Eric Pearson, M.D. is a partner and one of the founders at Total Pain Care in Meridian, Mississippi. He received his medical training at the Medical University of South Carolina; and then his residency in anesthesiology and pain management training at University of Birmingham, Alabama (UAB) where he was chief resident and received the Dripps Award for outstanding resident. He then founded The Pain Treatment Center in Meridian, Mississippi before co-founding Total Pain Care. Dr. Pearson has served on the board and is the past president of both the Mississippi Pain Society and the Southern Pain Society. Besides a busy private practice, he is on the consulting staff of the local hospitals and is on the Cancer Care Committee at Anderson Hospital. Dr. Pearson is board certified in anesthesiology with a subspecialty in Pain Medicine. He resides in Meridian with his wife Rebecca. He is an avid long-distance runner, having completed the Boston Marathon and the New York marathons multiple times. His interest in regenerative medicine began with knee pain that threatened, before treatment, to bring to an end his running.