Paul J. Lynch M.D.

Paul J. Lynch M.D.Arizona Pain Specialists

Information

Clinic
Arizona Pain Specialists
"The Pain Relief Experts"

Pain Management Fellowship
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX

Medical School
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK

Residency
Anesthesiology: New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Curriculum Vitae
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An Interventional Pain Physician that has dedicated his life to helping those in chronic pain, Dr. Paul Lynch uses a holistic and caring approach. After academic medical training at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Lynch went on to an internship at Beth Israel Medical Center in exciting New York City. Dr. Lynch then studied Anesthesiology at New York University, which was followed by the completion of a Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management at the prestigious Texas Tech University. From there, he came to see the realization of a dream in Arizona Pain Specialists, the private pain practice where he currently helps multitudes of patients with relief of their pain.

Specializing in difficult cases where other doctors may have given up, Dr. Lynch treats each patient as an individual, realizing that no two patients experience pain in the same way. Dr. Lynch has seen firsthand how pain affects not only the individual, but their families – he originally was moved to become a pain physician after witnessing his mother-in-law go through a traumatic and painful experience with cancer.

Research is important to Dr. Lynch, as he continually participates in research studies and stays on the cutting edge of pain management. He is also well-regarded among his peers, as proven by his inclusion in the peer evaluated Phoenix Top Docs listing for 2010.

Dr. Lynch is not only board certified in Anesthesiology, but he is double-board certified with an additional board certification in Pain Management. As a pain physician, Dr. Lynch is a highly qualified expert in his field.

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester MN
• Assistant Professor - University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK

Pain Management Work Experience

• Arizona Pain Specialists – Founder 2007-Present
  • Comprehensive Pain Management Practice with strong emphasis on interventional pain including vertebroplasty, Spinal Cord Stimulation, discography, percutaneous discectomy, and radiofrequency ablation procedures.
• Mayo Clinic Scottsdale - Consultant 2007-Present
  • Managed patients and performed interventional pain procedures as above – strong emphasis on head and neck procedures.

Anesthesiology Work Experience

• Mayo Clinic Scottsdale - Consultant 2007-Present
  • Provide a wide range of Anesthetics including a heavy emphasis on Ultra-sound guided regional anesthesia.
• University of Oklahoma - Assistant Professor 2006-2007
  • Worked with residents and CRNAs with a wide variety of cases including Trauma, OB, Neuro, Major Vascular, Ortho, Gyn, General, etc.

Education

Post Graduate Training

• 2006-2007 Fellowship in Interventional Pain Management: Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
  • Emphasis on interventional procedures including epidural steroid injections, facet injections, medial branch blocks, radiofrequency ablation techniques, spinal cord stimulators, intrathecal pumps, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, nucleoplasty, discography, neurolytic blocks for cancer pain and head and neck injections.
• 2003-2006 Anesthesiology: New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Significant experience in all aspects of anesthesiology including a comfort with cardiac, pediatric, regional, neuro, obstetric, transplant, trauma and ICU care.
  • Performed over 150 peripheral regional blocks, including Cervical Plexus, Interscalene, Supraclavicular, Infraclavicular, Axillary, Femoral, Popliteal, Sciatic, Ankle, and Intercostal with a significant emphasis on ultrasound use.
• 2002-2003 Surgical Internship: Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Performed 200 surgical cases as a primary surgeon or first assist

Medical Doctorate

• 1998-2002 University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK

Bachelor of Science

• 1994-1998 Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, Summa cum laude

Board Certification

• Board Certified in Anesthesiology – American Board of Anesthesiology
• Board Certified in Pain Management – American Board of Anesthesiology subspecialty certification

Research Experience

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

• 1992-1994 Research Contributor

University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• 1999 Summer Research Fellowship in Addiction Medicine

National Institute on Media and the Family, Minneapolis, Minnesota

• 1999- 2003 Video Game Report Card contributor
• 1999-Present Research Consultant

Beth Israel Medical Center/Advanced Medical Technology Institute, New York, NY

• 2003-2004 Research Associate
• 2003-2004 Research Coordinator for Medical Students
• 2004-2005 Research and Development Coordinator

