ABOUT US

Dr. Zaki Anwar, MD

Anesthesiologist – Pain Management Specialist

MEDICAL DIRECTOR

A versatile executive with a history of delivering successful pain management solutions for today’s healthcare environment. A highly persuasive person with a fluent combination of business and technical acumen encompassing business strategy, management consulting, and professional healthcare services, coupled with the development of healthcare technologies and medical informatics for today’s practicing pain management physicians.

Motivational, passionate, visionary leader inspiring people at all levels to take direct action and achieve aggressive goals. A multi-lingual individual with significant achievements. Dr. Anwar enjoys golf, flying, squash, bicycling, and skiing.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Founder and Medical Director of a multidisciplinary pain center in Frankfort, community-based out-patient model and have multiple locations in Orland Park, Flossmoor, Joliet, and Chicago ( Pain Management Institute).
Chief Medical Information Officer helping the development of practical, simple, efficient patient information management systems for today’s practicing Pain Management Physicians (Pragmedic Solutions)
Consulting services to implement a new integrated multidisciplinary pain center at Flossmoor with Ingalls Memorial Hospital.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PAIN MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE LLC, FRANKFORT, IL

(Chief Executive Officer & Medical Director)

2000 to Present

Pain management center was established in October 2002 and currently has pain fellowship trained anesthesiologist, psychiatrist, psychologist, physical therapist, massage therapist, yoga, and Pilates instructors. All these professionals are working with a mission statement, "Finally a chance To Live a life free of pain."

We are staffed with clinical and surgical registered nurses with adequate experience in opiate management, patient education, and outpatient minimum invasive spine procedures program.
We screen for substance abuse and proper referral to an addiction specialist.
We offer psychological programs such as anger management, anxiety coping skills, biofeedback, etc.
We provide psychiatric evaluation for depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and substance abuse issues.
Patient education program through web site www.pain-institute.com and education material
Physician pain management education seminars
Fibromyalgia support group therapy
Yoga for our employees and gentle yoga for fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis patients
We are accredited for office-based surgery interventional procedures by JACHO.
Accreditation in process for multidisciplinary pain clinic by American Academy of Pain management
We have the vision to be a multidisciplinary pain program with all the necessary modalities to treat chronic and acute pain and cancer pain.
Successful marketing plan with new integrated marketing approach and campaign. (Newspaper, radio, website pain management education seminars.)

PAIN MANAGEMENT AND ANESTHESIA SERVICES

Enjoyed locums in Illinois & California for various health care centers. (Oct 2000 - Oct 2002)
Staff Anesthesiologist , Columbia Bellaire Surgery Center, Clearwater, Florida (Jan 97– Jan 99)
Staff, Pain management Physician at Col Largo Med Center, Largo, Florida. (March 97 –Jan 99)

PAIN MANAGEMENT AND ANESTHESIA SERVICES

Fellowship in Pain Management, University of Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tennessee (March 99-March 2000)
Diplomate and Board Certification in Pain Management from AAPM. (July 93 – July 96)
Residency in Anesthesiology. Cook County Hospital. Chicago, Illinois (July 93 – July 96)
Transitional year residency, Cook County Hospital. Chicago, Illinois (July, 90 - Dec. 90)
Medical officer in Internal Medicine Civil Hospital. Karachi, Pakistan,
Medical officer in Plastic Surgery & Burns. Civil Hospital Karachi, Pakistan (Jan. 90 – June 90)
Dow Medical college MBBS (1983-1989)
DJ Science college (undergraduate) (1980-1982)
St Patrick's High School, Karachi, Pakistan (1978-1980)
Jennings Private School (1972-1978)