As a pain management specialist, Scott Glaser, MD, works to help patients with chronic pain restore quality of life, increase function and regain wholeness. He has worked with his Pain Specialists of Greater Chicago co-founder Ira Goodman, MD, for over a decade, treating syndromes ranging from common lower back pain to the severe pain associated with nerve damage. The doctors use various minimally invasive techniques to manage pain, including small joint injections, nerve blocks and medication infusion pumps.
The Doctor also graduated from Notre Dame and Indiana University School of Medicine. While there he completed his residency for anesthesia and fellowship at Northwestern. Since 1990 he has worked in the private sector as a pain management specialist. Becker’s ASC Review list has named him notable ASC physicians in 2009.
Dr. Glaser has took notice in the struggle against controlled substance abuse. He lobbied for the NASPER bill, which protects physicians and patients from substance abuse through prescription monitoring programs. In 2005, the bill was signed into law and Dr. Glaser has continued to work to implement a prescription monitoring program in Illinois. To help the situation he has also spoken to health providers and physician groups about abusing drugs.
Dr. Glaser was elected as director of the national board of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians in 2008 by his fellow specialists. Since, he has become a diplomat of the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians. Plus, he is acknowledged to be the highest level of credentialing in his field, the first year it was offered.
He is also an instructor for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, a society providing training for interventional pain management specialists and promotes excellence in the field of pain management. Dr. Glaser lectures on continuing medical education at ASIPP meetings and teaches physicians invasive procedures.
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