New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

• 2005-2006 Research Contributor

Mayo Clinic Hospital, Scottsdale, AZ

• 2007-present Research Contributor

Arizona Pain Specialists, Scottsdale, AZ

• Current Investigator: Spinal Cord Stimulation & Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Research Studies (3 distinct studies).
• Current Investigator: Three Spinal Cord Stimulation & Peripheral Nerve Stimulation Research Studies (3 distinct studies). 2008-2009
• Investigator: Multi-Site Prospective Study: Spinal Cord Stimulation, Efficacy of the St. Jude Medical Eon-Mini.
• Current Case Report for Publication: Sacral Stimulation as a Treatment Modality for Intractable Neuropathic Testicular Pain.
• Current Case Report for Publication: Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation (PNfS) as a Treatment Modality for Post-Thoracotomy Sydrome.
• Current Clinical Update for Publication: Neuromodulation for Pain: Current and Emerging Indications.

Presentations at scientific meetings

• Lynch, P.J. , McJunkin T.L., Barrett, S., Maloney, J.A.,(March, 2011) A New Surgical Approach to Peripheral Nerve Stimulation of the Deep and Superficial Peroneal Nerves for Peroneal Nerve Pain, Presented at the 2011 meeting of AAPM, National Harbor, MD.
• Gentile, D. A., Woodhouse, J., Lynch, P. J., Maier, J. A., & McJunkin, T.L., (November, 2010) Reliability and validity of the Global Pain Scale with Chronic Pain Sufferers. Presented at the 2010 meeting of ASRA, Phoenix, AZ.
• McJunkin, T.L., Wullott, A, Lynch, P.J. (December, 2010) Sacral Stimulation as a Treatment Modality for Intractable Neuropathic Testicular Pain, Presented at North American Neuromodulation Society 2009, Las Vegas, NV.
• McJunkin, T.L., Berardoni, N.E., Lynch, P.J., Amrani, J. (December, 2009). Treatment of Post Thoracotomy Syndrome with Peripheral Subcutaneous Field Stimulation. Presented at the 2009 North American Neuromodulation Society, Las Vegas, NV.
• Lynch, P.J. (2008, Dec) Multi-Site Prospective Study: Spinal Cord Stimulation, Efficacy of the St. Jude Medical Eon-Mini. Presented at North American Neuromodulation Society 2008, Las Vegas, NV
• Lynch, P.J., Woodhouse, J., Park, J., Dubois, M., Lebovits, A., Gentile, D.A. (2006, February). The use of Computer-Mediated Biofeedback in the Management of Acute Post-Operative Pain. The American Academy of Pain Medicine. San Diego, CA.
• Lebovits, A.,Lynch, P.J., Woodhouse, J., Park, J., Dubois, M. (2006, July) Acute Postoperative Pain: Is there a role for biofeedback? International Pain Congress. Torino, Italy.
• Rosser, J.C. Jr.; Lynch, P.J.; Ryan, M; Herman, B. (2005, January) Cognitive Skill Acquisition as a Marker of Success in Laparoscopic Surgery. The 14th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. Newport Beach CA.
• Rosser, J.C. Jr.; Lynch, P.J.; A; Herman, B. (2005, January). The Use of Handheld Ultrasound in Pre-participation Athletic Screening. The 14th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. Newport Beach CA.
• Rosser, J.C. Jr.; Lynch, P.J.; Colsant, B. (2005, January) The Use of CD-ROM Tutorials for Patient Consent. The 14th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. Newport Beach CA.
• Rosser, J.C. Jr.; Lynch, P.J.; Haskamp, L; Gentile, DA;. (2005, January) The Effect of Warming Up with Video Games on Performance in Laparoscopic Surgery. The14th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. Newport Beach CA.
• Rosser, J.C. Jr.; Lynch, P.J; Haskamp, L; Gentile, DA; Yalif, A; Herman, B. (2004, January) Video Games and Laparoscopic Surgery. 13th Annual Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference. Newport Beach CA.
• Rosser, J.C. Jr.; Colsant, B.; Lynch, P.J; Herman, B. Hybrid Trainers: The future of laparoscopic surgery? The Association for Surgical Education Annual Meeting. Houston, Texas, April 2004
• Rosser, J.C. Jr.; Ryan, M; Herman, B; Lynch, P.J. (2004). The Validation of the Internal Guidance Capability of the Gabriel-Rosser Inanimate Proctor for Acquisition of Laparoscopic Surgical Skills. The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons annual meeting, September 2004, New York, NY
• Rosser, J.C. Jr.; Lynch, P.J.; Haskamp, L; Gentile, DA; Yalif, A; Herman, B. (2004). The Effects of Video Game Play on Time and Errors During Laparoscopic Skill Development. The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons annual meeting, September 2004, New York, NY
• Lynch, P.J., Gentile, D.A., Walsh, D.A. (2001, April). The effects of violent video games on adolescent aggressive attitudes and behavior. Annual Meeting of the International Child Development Society, Minneapolis, MN.
• Lynch, P.J.(1999, March). Hostility, Type A behavior and stress hormones at rest and after playing violent video games in teenagers. Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC.
• Lynch, P.J. (1994, April). Type A behavior, hostility, and cardiovascular function at rest and after playing video games in teenagers. Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Boston, MA.

