Roger Belcourt, MD, MPH (Panel Member)
Director of Managed Care Services, Specialty Health, Inc.; and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Nevada at Reno
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations#8212;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
Kevin Byrne, MD, MPH (Panel Member)
Associate Area Medical Director, USPS
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Ergonomics Committee, ACOEM; Examiner, Corporate Health Achievement Award, ACOEM
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—None
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Jed Downs, MD, MPH (Panel Member)
President, Occupational & Manual Medicine of Duluth, Ltd.
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—None
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—None
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Lee Glass, MD, JD (Panel Member)
Associate Medical Director, State of Washington's Department of Labor and Industries
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Chair, Coding and Classification Committee, ACOEM; Member, Council on OEM Practice, ACOEM; ACOEM Representative to AMA's Relative Value System Update Committee; Committee on Homeland Security, State of Washington Department of Emergency Management; Disaster Preparedness Task Force, Washington State Medical Association; and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program Advisory Committee, Washington State's Department of Health
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Member, APS/ACP Low Back Pain Guideline Project; Immediate Past Chair, Guidelines Committee, ACOEM; Editor, ACOEM's Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines, 2nd Edition; and Past Associate Editor, APG Insights
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 2001–2005),
ACOEM; American Board of Preventive Medicine (Trustee; Chair, Core Examination Committee; 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; and Member, Council on Scientific Affairs, ACOEM
Research Grants/Other Support—NIOSH (CDC) research and training grants
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Harold Hoffman, MD (Chair of Panel)
Specialist in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, HE Hoffman Professional Corporation; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta; Clinical Consultant, Trace Element Laboratory, Division of Biochemistry Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton; and Consultant: Occupational and Environmental Medicine Clinic, University of Alberta; Great West Life Insurance Company; Appeals Commission of Workers' Compensation Board of Alberta; and several industries
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Director, "Basic Curriculum in Occupational Medicine: A Survey of the Essentials" course, ACOEM
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Member, Practice Guidelines Committee, ACOEM (2nd Edition); and Medical Advisory Board Member/Contributor, Medical Disability Advisor
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
J. Mark Melhorn, MD (Panel Member)
Orthopaedic Practice, The Hand Center, PA; and Clinical Assistant Professor, Section of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine at Wichita
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Board of Directors, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians (AADEP); CME Course Co-chair, Annual Meeting, AADEP; CME Advance Skills Course Co-chair, AADEP; Ethics and Discipline Committee, AADEP; Return to Work/Stay at Work Process Improvement Committee, ACOEM; Program Director, Occupational Orthopaedics and Workers' Compensation: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS); Occupational Health Committee, AAOS
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Member, Guidelines Committee, ACOEM (2nd Edition); Associate Editor, APG Insights, ACOEM; Lead Author, Section on Musculoskeletal Upper Extremity, AMA Guides, 6th Ed.; Medical Advisory Board, Medical Disability Advisor; and Medical Advisory Board, Official Disabilities Guidelines, Work Loss Data Institute
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
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
Bruce Sherman, MD (Managing Editor-Technical)
Medical Director, Global Services, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Director, Health and Productivity Initiatives, Employers Health Coalition of Ohio; Consultant, Comprehensive Health Services; and Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Examiner, Corporate Health Achievement Award, ACOEM; Member, Health and Productivity Section, ACOEM; and Faculty, "Health and Productivity Course," ACOEM
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Assistant Section Chair, Medical Disability Advisor, 5th Ed.; and Editor, Utilization Management Knowledgebase, ACOEM
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None
Phillip Zinni, DO (Panel Member)
Regional Medical Director, Whole Health Management, Medical and Wellness Clinic, Harrah's Entertainment
National, Regional, Local Committee Affiliations—Secretary/Treasurer, American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine; and Member, Health and Productivity Section, ACOEM
Guidelines Related Professional Activities—Medical Director, The Industrial Athlete Institute for Research and Education, Inc.
Research Grants/Other Support—None
Financial/Non-Financial Conflict of Interest—None