Dr. Glick is a noted expert in the area
of pain management, acupuncture and other complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) approaches. He is leading an academic effort in the
School of Medicine to study the efficacy of various CAM treatments in a
scientific manner.
He has been trained in psychiatry and
physical medicine and rehabilitation as well as pain management,
utilizes acupuncture in his practice, and is involved in several
research studies on the use of acupuncture and other complementary
approaches. Dr. Glick also uses an injection technique called
prolotherapy that is used for chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions.
Dr. Glick has been on the faculty at the
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine since 1985 and has had
appointments in the department of anesthesiology, physical medicine and
rehabilitation, and psychiatry.
Dr. Glick is certified by the American Board
of Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry and child and
adolescent psychiatry; the American Board of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, and American Board of Pain Medicine.
A native of Chicago, he is a 1979 graduate of
the University of Illinois School of Medicine. He did his residency at
Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital for Children in St. Louis; Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
in general and child psychiatry; UPMC in physical medicine and
rehabilitation; as well as training at the Children's Hospital in Boston
in pain management.
