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AMA Guides: Sixth Edition

The Sixth Edition of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, published December 2007, defines the new standard for assessing impairment. It is essential that you and your colleagues understand the profound impact of this innovative approach based on the terminology and analytical framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The Sixth Edition reflects the most significant evolution in impairment assessment. A diagnosis-based grid has been developed for each organ system with five classes of impairment severity, based on consensus-based dominant criterion.

This Edition reflects an innovative approach to defining impairment - one designed to enhance the relevancy of ratings, improve consistency, promote greater precision and simplify the rating process.  You need to learn how the Sixth Edition will profoundly affect you, your organization, and your field. If you are involved in workers' compensation or personal injury cases, there is no topic in 2008 that is more important than the impact of the Sixth Edition.

Christopher R. Brigham, MD, FACOEM, FAADEP, CEDIR, CIME, CIR, Senior Contributing Editor, can provide your organization with a presentation designed to your needs. Dr. Brigham is a highly acclaimed, dynamic professional speaker who has consistently delighted and educated clients and attendees with insight and practical guidance. He is in high demand as a keynote speaker by many organizations worldwide. He served as an author of the Sixth Edition Upper Extremities, Lower Extremities and Spine Chapters, and is Editor of the Guides Newsletter and Guides Casebook. In the area of impairment evaluation no one is better known or better respected than Dr. Brigham.

Contact Mindy Brigham to begin the process of booking Dr. Brigham for your group or complete a brief inquiry form. We look forward to contributing to the success of your organization.

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About Dr. Brigham

Christopher R. Brigham, MD is the Founder and President of Brigham and Associates, Inc.  He is the Senior Contributing Editor for the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition, serves on the Advisory Committee, and was a contributor / author for several chapters, including Upper Extremities, Lower Extremities and Spine. With the Fifth Edition he served on the Advisory Committee and as a contributor. Dr. Brigham is Board-Certified in Occupational Medicine (ABPM), Founding Director of the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME), a Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME), a Certified Impairment Rater (CIR), a Fellow of the American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians (FAADEP) with Certification in Evaluation of Disability and Impairment Rating (CEDIR), and a Fellow of the American College of Occupational Environmental Medicine (FACOEM), and a graduate of the Washington University School of Medicine – St. Louis. 

Dr. Brigham is the Editor of the AMA publications Guides Newsletter and the Guides Casebook. He is co-author of the text Understanding the AMA Guides in Workers Compensation, has written over one hundred published articles on impairment and disability evaluation and other texts, chaired the Medical Advisory Board for the Medical Disability Advisor, Fourth Edition, is featured in several video, audio and web-based productions in the medicolegal field, and has trained thousands of physicians, attorneys, claims professionals and fact-finders, throughout the US, Canada and internationally. He is an experienced professional speaker. As a clinician with over twenty five years experience, he has performed several thousand independent medical and impairment evaluations, providing him with excellent insight to the complexities of human potential, impairment and disability. As a result of this experience he has consulted for numerous organizations (including governmental jurisdictions). His curriculum vitae is available at http://www.impairment.com/PDFFiles/BrighamC_CV.pdf