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Medico-Legal Work WIN Session-Sharing slides

  • 1.  Medico-Legal Work WIN Session-Sharing slides

    Posted 08-31-2025 11:07
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    Dear Colleagues,

    We had a fantastic zoom presentation on medico-legal work on August 18th by Dr Evans, neurologist and headache specialist, chief of Neurology at Houston Healthcare Medical Center. (Thanks to Dr Deb Friedman for making the introduction!)

    Dr Evans has kindly provided his slides that we are sharing here.  The presentation reflects the opinion of Dr Evans and his wealth of knowledge in the field, but local rules and guidelines should be checked prior to deciding to become a medico-legal expert.

    Our own Dr Larry Frohman has reviewed the material and shares another pearl- see below. 

    Hope this is helpful to those who are interested but could not attend and also as review material for the many that did attend. 

    Best,

    Sangeeta

    Sangeeta Khanna MD

    Professor, Ophthalmology and Neurology

    University of Michigan 

    Chair, WIN Committee of NANOS

    Per Dr Frohman:

    For Independent Medical Exams (IME):

    My letters all begin with:

    "You have asked me to perform a neuro-ophthalmic IME on XXXX

    This IME will be restricted to the visual and vision-related issues in this case."

    And my last paragraph is always

    "These thoughts are my own, and do not represent those of any agency or society of which I am a member.  These statements are made with a reasonable degree of medical certainty.  I reserve the right to modify this report should additional relevant materials be brought to my attention.  No doctor-patient relationship has been established via this IME."

    This last line is particularly important for our members who are not self-employed, and especially important for academics who may use their academic title (I do not in my medicolegal work, as my university forbids it)

     


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