Second Opinion Expert Witnesses

Los Gatos , California

Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Medicine & Rehab - Pain (spine, nerve, joint, soft tissue), Interventional pain management (epidural steroid/other injections, nerve blocks), Opioids/pain medications, Second opinion, Ineffective/failed spine/other surgeries, Complex/catastrophic cases, CRPS/RSD, Back pain, Motor vehicle accidents, chronic pain

Dr. Fardad Baroumand, MD, is a distinguished medical-legal evaluator in Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. He is the designated evaluator for these fields by ExamWorks Inc., the largest national provider of Independent Medical Evaluations. He is also a prominent California State Qualified Medical Evaluator and a member of the Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) Subject Matter Expert Panel and the Report Quality Panel, which oversees and promotes the quality of medical-legal reporting in the State. Workers compensation judges have repeatedly appointed Dr. Baroumand as the medical-legal evaluator in complex cases that other evaluators could not handle. Dr. Baroumand is a double board-certified subspecialist practicing Pain Medicine and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. He has a reputation as "the go-to guy" for the most challenging clinical and medical-legal cases. Dr. Baroumand graduated in the top 10 percentile of his medical school in 1997 and completed...

Tarboro, North Carolina

Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Orthopedic Surgery - Independent Medical exams, Causation, Impairment, Second Opinion, Workers Compensation, Medical Records Review

I am a fellowship trained orthopedic spine surgeon. I have been in clinical practice in both spine surgery and general orthopedics for forty years and continue to do so. My PLLC, Spinal Logistics, operates out of Eastern North Carolina with the help of a clerical and scheduling assistant, and a clinical assistant and chaperone. My Independent Medical Evaluation services include record review, a scheduled in person interview, physical examinaton and a written report. I have experience since 2019 with evaluating liability claims, workers compensation claims and causation reports for attorneys, workers compensation carriers, and government orginizations averaging three to four Independent Medical Examinations a month. I am registered with several companies that supply my services to various clients. All records are recieved and reports provided digitally in a HIPPA compliant fashion. I carry errors and omisions insuriance and on site liability insurance. I have been Board certifie...