Meet the team

Dr. Slipman is one of the world’s foremost authorities on medical, interventional and rehabilitation approaches to treating back and neck pain and has been recognized internationally as a leading researcher and educator on the subject. He authored the definitive textbook on interventional spine techniques; written more than 130 articles and book chapters on a wide range of subjects ranging from the diagnosis and treatment of spine pain to treating pain caused by sports injuries; and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the “Best Doctors in America” a distinction awarded by one’s peers to less than 1% of all physicians in a particular specialty. Dr. Slipman graduated from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas and did his post graduate training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York. Following 6 years of private practice in Mississippi and academic appointments at the University of Mississippi Medical Center he was jointly recruited, by the Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania to initiate and develop the first academic spine center to be led by a physiatrist. One year later he established the first academic interventional physiatry fellowship. Dr. Slipman went on to serve as Director of the University of Pennsylvania Spine Center for nearly 20 years; as assistant Professor in Penn’s Department of Orthopedics and Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine; and Director of Penn Medical Center’s Interventional Physiatry Fellowship Program. Dr. Slipman has also served as a Team consultant for the University of Pennsylvania’s sports teams for more than 15 years. Dr. Slipman has been the invited speaker at more than 200 conferences and physician meetings including lecturing internationally including China, Italy, Germany, Korea, Spain, Portugal, The Czech Republic, Canada, France, Turkey, and Japan. Dr. Slipman has been an editor/reviewer of more than 10 medical journals and served as editor in chief of Pain Physician 2002-2004. Among his accomplishments is receipt of the 1999 Rosenthal award for for notable innovations in clinical achievement in the treatment of lower back disorders from The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the Justus Lehman Lectureship from the University of Washington, the William Baer Lectureship from Ohio State University Dr. Slipman’s diverse body of work includes producing videos on back pain for the Department of Labor; Time Life; and WebMD as well as consulting for NASA and several medical companies.