signs, timely intervention, comprehensive medical and psychiatric evaluation, and understanding the biological factors that may contribute to impaired judgment and behavior during severe psychiatric crises.
Explore Dr. Eugene Lipov's professional background, clinical experience, areas of expertise, publications, and medical-legal work.
This is a clinical reference written for attorneys. It is not a medical textbook, a treatise on the law of evidence, or a litigation strategy guide in the conventional sense. It occupies a specific and deliberately limited space: the intersection of clinical knowledge and legal analysis in pain medicine cases.
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Clinical and technical opinions drawn from more than three decades of interventional pain practice, academic appointment, and medical-device consulting.
A representative summary of matter types. A full matter list and professional references are available upon request, subject to confidentiality obligations.
Indications, anatomy, technique, therapeutic rationale, expected outcomes, and potential complications.
Diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, causation, symptom progression, treatment, functional impairment, and prognosis.
Cervical and lumbar injury, radiculopathy, chronic post-traumatic pain, the relationship between trauma and pre-existing degenerative findings, treatment appropriateness, and prognosis.
Patient selection, trialing, implantation, device performance, lead migration, revision, explantation, and treatment failure.
Post-procedural weakness, sensory change, nerve injury, spinal cord injury, infection, hematoma, and questions of medical causation and standard of care.
Retained as an expert witness regarding the effect of post-traumatic stress disorder on the severity of sepsis.
First successful treatment of menopausal hot flashes using stellate ganglion block.
First successful treatment of PTSD using stellate ganglion block.
First use of peripheral subcutaneous field stimulation for axial neck pain.
Current and past clinical, academic, and industry appointments spanning 1990 to present.
2020–Present
Stella Trauma Centers, Westmont, Illinois
Provides SGB for PTSD and ketamine infusions for selected medical conditions; oversees clinical standards and medical program development.
2019–Present
Illinois Orthopedic Network, Chicago, Illinois
Performs interventional pain procedures including dorsal column/spinal cord stimulation and radiofrequency ablation; diagnoses and treats CRPS and post-laminectomy syndrome.
2018–Present
University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Academic appointment supporting surgical and pain-medicine education.
2015–Present
Erase PTSD Now
Oversees medical services, clinical policies, and research design involving SGB and the SOF/DSR method; principal investigator in physician-initiated research.
1996–Present
Advanced Pain Centers, Chicago, Illinois
Responsible for clinical policies and procedures, quality oversight, and direct interventional pain care.
2013–2015
Medtronic, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Consulted on the development of dorsal column / spinal cord stimulation devices.
1990–1994
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
Pain-clinic attending and complex anesthesia provider in cardiothoracic, obstetric, pediatric, and craniofacial surgery.
Board-certified, continuously licensed since 1986, with active life-support certifications maintained throughout clinical practice.
American Board of Anesthesiology — Pain Medicine
Certified 1993 · Recertified 2014
American Board of Anesthesiology — Anesthesiology
Certified 1991 · Lifetime status
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Current since 1994
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Current since 1994
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
1994–1996
Illinois medical license held since 1986.
Illinois
California
Florida
Georgia
Massachusetts
New York
North Carolina
Virginia
Washington
A research and publication record built over three decades, reviewed by peer journals in pain medicine, psychiatry, and military medicine.
Peer-reviewed publications
Invited & international presentations
Journals served as reviewer
Active physician-initiated studies
Efficacy of Cervical Sympathetic Blockade in the Treatment of Primary and Secondary PTSD Symptoms: A Case Series. Heliyon.
Utility of Cervical Sympathetic Block in Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Multiple Cohorts: A Retrospective Analysis. Pain Physician.
A Review of the Use of Stellate Ganglion Block in the Treatment of PTSD. Current Psychiatry Reports.
Effects of Stellate Ganglion Block on Hot Flushes and Night Awakenings in Survivors of Breast Cancer: A Pilot Study. Lancet Oncology.
Full bibliography and research documentation available upon request.
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If you are an attorney or organization seeking an expert witness in pain medicine, medical devices, or related areas, Dr. Lipov is available for case review, deposition, and trial testimony.
Dr. Lipov has provided expert opinions and testimony in over 1,000 depositions, bringing clarity, precision, and scientific rigor to complex medical-legal matters.
Areas of Expertise:
As a founding member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, Dr. Lipov has contributed groundbreaking advancements in the field of pain medicine:
His innovative work has shaped modern pain management and continues to influence treatment standards worldwide.
Dr. Lipov’s research and clinical innovations have been featured in major media outlets, including:
The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and on ABC, NBC, and WGN.
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If you are an attorney or organization seeking an expert witness in pain medicine, medical devices, or related areas, Dr. Lipov is available for case review, deposition, and trial testimony.