Publications

• Gentile, D. A., Woodhouse, J., Lynch, P. J., Maier, J. A., & McJunkin, T. (in press). Reliability and validity of the global pain scale with chronic pain sufferers. Pain Physician.
• Lynch, P.J., Gooch, S. Eross, E. (January, 2011). Successful Stimulation of the C2 Dorsal Root Ganglion for Post-therpetic Neuralgia. Neuromodulation.
• Lynch, P.J. , McJunkin T.L., Barrett, S., Maloney, J.A., (January, 2011). Case Report: A New Surgical Approach to Peripheral Nerve Stimulation of the Deep and Superficial Peroneal Nerve Pain. Neuromodulation.
• McJunkin, T.L., Lynch, P.J., Berardoni, N.E. (December, 2009). Neuromodulation for Pain. Pain Medicine News.
• McJunkin, T.L., Wullott, A, Lynch, P.J. (December, 2009). Sacral Stimulation as a Treatment Modality for Intractable Neuropathic Testicular Pain. Pain Physician.
• McJunkin, T.L., Berardoni, N.E., Lynch, P.J., Amrani, J. (December, 2009). An Innovative Case Report Detailing the Successful Treatment of Post Thoracotomy Syndrome with Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation. Neuromodulation.
• Lynch, P.J., Rebecca, A., Currier, A. (2009, Under Review). Resolution of Pain via Stimulation of the Supraorbital, V3 and C2 Nerve root for Atypical facial pain.
• Lynch, P.J., Berardoni, N.E. (2008). Special Edition Compendium of Clinical Reviews in Pain Management: Percutaneous Vertebroplasty, An Effective Intervention for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures. Pain Medicine News. (December)
• Lynch, P.J ., Berardoni, N.E. (2008). Percutaneous Vertebroplasty, An Effective Intervention for the Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures. Pain Medicine News.(August)
• Rosser, J.C.; Lynch, P.J.; Cuddihy, L.; Gentile, D.A.; Klonsky, J., Merrell, R. ( 2007). The Impact of Video Games on Training Surgeons in the 21st Century. Archives of Surgery. 142: 181-186
• Rosser J.C. Jr, Colsant B.J., Lynch P.J., Herman B, Klonsky J, Young SM. (2006) The use of a “hybrid” trainer in an established laparoscopic skills program. Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 10(1):4-10.
• Gentile D.A., Lynch P.J., Linder J.R., Walsh D.A. (2004). The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance; Journal of Adolescence.
• Walsh, D.A, Gentile, D.A., Lynch, P.J. (2000) Interactive Media Violence and Children: Testimony submitted to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate―March 21, 2000. Minnesota Medicine, Volume 83.
• Lynch, P. J. (1999). Hostility, Type A behavior, and stress hormones at rest and after playing violent video games in teenagers. Psychosomatic Medicine, 61, 113.
• Lynch, P. J. (1994). Type A behavior, hostility, and cardiovascular function at rest and after playing video games in teenagers. Psychosomatic Medicine, 56, 152.

Book Chapters

• Gentile, D.A., Anderson, C. (2003). Chapter 7, Violent Video Games: The Newest Media Violence Hazard. In Media Violence and Children: A Complete Guide for Parents and Professionals. Westport, CT: Praeger.
• Dashefsky, S. (1994) Zoology: High School Science Fair Experiments. Ridgefield, CT: Mcgraw-Hill.

