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.
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, 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.
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