Dr. Ngugi M. Kinyungu, (Founder)

 

Dr. Kinyungu is a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis one of the nation’s top Medical Schools under the world renowned Barnes Jewish Hospital. There he received many awards and distinctions including the coveted Distinguished Minority Scholarship. He completed his residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Chicago Hospitals another world renowned health system powerhouse where again he received many accolades but the most important award to him was the "Medical Student Teacher of the Year" which he received during his first year which was unprecedented for someone so young in their career.

 

You see Dr. Kinyungu's passion is to teach and make healthcare simple for everyone, he believes that only when  people understand their situation can they help themselves and those around them in turn. And that is ever so the case with pain patients. Listening to a patient and trying to understand the source of a patient’s pain and teaching them how to cope with and manage it is winning the battle against chronic pain.

 

 

Dr. Kinyungu believes that often times patients are misinformed as to how exactly their pain can be managed and what their exact role is in the process, so through empathy, guidance, knowledge and a proper plan a defined road to less pain is in sight.

 

It was while at the University of Chicago that Dr. Kinyungu discovered his passion for pain management and he ended up volunteering for the pain rotation so often that he tripled his required quota. He decided to pursue a fellowship and get properly certified in Pain Management so as to provide his patients with experienced and qualified care with cutting edge technology. Dr Kinyungu worked for a year as an anesthesiologist at Trinity Hospital and within that times his compassion became well known and he was often sought after for request cases. He then went back to Illinois this time to pursue a pain fellowship at the highly esteemed Loyola University Health Systems. Loyola reinforced his love for pain management and reminded him why he enjoyed it so much- simply helping people manage their pain and live normal lives. His commitment to patients and his empathy was evident during the fellowship when on one weekend he drove around town on an early chilly Saturday Morning trying to find a pharmacy that would take a bed-ridden cancer patient’s prescription for her much needed pain medication.

 

Pain Management is a team effort and ever the analogist Dr Kinyungu compares pain management to trying to roll over a massive rock by yourself- the task is impossible until you get ten of your friends who then work together to roll over the massive rock- that massive rock is pain and the ten people are the various modalities such as injections, medications, therapy and the various health personnel. It Takes A Village.

 

Click here to Dr. Kinyungu's resume.