Dr. Philipp M Lippe MD
Pain Management Specialist | Pain Medicine
18640 Vista De Almaden San Jose CA, 95120About
Dr. Philipp Lippe practices Pain Medicine in San Jose, CA. Pain medicine is concerned with the prevention of pain, and the evaluation, treatment, and rehabilitation of patients experiencing pain. Pain medicine physicians use a broad-based approach to treat all pain disorders, ranging from pain as a symptom of disease to pain as the primary disease. Dr. Lippe serves as a consultant to other physicians but is often the principal treating physician, providing care at various levels; such as treating the patient directly, prescribing medication, prescribing rehabilitative services, performing pain relieving procedures, counseling patients and families, directing a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other healthcare providers, and providing consultative services.
Education and Training
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1954
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1954
Board Certification
Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological SurgeryABNS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ethical dilemmas in pain management.
- The decade of pain control and research.
- Neurosurgery-epitomes of progress: percutaneous radiofrequency cervical cordotomy: treatment of chronic intractable pain.
- Neurosurgery-epitomes of progress: percutaneous thermocoagulation of the trigeminal ganglion.
- Neurosurgery-important advances in clinical medicine: chemonucleolysis.
- Pain medicine position paper.
- The First National Pain Medicine Summit--final summary report.
- Implantable neurosurgical drug delivery systems.
- Benjamin Lane Crue 1925-2015.
- Conceptual construct of the specialty of pain medicine.
- An apologia in defense of pain medicine.
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