About OVPI
Brandon Sutton MD, and Alexander Sinofsky MD have announced the opening of Ohio Valley Pain Institute (OVPI) in the Medical Arts Building on Eastern Parkway in Louisville, Kentucky. The clinic’s aim is to reduce the need for opioids while improving patients' long-term health, function and quality of life in the battle against chronic pain and the opioid crisis.
Ohio Valley Pain Institute offers comprehensive pain management that includes: medical treatments, interventional techniques, as well as coordinating access to surgical specialists, physical therapy, nutritional consults and psychological counseling. Drs. Sutton and Sinofsky first perform a detailed history and physical exam along with using advanced diagnostics, to precisely target the source of pain with a combination of therapies. By implementing an evidence based, multi-modal treatment pain, OVPI aims to minimize patients' dependence on opioids.
In the past, opioids were the default therapy for chronic pain. However, opioids are now attributed to the fastest growing health epidemic in the country. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than three out of five drug overdose deaths involve an opioid. In 2016, more than 17,000 of the 63,632 deaths due to drug overdose were attributed to prescription opioids.
Ohio Valley Pain Institute focuses on techniques that help patients avoid the adverse effects of opioids. Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is one of the most promising and rapidly advancing treatments for chronic pain; it is a modality that delivers a low-voltage electrical current continuously to the spinal cord to alter the sensation of pain.
Continued improvements in the technology and understanding of SCS therapy have provided patients with an array of debilitating, chronic pain conditions to improve their lives while helping to minimize the reliance on opioids.
Drs. Sutton and Sinofsky are certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology with sub-specialty certification in Pain Medicine. They are licensed to practice medicine in Kentucky and Indiana.
The founding of Ohio Valley Pain Institute is the culmination of Drs. Sutton and Sinofsky’s expanded vision for the treatment of chronic pain. OVPI aims to offer safer, more effective alternatives and move beyond opioid-based treatments as the primary source of pain relief.
Get in touch
Ohio Valley Pain Institute is located at 1169 Eastern Pkwy Suite 400, Louisville Kentucky 40217. For more information about conditions, treatments or to schedule an appointment or physician referral, please visit www.OVPImedical.com or call 502-276-5554.
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Physicians
board certified in pain medicine & board certified anesthesiologist
Brandon Sutton MD
Dr. Sutton, a native to Louisville and Southern Indiana, completed his undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Kentucky. He went on to complete his residency in anesthesiology at the Medical University of South Carolina as Chief Resident. Dr. Sutton then attended Vanderbilt University for his pain fellowship. His previous research experience includes a focus in neuronal plasticity. Dr. Sutton was among the first, in the Louisville area, to be trained in, as well as providing a new type of SCS that stimulates a spinal structure called the dorsal root ganglion (DRG). This new therapy has provided many patients yet another way to improve their functionality and quality of life.
board certified in pain medicine & board certified anesthesiologist
Alexander Sinofsky MD
Dr. Sinofsky, who grew up in the New York City area, graduated with a degree in neuroscience from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and obtained his medical degree from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Subsequently he completed a residency in anesthesiology at New York University Langone Medical Center followed by his pain medicine fellowship at the University of Maryland. Dr. Sinofsky has published in national journals in both pain medicine and anesthesiology. He has also been a contributing author in recent textbooks. His previous research has focused on low back pain and novel treatments for facial pain.
Physician Assistant
Lillie Becht is a Nationally Certified Physician Assistant. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana. She then completed a Master of Science Degree in Physician Assistant studies at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. She is certified by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants and is a member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Lillie is known for providing genuine, compassionate care to all her patients. She brings with her years of experience in pain management.