ASC Industry Leader to Know – Scott Glaser, MD – ASIPP

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.

Dr. Glaser graduated from the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University School of Medicine and completed his anesthesia residency and fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago. He has worked as a pain management specialist in the private practice setting since 1990 and was named to the Becker’s ASC Review list of 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.

In 2008, Dr. Glaser was elected by his fellow specialists to serve as a director on the national board of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. He also became a diplomat of the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians —acknowledged to be the highest level of credentialing in his field — the first year it was offered.

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

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