Lawrence Robbins, M.D. is considered to be one of the top 10 experts in the country on management of headache medications. His books, Headache Help and Management of Headache and Headache Medications have been very well reviewed, and both are bestsellers. Dr. Robbins also discusses non-medication strategies, as well as alternative treatments (herbs, exercise, acupuncture, physical therapy, etc.). Dr. Robbins has his practice in Northbrook, Illinois. Please feel free to call or fax us at the numbers above..

View Dr. Robbins Curriculum Vitae in PDF format.

Dr. Robbins has been elected to America's Top Doctors for each year since 2001. He was also re-elected this past January 2010! He was also named as one of Chicago's Top Doctors by Chicago Magazine.

Dr. Robbins received the Clinical Pain Management Award from the AAPM in 2008, given to the physician who "...has made a significant accomplishment in research and/or teaching in the field of interdisciplinary pain management." Only one physician in the United States receives this annual award.

 

 

 

 

 

Brooke is Dr. Robbins’s associate at the Robbins Headache Clinic. She received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at Florida Gulf Coast University, and her Masters of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Purdue University, where she earned top grades. Brooke is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She previously worked in a family practice and has experience treating a wide variety of medical conditions.  Brooke brings compassion and empathy to her medical practice. She prides herself on being an excellent listener and striving to bring patients the best care possible. She complements Dr. Robbins in her approach, and adds a new dimension to our practice.

She is a member of the American Headache Society and the Neuroscience Education Institute.  Through the NEI, she is currently working on a certificate in the Master Psychopharmacologist program.

Brooke Basssett is co-author of the following papers:

Refractory Chronci Migraine: Long-term Follow-up using a Refractory Rating Scale.  Presentated at the American Academy of Pain Management meeting, Ls Vegas, September 2011.

Teenage Boy with Multiple Pain Disorders: A Case of Mild Factitious Disorder by Proxy.  Practical Pain Management, October 2011.

ADHD and Pain Patients, submitted to Practical Pain Management, 2011.