News Reviews

Print Media

• Vital Evidence. The Washington Post, February, 21, 2006
• Pre-Op Warm-up: A Few Video Games. The New York Times, February 26, 2004.
• Surgeons who play video games err less. The Chicago Tribune, April 2004.
• Surgeons who play video games err less. The Los Angeles Times, April 2004.
• Video Games Sharpen’s surgeon’s skills. The Chicago Sun Times, April 2004.
• Video Game Skills. The Miami Herald, April 2004.
• Study finds connection between video game skill, surgical ability. Dallas Morning News, April 2004.
• Do video games encourage Violence? Family Circle, January, 2004.
• Video game violence. The Chicago Tribune, January, 2004.
• OU Researcher links aggression, violent games. The Daily Oklahoman, April, 2001.
• Coming To Blows: Violent Video Games cause Violence. The Daily Oklahoman, April, 2001.
• Research identifies violence. The Daily Oklahoman, March, 2001.
• Video Game industry earns guarded praise: Senators not so pleased with retailers. The Washington Times, January, 2001.
• Video game industry comes under fire. The Wall Street Journal, November, 1999.
• Violent video games within kids reach: Two Senators criticize some ratings, access. USA Today, November, 1999.
• Video games and your child’s health, The Norman Gazette, April, 1999.
• Video Game Warning. Family Circle Magazine, September, 1999.
• Teen Studies effects of violent video game. The Louisville Courier Journal, 1993.
• Video games and your child’s health,The Norman Gazette, April, 1999.
• Video Game Warning. Family Circle Magazine, September, 1999.
• Teen Studies effects of violent video game. The Louisville Courier Journal, 1993.

Television

• The Today Show
• CNN
• CNBC
• Fox Report
• The Jane Pauley Show
• CNN Headline news
• CSPAN
• G4 Tech TV
• Gamer TV, Australia
• GLOBO Internationale, Brazil

Radio

• National Public Radio (NPR)

Current Research Activities

• Partnership for Advancement in Neuromodulation (PAIN): A Prospective Clinical Outcomes Registry
• Predictors of successful outcomes of occipital nerve stimulation for chronic daily headaches
• Empirical validation of the Global Pain Scale with clinical sample of chronic pain sufferers
• Exploring Referral Patterns of Physicians to Pain Specialists
• Comparing the effects of different temperatures of Radiofrequency Ablation on chronic low-back pain
• Sub Investigator on Research study: A prospective Multi-Centered Clinical Evaluation of the Eon Mini 16 Channel Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) in Combination with ANS Leads for the Management of Chronic Pain of the Trunk and/or Limbs - Arizona Pain Specialists, Scottsdale, AZ
• A Clinical Evaluation for the Management of Chronic Migraine Headaches With Peripheral Nerve Stimulation – Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
• The use of Peripheral Nerve Field Stimulation for Refractory Face Pain – Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
• Designed a standardized pain assessment tool which seeks to specifically track the utility of a given intervention over time (Global Pain Scale). Study validation is ongoing at Iowa State University
• Using biofeedback in the treatment of acute and chronic pain
• The association between video game play and the development of laparoscopic surgery skill
• The effect of “warming-up” before laparoscopic surgery
• Hybrid trainers as a cost-effective surgical trainer.
• CD ROM based tutorials for patient consent
• The long-term psychological and physiological effects of video games
• Video games and addiction in adolescents

Teaching

Lectures for Stryker Interventional Spine

• Vertebroplasty/Vertebral Balloon Augmentation 2/25/11 Mahwah, NJ
• Vertebral Augmentation 2/5/11 Irvine, CA
• Vertebral Augmentation 12/10/10 San Diego, CA
• Radiofrequency Ablation 10/9/2010 Burr Ridge, IL
• Radiofrequency Ablation and Vertebral Augmentation 7/10/2010 Baltimore, MD
• Regional Lab Radiofrequency Ablation and Vertebral Augmentation 6/26/2010 Denver, CO
• Radiofrequency Ablation and Vertebral Augmentation 5/22/2010 Los Angeles, CA
• Vertebral Augmentation Sales Representative Training 4/23/2010 San Diego, CA
• Percutaneous Disc Decompression 3/6/2010 Las Vegas, NV
• Regional Lab Vertebroplasty/ Percutaneous Disc Decompression 2/6/2010 Phoenix, AZ
• Percutaneous Disc Decompression 9/19/2009 Burr Ridge, IL
• Vertebroplasty 8/15/2009 Dallas, TX
• Radiofrequency Ablation 7/18/2009 Burr Ridge, IL
• Percutaneous Disc Decompression 6/6/2009 New Jersey
• Percutaneous Disc Decompression 3/21/2009 Phoenix, AZ
• Regional VCF/DEK Cadaver Lab 3/7/2009 Philadelphia, PA
• National VCF Cadaver Lab 2/20/2009 Phoenix, AZ
• National DEK Cadaver Lab 10/04/2008 Phoenix, AZ
• National VCF/RF Cadaver Lab 6/28/2008 Burr Ridge, IL
• Regional VCF Cadaver Course 5/17/2008 Denver, CO
• Regional DEK/VCF Lab 4/19/2008 Las Vegas, NV
• National VCF/RF Cadaver Course 4/12/2008 Dallas, TX
• Regional DEK/VP Course 2/9/2008 Scottsdale, AZ
• Regional VCF/RF Workshop 1/19/2008 Philadelphia, PA

