2016 Medical Legal Programs

Chronic Pain in the Medical-Legal Arena: Perils and Pitfalls Friday, September 30, 2016 7:30 AM—5:00 PM Novotel Downtown - 45 the Esplanade, Toronto, ON

REGISTRATION FEE: Member $325.00 | Non-Member $495. (13% HST tax is applicable and will applied upon completion of your registration process) Learning Objectives:

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To understand the current science of chronic pain and its clinical and legal application To recognize the challenges and pitfalls of medico-legal assessment of 00 persons with subjective symptoms of pain. To acquire up to date knowledge of current standards for functional assessment of persons with pain. To understand issues pertinent to the litigation process involving chronic pain.

7:30 am

REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

8:00 am

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS: Dr. Avi Orner, MD, MBA, CCFP, CIME

8:15 am

INTRODUCTION: Dr. David Lipson, MD FRCPC, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

8:30 am

Introduction to Chronic Pain: Physical Medicine Perspective Dr. David Lipson, MD FRCPC, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

9:00 am

Fibromyalgia 2016 Updates: Dr. Mary Ann Fitzcharles, MD, Clinical Rheumatologist

9:30 am

Introduction to Chronic Pain—Psychological Perspective: Dr. Rhonda Nemeth, Ph.D., C.Psych. Psychologist.

10:00 am

Interdisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain with Dr. David Corey, Ph.D.,

10:30 am

MORNING NETWORKING / COFFEE BREAK

10:45 am

WSIB Chronic Pain Compensation Disputes: Dr. Michel Lacerte, MDCM M.Sc., FRCPC, CCRC, DESS, MCVP

11:15 am

INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION

12:00 pm

LUNCH / NETWORKING

1:00 pm

Ontario Accident Benefits Update: Debbie Orth, Partner, Bertschi Orth Solicitors & Barristers LLP

1:30 pm

Litigating Chronic Pain – Plaintiff Perspective: Albert Conforzi, Partner Pace Law Firm

2:00 pm

Litigating Chronic Pain – Defense Perspective: Daniel Reisler, Partner Reisler Franklin LLP and David Bertschi, Partner Bertschi Orth Solicitors and Barristers LLP

2:30 pm

AFTERNOON NETWORKING / COFFEE BREAK Mock Cross Examination Physical and Mental Expert

2:45 pm

Expert Witnesses: Drs. Rhonda Nemeth, Ph.D., C.Psych. Psychologist (Mental Expert) and Mary Ann Fitzcharles, MD, Clinical Rheumatologist (Physical Expert) Lawyers: Daniel Reisler, Partner Reisler Franklin and Albert Conforzi, Partner Pace Law Firm LLP

3:45 pm

INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION

4:00 pm

CONCLUSION / SUBMISSION OF EVALUATION FORMS

Meet YourSeptember Speakers and 30, Moderators Friday, 2016 David Bertschi, Partner Bertschi Orth Solicitors and Barristers LLP David is a founding Partner and Trial counsel at the Ottawa Insurance Litigation Boutique firm of Bertschi Orth Solicitors and Barristers LLP. David is the past President of the Canadian Defence Lawyers. He is also Legal counsel and a Director on several Board of Directors including Quickstart. Quickstart is a not for profit organization dedicated to the early detection and treatment of children in the Autistic spectrum.

his legal attention on civil litigation, with a focus in personal injury. Albert has conducted trials, both jury and non-jury, and Appeals before the Division Court and Ontario Court of Appeal as well as frequently appearing in proceedings at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) and other tribunals.

For over 31 years David has represented his clients in Jury and non-Jury Trials in catastrophic personal injury, product liability, commercial general liability, property, casualty, fidelity, excess and reinsurance cases. David also advises BOS Law’s clients including insurers and self-insured institutions on coverage issues.

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A former Assistant Crown Attorney and Human Rights Prosecutor, David is also an Accredited Mediator. David is fully bilingual (English and French) and he has had the privilege of speaking extensively on a myriad of insurance law matters before industry and legal organizations including inter alia: The Advocates Society, The Federation of Defence and Corporate Counsel, Canadian Defence Lawyers, The Ontario Bar Association, The Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators, The Mutual Insurers Association of Canada, The Ontario Insurance Adjusters Association, The Ottawa Dental Association, The Canadian Association of University Solicitors, ASAP, Education and Training Resources Session, The International Symposium on Life Care Planning, Out of Country Health Coverage Seminar sponsored by Optimum re: The Ontario Insurance Broker Association, EU-LEX Conference, Canadian University Reciprocal Insurance Exchange, Carleton County Law Association. The Canadian Association Rehabilitation Professionals, Insight Professional Seminars for Risk Managers, Claims personnel, lawyers and risk managers , The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, The Canadian Chamber of Commerce. For more information on David, please visit www.boslaw.ca or contact him @ 613-749-4700 or [email protected] Albert Conforzi, Lawyer, Pace Law Firm Toronto personal injury lawyer Albert Conforzi has been helping accident victims in Ontario for three decades. Since being called to the bar in 1985, Albert has honed

Listed in the Lexpert Legal Expert Directory Pace lawyer Albert Conforzi is included in the Lexpert directory as a leader in his field.

Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation In 2002, Albert received a Certified Specialist in Civil Litigation designation from the Law Society of Upper Canada. Albert has been recognized in the American Publication, Martindale-Hubbell, for his legal ability and ethical standards. Albert has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Toronto Lawyers Association. Professional Education Programs Albert has been asked to participate in professional education programs put on by The Advocates’ Society, The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, The Canadian Institute, and the Canadian Bar Association (Ontario). Albert participates in many outside activities including numerous programs to educate the public regarding auto insurance. He also assists health care practitioners in managing the interface between the medical profession and the Insurance Act requirements. Well-Known and Respected in the Legal Community Albert’s other activities include a two-year term as Chair of the Bar Dispute Forum Group at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, being a past member of the Executive of the Insurance Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Ont.), and a past editor of the Insurance Law Memo. David Corey Ph.D., Clinical Director Dr. Corey received his doctorate in psychology at York University and postdoctoral training in behavioural medicine at McMaster University. In 1980, he founded Health Recovery Group, the first private interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation facility in Ontario. Dr. Corey has written a best-selling self-help book on chronic pain entitled “Pain: Learning to Live Without It”, has published

Meet Your Speakers and Moderators

Chronic Pain in the Medical-Legal Arena: Pearls and Pitfalls clinical research in pain management and has wide variety of musculoskeletal and neurologic participated in several task forces and panels such as the complaints. Dr. Lacerte is currently an Associate WSIB’s Chronic Pain Policy Advisory Panel. Professor with the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at Western University, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry; and Associate Director of the Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, MD Insurance Medicine and Medicolegal Expertise Diploma Clinical Rheumatologist Program at the Université de Montréal. He is the former Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles is a clinical rheumatologist with chair of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and an interest in pain management in the rheumatic Rehabilitation Pain Rehabilitation Special Interest Group. diseases. Undergraduate and postgraduate medical training was at the University of Cape Town in South David Lipson, MD., FRCPC Africa, and the London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation England. She has been a rheumatologist at McGill University, Montreal Canada since 1982. She has Dr. Lipson completed medical school at The University of published in the area of rheumatic pain and fibromyalgia, Western Ontario and Residency in Physical Medicine and and has acted as an advisor to Health Canada and the Rehabilitation at McMaster University. He completed FDA in the area of pain in rheumatic diseases. She was additional fellowship training in Traumatic Brain Injury the guest editor for the Rheumatic Disease Clinics of Rehabilitation. He is a certified specialist in Physical North America May, 2008 volume devoted to Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation by the Royal College of Management in the Rheumatic diseases and is currently Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American a member of the following working groups: Co-Chair Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. American College of Rheumatology Pain and Fibromyalgia 2012 abstract committee; lead author of His professional time is primarily devoted to clinical work 2012 Canadian Guidelines for the diagnosis and at Providence Healthcare, where he is the team management of fibromyalgia syndrome; American Physiatrist and consultant on the Complex Neuro College of Rheumatology committee to develop updated Inpatient Rehab Ward. He also has a hospital-based criteria for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia; Royal College of outpatient practice in which he manages a wide range of Physicians of Canada specialty core committee for the neurological and musculoskeletal disorders, complex pain introduction of Pain Medicine as a specialist discipline issues, and provides EMG electrodiagnostic consultation. and Program Chair for the Quebec Pain society annual He is also team Physiatrist of the multidisciplinary general meeting. outpatient amputee clinic at Providence Healthcare. He holds an academic appointment of Lecturer at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine through the Dr. Michel Lacerte, MDCM M.Sc., FRCPC, CCRC, division of Physiatry, and he is often involved in the DESS, MCVP preceptorship and training of medical students, residents, Dr. Michel Lacerte is a specialist in Physical Medicine and clinical fellows, particularly those preparing for their and Rehabilitation, certified by the Royal College of Royal College certification examinations in Physical Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and by the Medicine and Rehabilitation. American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Michel graduated in Medicine from McGill University in At Providence Healthcare, Dr. Lipson is actively involved Montréal in 1983 and pursued his PM&R specialty in clinical practice quality improvement committees, and training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He he chairs the Medical Best Practice Committee at this then completed a Master of Science degree in hospital. He is a designated manuscript reviewer for the Rehabilitation Medicine from the University of American Journal of Physical Medicine and Washington in Seattle. As a disability management and Rehabilitation, and he advises on publication of submitted managed care policy consultant, he has worked with manuscripts in his areas of clinical practice. Dr. Lipson is multiple public and private agencies, employers and also actively involved in 3rd Party assessments. He has workers’ groups, both nationally and internationally. completed addition training and certification examination in permanent impairment rating for catastrophic He enjoys addressing complex medical and rehabilitation determination, and he is a member of the American policy issues and developing practical analytical tools and Board of Forensic Professionals. evidence-based solutions. He has co-authored four books on disability management and medico-legal issues. Michel runs an active PM&R and industrial rehabilitation practice, in which he diagnoses and medically manages a

