Our physicians are here to help you improve your health, eliminate or decrease your pain and recover you to a full normal function as quickly as possible. Our doctors have extensive experience in the field of Interventional Pain Management and are always up to date on the latest technologies, diagnostic and treatment modalities. Your care will be provided by Board Certified Physician Anesthesiologist who is additionally trained in the field of Interventional Pain Management.
Dr. Axel Vargas is an Attending Anesthesiologist with extensive experience in the areas of Ambulatory Anesthesia, Regional Anesthesia, Interventional Pain Management, Minimally Invasive (MIS) Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, Endoscopic Spinal Stenosis and Discectomy Surgery, Sacro-Iliac (SI) Joint Fusion, and in general all Interventional Spine procedures as well as Neuromodulation techniques, i.e., dorsal column spine stimulation.
His area of expertise includes diagnosis of various forms of acute and chronic pain conditions, Minimally Invasive (MIS) Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, Endoscopic Spinal Stenosis and Discectomy Surgery, Sacro-Iliac (SI) Joint Fusion, Percutaneous Discectomy and Nucleoplasty Surgery, as well as Neuromodulation techniques, i.e., Dorsal Column Spinal Cord Stimulation and Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation.
He completed a Surgical Residency training at Case Western Reserve University affiliated Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio and subsequently trained in the field of Anesthesiology and Interventional Pain Management at Northwestern University Hospitals in Chicago.
He served as an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), from 2008 to 2009.
He also worked as the Interventional Pain management Physician for the Chicago Bears Organization.
He is fluent in Italian and Spanish, and speaks Russian and French as well.
His wife, Dr. Yana Nedvetsky, is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Orthodontics at the University of Illinois (UIC) and she is well-known Implant Dentist in the Chicago area.
He has two daughters and a son: Nicole, a best-selling author, travel writer and the editor of Travel + Leisure; Natalie, a piano-major graduate of The Juilliard School and Columbia University, a post-graduate fellow from the Johns Hopkins University Peabody Institute, who runs an international score-access platform; and Jan, a sophomore at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music, a 2026 Presidential Scholar, and an internationally acclaimed cello performer.
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Education
University of Chicago, Residency Hospital — 1987
University of Chicago, Internship Hospital — 1982
Northwestern U, School of Medicine, Medical School — 1981
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