Roger Belcourt, MD, MPH (Panel Member)
Assistant Vice President, Pacific Coast Zone, Concentra
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—President, Nevada Health Professional Assistance Foundation; Diversion Committee and Foundation Board Member; Nevada Institutional Review Board; Board of Directors, Western Occupational and Environmental Medical Association (WOEMA); and Chair, 2006 Western Occupational Health Conference
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—None
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Jill Galper, PT, MEd (Panel Member)
Vice President, Clinical Program Development, IMX Medical Management Services
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Executive Committee, Southeast District, Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Association
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Affiliate Editor, ACOEM's APG Insights; American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
Representative for Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 2nd Edition, 2004
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Elizabeth Genovese, MD, MBA (Panel Member)
Medical Director, IMX Medical Management Services; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Associated Faculty, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Board of Directors, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians; Advisory Committee, Athena Institute for Women's Wellness; Board of Directors, Philadelphia OEMS; Committee on Coding and Classification, ACOEM; Committee on Return to Work, ACOEM; Evidence Based Practice Committee, ACOEM; AMA CPT Advisory Committee, ACOEM Representative; Director, "Musculoskeletal Diagnosis and Treatment" course, ACOEM; Co-Director, "Clinical Guidelines" course, ACOEM
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Member, Evidence Based Practice Committee, Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 2nd Edition, 2004; Editor, ACOEM's APG Insights; Section Reviewer, AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 6th Edition
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Michael Goertz, MD, MPH (Panel Member)
Department Chair, Occupational Medicine, Park Nicollet Clinic
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Medical Services Review Board, DOL State of Minnesota
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Guidelines Panel Member, Disability Prevention/Management, ACOEM; Member, Evidence Based Practice Committee, ACOEM Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 2nd Edition, 2004
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Kurt Hegmann, MD, MPH (Editor-in-Chief)
Associate Professor and Center Director, Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Utah
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Member, Ergonomics Committee (Chair 2001-05), ACOEM; Board of Trustees, American Board of Preventive Medicine (Chair, Examination Committee); and Chair, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Medical Review Board
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Chair, Evidence Based Practice Committee (update of 2nd Edition), ACOEM; Member, Council on Scientific Affairs (2001-05), ACOEM
Research Grants/Other Support—NIOSH (CDC) Training grants and research grants primarily on the epidemiology of musculoskeletal disorders (e.g., CTS, shoulder tendinosis, LBP) and truck driver safety; and a grant from the Utah Labor Commission studying cancers among firefighters and police officers
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—Honoraria: Teaching honoraria from various courses, mostly ACOEM-related; Consultations: Consulting with companies regarding how to reduce work-related injuries, causation and apportionment of injuries and consultations with unions regarding return to work, work restrictions and work-relatedness on injuries; Clinical: Primary, secondary and tertiary clinical management of occupational injuries and diseases
John P. Holland, MD, MPH (Methodology Committee Consultant)
Principal, Holland Associates, Inc., Seattle, Washington; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington, Seattle
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Board of Directors (1994-2005), ACOEM; President (2003-04), ACOEM; Chair, Council on External Affairs (2005-06), ACOEM
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Chair, Practice Guidelines Committee (1998-2000), ACOEM; Chair, Practice Guidelines Steering Committee (2003-06), ACOEM; Methodology Advisory Group and Peer Reviewer (2001-04), Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 2nd Edition, ACOEM; Head, Research Team (1991-94), Clinical Practice Guidelines on Low Back in Adults, AHCPR; Head, Research Team (1998-2002), Clinical Practice Guidelines for Young Children with Developmental Disabilities, New York State Department of Health
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
James Lessenger, MD (Panel Member)
Private Practice; Disability Examiner, Department of Social Services, State of California; Consultant, Toxcenter, Northridge Hospital Medical Center; Consultant, Medical Board of California; Lecturer, Occupational Medicine Residency, University of California, San Francisco
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Board Member, Benicia Historical Museum; Editorial Board, Journal of Agromedicine; Western Occupational Medicine Association
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—None
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Tom Mayer, MD (Panel Member)
Private Practice: Medical Director, Productive Rehabilitation Institute of Dallas for Ergonomics (PRIDE), Dallas, TX; Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Editorial Board and Founding Editor, The Spine Journal; Board of Associate Editors, SPINE; Interdisciplinary Program Work Group, Division of Workers' Compensation/Texas Department of Insurance; International Editorial Board, Isokinetics and Exercise Science; Editorial Board, The Back Letter; Board of Trustees, Dallas Opera Association
