John J. Karazim, II., M.D. - Chief Medical Officer

IPS

Dr. Karazim provides strategic clinical direction and managerial oversight of the Company's pain-focused managed services, medical policies, and programs to ensure the highest quality continuum of care and services for patients through daily utilization and case management file reviews. He also participates in review processes of IPS' national privileged provider network; develops and refines IPS' prescribed clinical pathways; assesses clinical outcomes and collective statistical data to determine new or revised clinical protocols and guidelines; and provides thought leadership and support to IPS' customers, providers, clinical advisors, and senior executives.

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In addition to his position with IPS, Dr. Karazim also serves as Medical Director of Dynamic Rehabilitation Centers, Inc. (DRC), an affiliate of PainCare Holdings. DRC is Michigan's most comprehensive spinal rehabilitation practice specializing solely in the treatment of sub-acute and chronic back and neck pain, and one of the largest, physician-based, MedX rehabilitation facilities in the world. Dr. Karazim also serves as a staff physician, Department of Internal Medicine, at Crittenden Hospital in Michigan and Medical Director of Evergreen Home Health Care.

Dr. Karazim is a frequent guest lecturer at hospitals and medical learning institutions around the country and has served as a Clinical Assistant Professor at Oakland University, School of Health Sciences. He was also the Medical Director of the Meadowbrook Health Enhancement Institute of Oakland University, where he focused on chronic disease management through risk factor modification, rehabilitation, and exercise. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Albion College and a Medical Degree from Wayne State University's School of Medicine.

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