Lectures for St Jude Medical

• St Jude Fellows Course 09/26/2009 Chicago, IL
• St Jude Fellows Course 02/27/2010 New Orleans, LA
• St Jude Fellows Course 08/28/2010 Baltimore, MD
• St Jude Fellows Course 09/25/10 Denver, CO
• St Jude Fellows Course 2/26/11 Miami, FL

Lecture for Midwestern University

• Guest Lecturer for Podiatric Surgery & Anesthesia – May 2009

Proctoring

• Have proctored multiple doctors on Vertebroplasty, Radiofrequency Ablation, Discography, Percutaneous Discectomy, Spinal Cord, and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation. Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Arizona Pain Specialists, Scottsdale, AZ

Grand Rounds Lecture - Opioid, Use, Misuse, and Abuse

• Mayo Clinic Hospital, Scottsdale, AZ - May 2008
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - June, 2007

Lectures have been given at the following Universities on the psychological and physiological effects of video games:

• Iowa State University
• University of Minnesota
• Oklahoma University Health Science Center
• Oklahoma University College of Medicine Tulsa
• University of Central Oklahoma
• Graceland University

Awards

• American Psychosomatic Society Scholars Award: American Psychosomatic Society, 1999
• Best General Surgery Paper, Honorable Mention: Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2004
• #1 Most Downloaded Paper in Psychology – Science Direct – 1^st , 2^nd and 4^th Quarter 2005; (The effects of violent video game habits on adolescent hostility, aggressive behaviors, and school performance).
• Best Senior Project - The use of Computer-Mediated Biofeedback in the Management of Acute Post-Operative Pain. New York University Anesthesiology Residency Program. June, 2006.

Civic

• House of Light Drug Abuse Center, Oklahoma City, OK: Created Kaplan outreach program designed to help high school students with drug abuse problems to take the ACT in order to attend college. Taught weekly classes at facility. 1999-2000.

Leadership

• Helped design and plan the inaugural VIETM (Video Game and Entertainment Industry Technology and Medicine) Conference in Los Angeles, CA – December, 2004
• Keynote speaker at the 9^th annual American Telemedicine Association Meeting, Los Angeles, CA
• Have mentored multiple medical students from Albert Einstein College of Medicine with research projects from 2002-2005
• Academic Peer Advisor – Oral Roberts University, 1996
• Academic Dorm Director – Oral Roberts University, 1997

Medical Missions

• Participated in medical mission trips to Honduras (1992, 1993, 1994) and Jamaica (1994).
• Co-founder of the Arizona Pain Foundation – Our purpose is to provide medical outreach and financial support to developing countries and underserved areas in the U.S.

Articles by Paul J. Lynch M.D.

• Osteoporosis
• Radio Frequency Ablation
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Vertebroplasty
• Ergonomics and Deskercise
• Sacral Nerve Stimulation (SNS)
• Arthritis
• Dieting for Pain
• Percutaneous Discectomy
• What is a Pain Doctor?
• Neck Pain
• Exercise for Pain
• Natural Supplements for Pain
• Spinal Disc Decompression
• Low Back Pain (Lumbar Pain)
• Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)
• Epidural Steroid Injection
• An Overview of Pain and Pain Management
• Thoracic Pain (Mid-back Pain)
• Osteoporosis: Clinical Treatments
• Long Term Opioid Use
• Sciatica
• Epidural Steroid Injection
• Percutaneous Discectomy
• Sacral Nerve Stimulation (SNS)
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Osteoporosis: Clinical Treatments
• Neck Pain
• Sciatica
• Thoracic Pain (Mid-back Pain)
• Low Back Pain (Lumbar Pain)

Clinic