MSK HEALTH INNOVATIONS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Certified Anesthesiologist

Dr. Vilims is a board certified Anesthesiologist and a Diplomat of the American Board of Pain Medicine. He completed a twelve-month Fellowship in Interventional Pain Medicine (IPM) at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. Dr. Vilims specializes in diagnostic and therapeutic spinal injections and advanced interventions with over 27 years of experience, and holds numerous patents in the fields of regenerative medicine, neuromodulation, and RF thermal coagulation, with products marketed worldwide. Dr. Vilims has been practicing in Colorado since 2000 and is the CEO and President of MSK Health Innovations, and Colorado Pain Specialists. Dr. Vilims has served on many advisory and quality assurance committees and boards such as the Occupational Medicine Advisory Board of the Colorado Medical Society, Sloan's Lake Quality Assurance Committee and he served as the IPM Advisor for Pinnacol Assurance. Dr. Vilims is the Past President of the Colorado Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and is a member of the Colorado Pain Society, American Association of Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), North American Spine Society (NASS), The American Board of Pain Medicine, and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP). Dr. Vilims is a member of, and master instructor/speaker for, The Spine Intervention Society, and has been a featured speaker/instructor for ISIS Munich Germany, the British Pain Society, and NASS Dubai, United Arab Emirates "Spine Masters."