Professional Background
Philip Getson, D.O. is an osteopathic physician who has practiced family medicine in New Jersey since 1976 – and the reason TDI exists. He founded the practice in 1982, convinced that thermal imaging, done with medical rigor, could give physicians a physiological window their other tools lacked.
Dr. Getson is an internationally recognized authority on Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (RSD/CRPS). He has evaluated thousands of patients with complex pain conditions, lectured on CRPS at national and international conferences including PAINWeek, presented educational programs for physicians, and served on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association of America.
In thermography, his credentials run as deep as anyone’s in the field: board certification from four thermographic boards, more than 50,000 thermographic studies reviewed across the breast, thyroid, dental, and neuromuscular systems, service as Vice President of the American Academy of Thermology, and chairmanship of the committee that developed national breast thermography protocols. He also championed thermography through a ten-year court battle that ended with the New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously recognizing it as a reasonable and necessary medical expense under state motor vehicle law.
Dr. Getson retired from the reporting role in July 2024, entrusting interpretation to Alexander Mostovoy, DHMS, BCCT. His protocols – and his insistence that thermography be presented honestly, as adjunctive physiological imaging that complements rather than competes with standard medical evaluation – remain the practice’s foundation.