ASC Industry Leader to Know – Dr. Scott Glaser – ASIPP

July 30th, 2010 Posted in Anxiety and Depression

Scott Glaser is a Medical Doctor and a pain management specialist that works to help patients with chronic pain and restores quality of life, increase function and regain wholeness. Dr. Glaser has worked with his Pain Specialists of Greater Chicago co-founder Ira Goodman, MD, for over a 10 years, treating syndromes ranging from the typical lower back pain to nerve damage. The doctors use various minimally invasive techniques to manage pain, including nerve blocks, small joint injections and medication infusion pumps.

Scott Glaser, MD graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine and the University of Notre Dame, completing his anesthesia residency and fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago. He worked in the private setting since 1990 as a pain management specialist and was named to the Becker’s ASC Review list of notable ASC physicians in 2009.

Pain management has taken Dr. Glaser to help fight substance misuse. The NASPER bill, which was signed into law in 2005, he helped lobby for. The bill setup monitoring programs for prescriptions to help protect patients and physicians from misusing the drugs. Dr. Glaser continues to work to implement a prescription monitoring program in Illinois. On top of all this, he has also spoken to many physician groups and health providers about the risks of controlled substance abuse.

In 2008, Scott Glaser, MD was elected to serve as a director on the national board of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians by his fellow specialists. The first year it was offered, he became a diplomat of the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians, which has acknowledged him to be the highest level of credentialing in his field.

Dr. Glaser is an instructor for the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians, a society that provides training for interventional pain management specialists and promotes excellence in the field of pain management. He teaches other physicians minimally invasive procedures and lectures on continuing medical education at ASIPP meetings.

If you like what you read, please go to Scott Glaser, MD or ASIPP.