CEO
Institutes of Health
San Diego, California
Dr. Tomer Anbar is founder and CEO of Institutes of Health, specializing in research and the advanced treatment of such epidemics as chronic pain, complex PTSI, brain injuries, and related conditions. In 2002 he launched the Mind/Body Health Initiative to more effectively treat the chronic pain epidemic in the workers’ compensation system, and 2008 founded the Interdisciplinary Functional Restoration Program at Scripps Health.
As Chief Clinical Advisor of the Employers’ Fraud Task Force, he advised the California Department of Industrial relations on how to systematically improve clinical outcomes employing evidence-based biopsychosocial paradigms.
He is former Chairman of the Pain Rehabilitation SIG of the American Pain Society and former Treasurer of the Musculoskeletal Pain SIG of the International Association for the Study of Pain comprised of 125 countries.
Dr. Anbar is former Head of Unit of Clinical and Research Psychobiology at the National Institute of Neurology, Collaborative Center for Research and Training in Neurosciences of the World Health Organization in Mexico City.
Thursday, September 4, 2025
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PST