Dr. Rhonda Nemeth, Ph.D., C.Psych. Psychologist Dr. Rhonda Nemeth is a psychologist with expertise in rehabilitation. For over 20 years she treated patients suffering with chronic pain, and is currently affiliated with the Function and Pain Program at Mount Sinai Hospital. www.functionandpain.ca She was a member of the WSIB’s Expert Advisory Panel regarding the care of those disabled by chronic pain, enjoys lecturing on the psychological sequelae of traumatic injuries, and is a member of organizations dedicated to the research and management of pain. Currently residing in Prince Edward County, Dr. Nemeth conducts Insurer Evaluations as well as Plaintiff and Defense Examinations in Toronto, Belleville, Kingston and Ottawa. www.nemethpsychology.com

associations. She has frequently lectured for the Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators, local, provincial and national insurers and professional organizations including Canadian Defense Lawyers.

She recently successfully defeated a fatality claim in which her clients Release was held to be enforceable. In another action she successfully defended multiple parties in a Libel and Slander suit.

Dan enjoys running, tennis, and skiing and is an avid fan of jazz and contemporary music. He is married to Dale, a lawyer, and their two children, Justine and Josh, are currently studying law.

Debbie has argued clients cases successfully before the Ontario C.A., the Divisional Court of Ontario and in the Ontario Superior Court.

Dan Reisler, Reisler, Franklin LLP Dan is one of the firm’s founding partners.

He graduated from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law in 1978, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1980. Dan has practised insurance defence litigation exclusively since then, serving major North American Debbie Orth, Partner, Bertschi Orth Solicitors and European property and casualty insurers. Since and Barristers LLP Debbie is a founding partner at BOS Law. She restricts 1990 he has been Certified as a Specialist in Civil Litigation by the Law Society of Upper Canada. her practice to Insurance litigation and defence work including, fatalities, catastrophic personal injury, Dan’s trial experience is extensive. He has made accident benefit, professional liability, commercial numerous appearances at the Court of Appeal for general liability, life and disability and defamation Ontario but is probably best known as jury trial claims. counsel. Although records don’t exist, he may have She also represents higher educational institutions on conducted more civil jury trials than any lawyer in Insurance educational malfeasance and other related Canada. matters. Dan has been peer-selected for inclusion in Best Debbie has acted as Trial Counsel on catastrophic Lawyers in Canada since 2008 and is listed as losses and has provided coverage opinions on Consistently Recommended in Canadian Legal insurance matters including, on complex jurisdictional Lexpert Directory. Dan is a past President of Canadian issues which involve the interplay between the Defence Lawyers and has been active in DRI – The Accident Benefit scheme in Ontario with the WSIB Voice of the Defense Bar and IADC, the International .Debbie is often retained to defend insurers regarding Association of Defense Counsel. He is currently Chair the inter relationship between Ontario's S.A.B.S’s and of the Board of the Canadian Defence Lawyers out of country and out of province insurers regarding Foundation. their exposure to first party benefits. Loss Transfer and Priority of Payment claims For nine years, Dan served as an adjunct professor of Civil Trial Advocacy at Queen’s University’s Faculty of Debbie successfully defended a representative Law. He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal property damage claim arising out of the natural education seminars on insurance and tort law and disaster of the 1998 ice storm. practice.

