Dr. Kingma is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pain Medicine.  He has dual board certifications in pain management and family medicine. In 1991 he graduated from the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, and has been a practicing physician for over 30 years with the last 15 years exclusively dedicated to Pain Medicine.

Dr. Kingma developed a passion for interventional pain medicine while working as an emergency medicine physician. While providing call coverage for the pain service he was able to appreciate the scope/breadth of treatments that were available and often not well known or utilized. 

He enjoys evaluating and diagnosing the source of his patient’s pain to determine a treatment path that improves and controls their pain for a better quality of life.

INTERVENTIONAL SERVICES OFFERED (partial list)

• Facet Joint Injections and Diagnostic Block
• Intercostal Nerve Block
• Epidural Injection: Interlaminar and Transforaminal
• Percutaneous Lumbar Decompression for Central Stenosis with Claudication
  also known as Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD) procedure
• Radio-Frequency Ablation (RFA), also known as a Rhizotomy
• Sacroiliac Joint Injections
• Selective Nerve Block
• Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial, Permanent Placement, Revision, and Removal
• Sympathetic Ganglion Nerve Block
• Vertebral Augmentation including vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty

Allison Bauer is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner. Originally from Wisconsin, she completed her undergraduate training at Alverno College where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she received her Bachelor of Science in Biology. Allison completed her graduate training through Indiana University School of Nursing in Indianapolis.

Growing up listening to her father, a surgeon, tell stories about the gratitude he received treating patients is how Allison knew that she too wanted to go into the medical field. 

As a registered nurse, Allison worked in the intensive care unit at a Level I trauma center taking care of critically ill patients.

She always knew that she wanted to further her medical education as a Nurse Practitioner.  She is certified by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

Allison brings to Midwest Pain & Spine her strong background in primary care and specialty care.

She enjoys getting to know her patients so that she can better understand their pain for evaluation to provide the best personalized treatment plan.  She says it might sound cliché, but she enjoys helping her patients improve their quality of life.

As a Registered Nurse, Allison worked in the intensive care unit setting taking care of critically ill patients. As a Nurse Practitioner, Allison comes to Midwest Pain & Spine with a strong background in Primary Care and specialty care. Allison is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). Her primary goal as a Nurse Practitioner is to provide personalized, high-quality care to her patients and their families.