We introduce the latest location of Arizona Pain.

By Kevin Whipps

Arizona Pain has locations across the Valley, but those in the Desert Ridge area just got a more convenient option, with the addition of our new clinic located right off the Loop 101 and Tatum Boulevard in Phoenix. And better yet, it comes with a few familiar faces.

Like other Arizona Pain locations, the Desert Ridge Medical Campus features world-class care performed by the best in the industry. The attending physician on-site is Dr. Jack Anderson, who may look familiar to frequent readers of Arizona Pain Monthly. That’s because Anderson was spotlighted in our Q&A feature back in April.

As a double board certified interventional pain physician and anesthesiologist, Anderson is very qualified to handle any pain issue that comes his way. “Dr. Anderson has been recognized professionally as a thought leader, mentor and compassionate colleague,” says Dr. Tory McJunkin, co-founder of Arizona Pain. “We are confident in his skills of leading our Phoenix pain team and are proud to have him on board.”
Anderson shares the same approach as other Arizona Pain physicians, in that he utilizes a conservative and minimally invasive approach to comprehensive care. He also has a background in emergency medicine and diagnostic radiology, which brings additional depth to his work. Just don’t make any Matrix jokes when you see him — we’re sure he’s heard them all.

The new location is 3,586 square feet and includes seven clinic rooms, plus a large waiting room where patients can either watch TV or thumb through the latest issue of Arizona Pain Monthly. This is a one-stop shop for pain treatment.
“We know chronic pain affects over a million people in Phoenix alone,” says Arizona Pain CEO Joe Carlon. “Our commitment to the patients in this community is to provide the world-class pain care they would want for their own moms and dads, and our newest location in the Desert Ridge area of Phoenix allows us to better deliver that kind of care to patients in their time of need.”
The Desert Ridge Medical Campus is located at 20940 N. Tatum Blvd., Suite B-210, in Phoenix, and is open Monday through Friday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. To make an appointment at any Arizona Pain location, please call 480-563-6400, or visit us on the web at Arizonapain.com.

Inspired by a close family member’s personal battle with severe debilitating pain, our founding physicians are idealistic about practicing pain medicine “the right way.”

When Dr. Tory McJunkin and Dr. Paul Lynch founded Arizona Pain, it was the realization of a dream decades in the making. The thriving medical practice, with more than 160 employees and helping more than 7,000 patients monthly, has blossomed from the seed of a college friendship.

Their freshman year of college, the pre-med students had many of the same classes. While intense competition is the landscape in such an environment, Paul and Tory decided cooperation was a better plan. They studied together during the week and prayed together on the weekends. Their plan and mutual passion for medicine worked.

Four years later, they were off to the university of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Life took an unexpected turn, when Paul’s mother-in-law was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. He spent weeks trying to find relief for her debilitating pain, and during the process learned about interventional pain procedures. before medical school graduation, he realized that this was his calling in life and immediately drove to Tory’s house. Tory heard the excitement in his friend’s voice.

I know what I’m going to do with my life! Paul said.

Tory listened with growing interest and firmly said, “Me too.”

Paul laughed in disbelief saying “Seriously, I’m going to become an anesthesiologist and then study pain management. This is what I’m supposed to do, I just know it.”

Tory stepped closer and with a tone that was unmistakably serious said “I know, and this is the specialty I was made to practice too, I just didn’t know it existed. I’m alsogoing to pursue this career, whatever it takes!”

That’s exactly what they did. They obtained positions in top-tier programs – university of Iowa and New york university, and then each secured a position at the most coveted interventional pain program. years later, with prayer and their passion to help others suffering from pain at the forefront of their motivation, the pair created Arizona Pain.

Today, the practice includes offices in Chandler, Glendale and Scottsdale with a handful of similarly minded, passionate physicians, chiropractors, therapists, and health care providers.