Debbie is a recognized a fierce advocate in the field of insurance and insured services. She has written extensive papers and spoken to trial lawyers, insurers, reciprocal insurance exchanges, self-insured corporations, universities and professional

Do Guidelines Matter for theforMedico Legal Expert: Examination Current FibromyalgiaGuides Guides! Webinar: Do Guidelines Matter the Medicolegal Expert: Examination Current Fibromyalgia WEBINAR TUESDAYS: Headaches &ofofDamages Tuesday, October 4, 2016 4:30-6:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:30-9:00 PM (Eastern) REGISTRATION FEE: Member $50 | Non-Member $60 (13% HST is applicable and will be applied at the completion of your registration) Application of current fibromyalgia guidelines in the Canadian medicolegal context: Canadian, EULAR, German Learning Objective

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To understand the role of guidelines in the evaluation of persons with FM in the medicolegal context To have a knowledge of similarities and differences in FM guidelines across countries To be able to apply knowledge of FM guidelines to an individual person in a medicolegal setting To understand the expanded application of FM guidelines in the clinical care of persons with other chronic pain conditions

Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, MD, Clinical Rheumatologist Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles is a clinical rheumatologist with an interest in pain management in the rheumatic diseases. Undergraduate and postgraduate medical training was at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and the London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, England. She has been a rheumatologist at McGill University, Montreal Canada since 1982. She has published in the area of rheumatic pain and fibromyalgia, and has acted as an advisor to Health Canada and the FDA in the area of pain in rheumatic diseases. She was the guest editor for the Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America May, 2008 volume devoted to Pain Management in the Rheumatic diseases and is currently a member of the following working groups: Co-Chair American College of Rheumatology Pain and Fibromyalgia 2012 abstract committee; lead author of 2012 Canadian Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia syndrome; American College of Rheumatology committee to develop updated criteria for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia; Royal College of Physicians of Canada specialty core committee for the introduction of Pain Medicine as a specialist discipline and Program Chair for the Quebec Pain society annual general meeting.

Dr. Michel Lacerte, MDCM M.Sc., FRCPC, CCRC, DESS, MCVP Dr. Michel Lacerte is a specialist in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Michel graduated in Medicine from McGill University in Montréal in 1983 and pursued his PM&R specialty training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. He then completed a Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Medicine from the University of Washington in Seattle. As a disability management and managed care policy consultant, he has worked with multiple public and private agencies, employers and workers’ groups, both nationally and internationally.

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“F” Word: On theperson Nature of Feigning, Malingering, Conversion and Beyond REGISTRATIONThe FORM—ONE per Please complete all information Friday, November 25, 2016 7:30 AM—5:00 PM Courtyard Toronto Downtown—475 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4Y 1X7 REGISTRATION FEE: Member $325.00 | Non-Member $495.00 (13% HST tax is applicable and will applied upon completion of your registration process)

OVERVIEW: In this Medico-Legal Program, we will examine advances beyond the pejorative and sometimes simplistic term “malingering" and instead, detail evidence based research so to better understand both conscious and unconscious motives for poor performance (“feigning”) in the context of a medical legal examination. Truly expert presenters will review an array of conceptual theories, techniques and strategies for detecting and understanding the meaning of non credible performance on performance, symptom, and embedded validity measures of cognition and psychopathology. This non partisan program is intended to move forward our ability to practice critically and mindfully within a medical legal arena. 7:30am REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST 8:00 am

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS: Dr. Konstantine K. Zakzanis, PhD., C.Psych | Dr. Avi Orner, MD, MBA, CCFP, CIME

Psychological Injury after Trauma in Court 8:15 am Gerald Young, Ph.D., C. Psych. Psychologist and Professor (Glendon College –York University), Editor in Chief, Psychological Injury and Law 9:15 am

Conversion Disorder: Old Wine in New Bottles Dr. Anthony Feinstein, MD, PhD (Professor, University of Toronto)

10:15 am MORNING NETWORKING / COFFEE BREAK On Throwing Out the Baby with the Dirty Bathwater: In Consideration of Deliberate vs Non10:30 am Deliberate Response Bias in Psychological Assessment Dr. Jeremy Frank, PhD C. Psych, Independent Practice 11:30 am INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION 12:00 pm LUNCH / NETWORKING 1:00 pm A Scientific Approach to Validity Testing: Dr. Chris Hope, Neuropsychologist 2:00 pm

Symptom Amplification and Non-Organic Signs: Volitional or Avolitional? Dr. Perry Tepperman (Assistant Professor, University of Toronto)

2:30 pm

Pain, Brain and Symptom Amplification: Dr. Angela Mallis, Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto

3:00 pm AFTERNOON NETWORKING / COFFEE BREAK On the Nature of Pain and Symptom Amplification: 3:15 pm Dr. Arthur Ameis, BSC MD FRCPC DESS FAPMR 4: 30 pm INTERACTIVE DISCUSSION 4:45 pm CONCLUSION / SUBMISSION OF EVALUATION FORMS

