Craig Best, D.O., a pain management specialist, has joined Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. Dr. Best is a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation/interventional pain medicine specialist who brings comprehensive non-surgical spine expertise to improving patients’ lives.
After earning a medical degree at Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dr. Best’s physical medicine & rehabilitation (physiatry) residency training was at Rush University Medical Center. That was followed by fellowship training in interventional pain medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital.
“Dr. Best’s goal for his patients is to improve their pain and function, allowing for a more active and fulfilling lifestyle,” said Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. “He identifies patients’ specific pain generators by utilizing a thorough history and physical examination, imaging, electrodiagnostic studies, and diagnostic injections. He then prescribes an individualized treatment plan that may consist of medications, detailed physical/occupational therapy or exercise prescriptions, and/or a wide variety of injections and minimally invasive procedures.”
A researcher, Dr. Best has published articles on spine and musculoskeletal medicine. In addition, he has lectured in the Greater Chicago Area, including at Rush University Medical Center. He is a member of the Spine Intervention Society and North American Spine Society.
Dr. Best commented to OTW, “My hope is that I’m able to continue to provide excellent non-surgical spine/pain care while also expanding the interventional orthobiologics and regenerative medicine program to include more spine care.”
