Founder and Medical Director

Dr. Plehn was born and raised in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. His father, Frank W. Plehn, M.D.,practiced general medicine  in Kansas and Nebraska fifty-five years. He was a Board Certified Roentgenologist and the first Radiologist in Western, Nebraska. His mother was a Registered Nurse, Registered Laboratory Technician and Registered X-ray Technician.                                                                                 

Prior to entering Medical School, he studied Aeronautical Engineering and served in the United States Navy, as a Naval Aviator (Air Ship). He completed his Pre-Medical studies at Scottsbluff Junior College and Creighton University,  and then attended the University of Nebraska College of Medicine, graduating with  B.S. (Med.) and M.D.

Upon completion of his formal studies, he interned for one year (general rotating), at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. He practiced General Medicine for two years, before entering Residency in Anesthesiology at The University Of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Dr. Plehn is a Diplomate of The American Board of Anesthesiology and a Fellow of The American College of Anesthesiology.

Dr. Plehn served in an executive capacity in all hospitals where he held privileges, also served as a Delegate to The Nevada State Medical Society, for several years. He was appointed by Governor Paul Laxalt to The Nevada Higher Education Committee, serving four years.

He has extensive experience in all types of general and regional anesthesia. He has devoted the last ten years to the specialty of Pain Management, the evaluation and management of pain problems, together with diagnostic and therapeutic nerve blocks for many types of pain problems. He received special training in "Spinal Endoscopy" at the Medical Education and Research Institute in Memphis, Tennessee in 1998. 

Membership in Professional Societies
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
Society of Pain Practice Management      

Publications:
Case Report: Use of Bier Block with Bretylium to treat a Patient with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
Author: Robert V. Plehn, M.D., DABA, FACA
The American Journal of Anesthesiology May 1999

As well as acting Medical Director for DoctorsForPain.com, Dr. Plehn is also the Director of Lakeland Pain Management in Lakeland, Georgia. He recently completed serving as Chief of Staff and Director of Anesthesia at Louis Smith Memorial Hospital.  He is currently serving as Director of Medical Staff Affairs.

As Medical Director, Dr. Plehn  has authored all articles within this site except where otherwise indicated.

Dr. Plehn died April 23, 2005 at age 83.  He practiced approximately 53 years without a single malpractice suit.