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Musculoskeletal Section Editor and Spine Chapter Author, Executive Editorial Board, 6th Edition, AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment; Editorial Advisory Board, Official Disability Guidelines (ODG); AMA Guides Newsletter Advisory Board; Co-Chair, North American Spine Society, Spine Treatment Guideline (1996-04); Co-Chairman, Texas Spine Treatment Guideline Work Group (1990-95)
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Scott Morris, MD, MPH (Panel Member)
Area Medical Director, Chicago, Concentra Medical Centers
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—None
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—None
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Kathryn Mueller, MD, MPH (Panel Member)
Medical Director, Colorado Division of Workers Compensation, Colorado Department of Labor; Professor of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine and Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Colorado Health Science Center; UCHSC Graduate School Faculty
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—International Association of Injury and Accident Boards and Commissions Committee on Occupational Health and Disability Management; Bylaws Revision Committee, Committee on Workers' Compensation, Committee on Evidence Based Medicine, Steering Committee for Revision of ACOEM Guidelines, ACOEM; Task Force on Chronic Pain, Task Force Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Upper Extremity Task Force on Carpal Tunnel, Cumulative Trauma Disorder and Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Task Force on Lumbar and Cervical Spine and Lower Extremity, Colorado Division of Workers' Compensation; Workers' Compensation Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation Committee, Colorado Medical Society; Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Committee, Occupational Medicine Residency Advisory Committee, MSPH Policy Committee, MSPH Curriculum Committee, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Section Editor, AMA Guides to Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 6th Edition; LBP Guideline Subcommittee, American Pain Society/American College of Physicians; Guidelines for State of Colorado; Editorial Board, AMA Guides Newsletter; Adviser/Reviewer, Medical Disability Advisor, 3rd Edition
Research Grants/Other Support—NIOSH Training Grant for Occupational Medicine Residencies, University of Colorado Health Sciences Department of Preventive Medicine
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—Received less than $2,000 in honorarium for teaching engagements for ACOEM
Jack Richman, MD (Panel Member)
Executive Vice President and Medical Director, AssessMed Inc.; and President, AssessMed Quality Review
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Chair, Research Committee of the Canadian Institute for the Relief of Pain and Disability (CIRPD)
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Member, Guidelines Committee, ACOEM (2nd Edition); Ontario Government Occupational Disease Panel for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board; and Chair, Standards Committee, Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
James B. Talmage, MD (Chair of Panel)
Occupational Health Center LLC, Cookeville, Tennessee
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Member, Return to Work Committee, ACOEM; Examination Committee, ABIME; Editorial Advisory Board, Tennessee Workers' Comp Reporter; Editorial Board, Tennessee Medicine, Tennessee Medical Association
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Chair, Spine Panel, Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines; (update to 2nd Edition); Associate Editor, APG Insights, ACOEM; Associate Editor, AMA Guides Newsletter; Section Editor, Medical Disability Advisor, 3rd, 4th, 5th Editions; Reviewer, Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 5th Ed.
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Russell Travis, MD (Panel Member)
Associate Medical Director, Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital; Voluntary Faculty, University of Kentucky Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Board of Directors, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians; Task Force on Health Care and Access and Affordability, Commonwealth of Kentucky; Board of Directors, Kentucky Foundation for Medical Care; Committee on Professional Liability Insurance, Committee on National Legislative Activities, Committee on Medical Insurance and Prepayment Plans, Kentucky Medical Association; Regional Translational Research Committee and Co-chair Selection Committee for Endowed Research Chair; Board of Directors, Kentucky Medical Insurance Company; Joint Washington Committee of Neurosurgery; Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves and Spine Task Force
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Chapter Work Group, AMA's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 6th Ed.; Editorial Advisory Board, Official Disability Guidelines, ODG Treatment; Advisory Board, ACOEM's APG Insights
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Michael S. Weiss, MD, MPH (Panel Member)
Medical Director, Occupational Health Services, St. Luke's Regional Medical Center; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine/Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Medical Director, Idaho Power Company; Medical Director, Paradigm Health Corporation; Medical Consultant, Idaho State Insurance Fund
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Board, Northwest Occupational and Environmental Medical Association; Resident Advisory Committee, University of Washington, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—None
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None