Dr. Joel Press MD
Pain Management Specialist | Interventional Pain Medicine
1030 N Clark St Chicago IL, 60610About
Joel M. Press, MD. Dr. Press graduated from the University of Michigan in 1980 with a B.S. Degree-with distinction, Microbiology. He received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Illinois Col ...
Education and Training
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1984
University of Illinois College of Medicine 1984
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
Provider Details
Awards
- Singapore Ministry of Health Honorary Visiting Expert in Rehabilitatio 2011 University of North Carolina, Department of Physical Medicine and Reha
- 2009 Dr. Michael DeSilva Memorial Lecture. Medical Association of Jamaica
- 2008 John McCulloch Memorial Lecturer, Denver Spine Institute
- 2007 Visiting Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Physi
- 2006 Guest Visiting Professor, English Institute of Sport. Bath, Loughboro
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ohio State Univer 2006 th Sidney Licht Lectureship
- 3 rd Annual William Blocker Distinguished Lectureship, Baylor College 2005 University of Texas- Houston, Department of Physical Medicine and Reha
- National Seoul University Hospital, Department of Rehabilitation Medi 2005 Visiting Professor
- 2004 Visiting Professor, Case Western Reserve, Physical Medicine and Rehab
- th Annual Jerome W. Gersten, MD. Lectureship. 2003 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Rehabilit
- 2001 Excellence Award in Clinical Research
- th Annual Bernard L. Mass Foundation Lectureship in Physical Medicine
- Justus Lehman Day Visiting Lecturer, 2000 University of Washington, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabili
- Lewis A. Leavitt, MD Memorial Lectureship, Baylor College of Medicine 2000 University of Texas-Houston Medical School Department of Physical Medi
- Ohio State University, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilita 1997 th Annual Richard F. Baer Visiting Lectureship
- Howard J. Rusk Lecturer, 1997 University of Missouri-Columbia, Department of Physical Medicine and R
- American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 1995 The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award
- 2012 Chicago Super Doctors
Treatments
- Back Pain, Spine Problems, Back Problems And More
- Chronic Pain
- Arthritis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Osteoarthritis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Pinched Nerve
- Pain
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
- Abnormal Gait
Professional Memberships
- Member American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Member American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
- Member American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
- Member Association of Academic Physiatrists
- Member American Medical Association
- Member Chicago Medical Society
- Member Chicago Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Member Illinois Medical Society
- Member Illinois Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Member International Spinal Injection Society
- Member North American Spine Society
- Member Physiatric Association for Spine, Sports, and Occupational Rehabilitation
Experience & Accolades
- Medical Director 1994 - 2014Spine and Sports Rehabilitation Center, RIC
- Founder and Director 1989 - 2014 Sports Rehabilitation Program, RIC
- Chief Resident 1987 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, RIC/Northwestern University Medical School 1987: Assistant Ch
- Professor 2009 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Associate Professor 2002 - 2009 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Medical School
- Member1995 - 1997 Chief of Staff, RIC
- Assistant Professor1988 - 2002 Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Medical School
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