Thomas (Ted) E. Dreisinger, Ph.D., FACSM - Vice President Outcomes Measurement
IPS
Dr. Dreisinger is Vice President of Outcomes Management for Integrated Pain Solutions, a ‘best practices' network of pain management providers. He joined IPS in 2007. Dr. Dreisinger is responsible for the development, execution, acquisition and analysis of clinical and claims outcomes data.
Other
From 2003 to 2007, Dr. Dreisinger was Director of Research and Development for Dynamic Back & Neck Therapy centers of Detroit, Michigan. From 2000 to 2004 he was managing partner for Progressive Spine Care & Rehabilitation in Columbia, Missouri. From 1987 to 1997 he was research director for the Columbia Spine Center, an affiliate of the Columbia Orthopaedic Group (Columbia, Missouri). From 1996 through 2000 he was Vice President for Cumulative Trauma Injury Prevention of Prevention First, Inc.
Dr. Dreisinger's background spans 32 years of clinical experience in rehabilitation, orthopedics and physical medicine. He has taught at the university level, and presented a number of scientific papers both in the United States and Abroad. Dr. Dreisinger is a fellow in the North American Spine Society, the American Back Society, and the American College of Sports Medicine. He sits on the Multidisciplinary Patient Care Committee for the North American Spine Society, is past chairman of the Practice Board for Clinical exercise Physiology of the American College of Sports Medicine (2002-2003) and is past chairman of the Board of Directors of the McKenzie Institute. He is also past chair of the Research Committee of the McKenzie Institute International. Dr. Dreisinger is currently chair of the International Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy Research Foundation, and Secretary for the American Back Society.
Dr. Dreisinger received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Fairmont State College, his Master of Science degree from University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, and his Doctoral degree in exercise physiology from the University of Missouri. He served in the United States Army from 1968-1971 as an air traffic controller, and is a Vietnam Veteran.