Christine Villoch, MD
Christine M. Villoch, M.D., is a member of the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (CINN), and the CINN Institute for Spine Care, Chicago, Illinois. She is trained in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pain of spinal origin, treating occupational and sports related injuries, joint, nerve and musculoskeletal ailments.
Dr. Villoch is board-certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine. Specializing in Interventional Spine Care, she is skilled in neuromusculo-skeletal rehabilitation. She performs interventional diagnostic testing, such as discography, selective spinal blocks, and electrodiagnostic testing. She is versed in the use of injection therapy, including fluoroscopically guided spinal and peripheral joint injections, and minimally invasive spinal interventions. These interventions include techniques such as radiofrequency neurotomy procedures and intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty (IDEA/IDET). She also employs a wide range of rehabilitative techniques to reduce the pain and promote the long-term healing of her patients
Dr. Villoch earned her medical degree in 1998 from the University of Miami in Miami, Florida. After receiving her degree, Dr. Villoch held an internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver, Colorado and a residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, which is affiliated with the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Following the completion of her residency in 2002, Dr. Villoch continued her specialty training with a fellowship in Interventional Spine and Pain Management at The Center for Pain Management & Rehabilitation Orthopedic & Spine Specialists, PC, in York, Pennsylvania. Dr. Villoch joined CINN in 2003.
Dr. Villoch is an active lecturer and physician educator speaking both locally and nationally on the topics of minimally invasive spinal interventions, injections, and rehabilitative spine care. She is bilingual in Spanish and English. An avid marathon runner and triathlete she has provided medical coverage for the Chicago Marathon and the Mrs. T's Chicago Triathlon. She has also served as a volunteer team physician for various local high schools.
Dr. Villoch is an active member of numerous professional organizations including, the Physiatric Association of Spine, Sports, and Occupational Rehabilitation, the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the North American Spine Society, and the International Spinal Injection Society.