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Meet Your Speakers and Moderators Dr. Jeremy Frank, PhD C. Psych, Independent Practice Dr. Frank obtained his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Windsor in 2004. His training and experience to date includes work in psychological trauma, the treatment of chronic pain, the assessment of disability, and rehabilitation following injuries. Dr. Frank has conducted research on the use of the Personality Assessment Inventory for the psychological assessment of claimants who have been involved in motor vehicle accidents and has coauthored a book chapter with newly developed norms for this population in 2010. Dr. Frank currently serves as President of CAPDA and was involved in the development of the CAPDA Board Certification Diplomate Program in Psychological and Neuropsychological Disability Assessment. He has performed hundreds of psychological disability assessments both at the request of plaintiff and defense, largely for individuals who have been involved in motor vehicle accidents (including Post-104 disability, assessment of treatment necessity, Catastrophic determination, and other specified benefits), for individuals with WSIB claims, and for individuals in other personal injury contexts (e.g., slip and fall, medical malpractice suits). He also provides psychotherapy (with a rehabilitation focus) to automobile accident victims and victims of work-related injuries. Dr. Frank currently runs a multidisciplinary private practice clinic where he and his colleagues see individuals with a wide range of psychological difficulties. Dr. Frank also consults on a part-time basis to Canada Border Services Agency where he provides risk assessment, crisis intervention, triage/treatment planning, and cognitive-behavioural therapy to detainees of various cultures/backgrounds held at the Immigration Holding Centre. Dr. Anthony Feinstein, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, University of Toronto Dr. Anthony Feinstein received his medical degree in South Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand. Thereafter he completed his training in Psychiatry at the Royal Free Hospital in London, England, before training as a neuropsychiatrist at the Institute of Neurology, Queen Square in London. His Master of Philosophy and Ph.D. Degree were obtained through the University of London, England. He is currently a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. His neuropsychiatry research focuses on the search for cerebral correlates of behavioural disorders associated with multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, and hysteria (Conversion Disorders). He is past Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee of the MS Society of Canada.

Dr. Feinstein is also involved in a series of studies of relevance to current issues within our society. The questions being addressed are: How are journalists affected emotionally by their work in zones of conflict and what motivates them to pursue such dangerous occupations? In 2000-2001 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to study mental health issues in postapartheid Namibia. Dr. Feinstein is the author of Dangerous Lives: War and the Men and Women Who Report It (Thomas Allen, Toronto 2003), In Conflict (New Namibia Books, 1998), The Clinical Neuropsychiatry of Multiple Sclerosis (Cambridge University Press 1999, with a second edition in 2007), Michael Rabin, America’s Virtuoso Violinist (Amadeus Press, 2005, with a second edition in 2011) and Journalists Under Fire: the Psychological Hazards of Covering War (John Hopkins University Press). His most recent book is Battle Scarred (Tafelberg Press, 2011). He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and has authored many book chapters. In 2012, a documentary, “Under Fire” produced by Dr. Feinstein and based on his research of journalists in war zones was shortlisted for an Academy Award. The documentary received a 2012 Peabody Award. Dr. Angela Mailis, MD, MSC, FRCPC (PHYSMED) Dr. Mailis is the founder/director of the Comprehensive Pain Program of the Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network since 1982; a specialist of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Physical Medicine; has a Masters degree from the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto; Senior Investigator at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre; Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Nationally known Evidence based Guideline developer; Chair, ACTION Ontario (a not for profit organization for education and advocacy for chronic pain patients); highly respected medicolegal expert in matters of chronic pain across the country; has published extensively her clinical research and has lectured around the world on matters of chronic pain; Popular science writer and CARPAdvocacy electronic newsletter contributor monthly; member of the Narcotic Advisory Panel and the Working Group (Ontario Ministry of Health) for the establishment of an Interdisciplinary Comprehensive Chronic Pain Strategy for the province of Ontario.

2017 Membership Application The Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators (CSME) is the leading national organization of professionals involved in independent medicolegal and clinic legal evaluations using evidence -based medicine, best clinical practices and practice guidelines. In addition to providing outstanding educational programming, CSME provides a forum for the sharing of knowledge, experience and innovation amongst Canadian clinician evaluators. CSME's Key Role: 

KNOWLEDGE and EXPERTISE: Provide a forum for sharing knowledge, experience and ideas amongst Canadian medical evaluators. Assist physicians who wish to develop the skills and expertise necessary to provide professional quality medico-legal services. Advise the medical profession at large, as well as other professions, organizations and government agencies, on all matters regarding medical evaluations;

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