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Christopher
R. Brigham, MD
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Christopher R. Brigham, MD is
the Chairman of Impairment Resources,
LLC. He is the Senior Contributing
Editor for the AMA Guides to the
Evaluation of Permanent Impairment,
Sixth Edition 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 reviewer. 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. He
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
thirty 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).
Curriculum Vitae
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Biographical Sketch
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Craig
Uejo, MD, MPH
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Craig Uejo,
MD, MPH, QME, CIME, CIR, National
Medical Director for
Impairment Resources, LLC, is a
board-certified occupational
medicine physician practicing as
an Occupational and Disability
Medicine Specialist with
Sharp-Rees Stealy Medical Group,
Associate Editor of the new
edition of the Guides Casebook,
reviewer of the AMA Guides Sixth
Edition, and an Associate Editor
for the AMA Guides Newsletter.
He has more than 15 years of experience in Occupational
Medicine, and received his M.D.
from the University of Southern
California - Keck School of Medicine,
did a residency in Occupational
and Environmental Medicine at the
University of California at Irvine,
and received a Master’s Degree in
Public Health from San Diego State
University. He is also a Qualified
Medical Evaluator with the State
of California, Certified Independent
Medical Examiner by the American
Board of Independent Medical Examiners
and a Certified Impairment Rater.
He has extensive experience in the
use of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation
of Permanent Impairment, having
performed and/or reviewed thousands
of cases regarding impairment and
causation/apportionment analyses.
Curriculum Vitae |
Frederick Uehlein |
Frederick Uehlein,
Director, is the Founder
and Chairman of Insurance
Recovery Group, a firm that
specializes in second injury
fund and COLA recoveries for
Employers, Insurers, and Third
Party Administrators throughout
the United States. He has also
been Managing Partner and
Founder of a leading
Massachusetts law firm in the
field of insurance defense and
prior to that advocated for
injured workers claiming
workers’ compensation benefits.
He has nearly 40 years experience in workers'
compensation insurance practice.
In addition, Mr. Uehlein is a frequent
lecturer and writer on insurance
claims issues, second injury fund,
COLA recovery, and litigation management,
and is an associate editor of
the AMA Guides Newsletter.
Mr. Uehlein is a member of the Workers'
Compensation Trial Lawyers Association,
and is on the Advisory Committee
of John Burton's "Workers' Compensation
Resources." He is a graduate of
Boston College Law School and Trinity
College, and is licensed to practice
in Massachusetts and New York.
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David Jollin |
David Jollin,
Director, is the President
and CEO of Insurance Recovery Group,
a firm that specializes in second
injury fund and COLA recoveries
for Employers, Insurers, and Third
Party Administrators throughout
the United States. He has over 30
years of property and casualty brokerage
experience in the insurance industry.
He has held a variety of positions
with major insurance brokers, including
Johnson & Higgins, Corroon & Black,
and Willis, ranging from sales and
service of large risk management
accounts to senior management positions.
This in-depth experience has provided
broad exposure to all types of insurance
coverages, claims and claims handling
for insurance companies and large
employers, and has allowed Mr. Jollin
to work closely with many insurance
companies to establish, on behalf
of clients, risk avoidance, effective
risk transfer, and claims handling
services. Previously, Mr. Jollin
was Chairman and CEO of Willis of
New England. He has also served
on various private school boards
and is co-author of articles on
second injury fund recoveries. Mr.
Jollin is a graduate of Brown University.
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Julie
Osborn |
Julie Osborn, Chief Operating
Officer, has 21 years experience
in all aspects of workers’
compensation claims, including
operations, quality assurance,
training, and compliance. She is
responsible for the
organization’s development,
design, operation, and
improvement of the processes and
systems that promote and deliver
superior services to Impairment
Resources' clients. Ms. Osborn
is in charge of operations and
through interaction with
clients, sales, and vendors
maintains organizational and
operational excellence. She
identifies and develops claim
management strategies to reduce
the overall cost of claims.
Ms. Osborn monitors and assesses
legislative and regulatory
developments to update
compliance procedures as
appropriate.
Prior to joining Impairment
Resources, Ms. Osborn was the
Director of Compliance and
Operations for Matrix Absence
Management, a third party
administrator. She was
responsible for compliance with
state laws, regulations,
internal performance standards
and procedures, cost containment
programs, quality assurance,
training, and external client
and insurer service
requirements. Best Practices
were enhanced to ensure client
satisfaction. She developed and
monitored processes and
procedures to achieve high
quality and consistent and
accurate claim handling
nationally.
She started her career as a
claims adjuster and throughout
the years has been involved in
many facets of insurance. She
has the unique experience of
managing workers’ compensation
programs as the employer,
insurance company, and broker.
Her experience includes auditing
files for customers, conducting
safety workshops for their
employees, developing special
service instructions and
programs, training, and
establishing effective cost
containment programs.
She is a licensed Producer in
multiple states and is an expert
on regulatory requirements in
multiple jurisdictions.
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Leslie
Dilbeck
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Leslie Dilbeck,
WCCP, CIR, Vice President of Client
Relations, is a Workers’
Compensation Claims Professional
who has worked in the California
Workers’ Compensation system since
1995. She received her Bachelors
of Arts degree in Speech Communications
from Point Loma Nazarene University
where she had a successful career
as a National Speech and Debate
competitor. She began her career
in workers’ compensation as a claims
adjuster handling both State and
Federal workers’ compensation claims.
She has been awarded the State of
California Self-Insurance Certificate.
After a 5 year career in the claims
industry Ms. Dilbeck went on to
work for Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical
Group in San Diego where she was
responsible for training over 60
multi-specialty care physicians
in report writing for workers' compensation
and long-term disability. Ms. Dilbeck
still acts as a consultant for physicians
on the issue of impairment rating.
She has extensive experience as
a Certified Impairment Rater by
providing training to physicians
and claims professionals on the
Guides. Additionally she has reviewed
and rated several hundred cases
utilizing the 5th Edition AMA Guides
to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment.
Curriculum Vitae
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Candace LaChapelle |
Candace LaChapelle,
CWCP, Vice President of Business
Development, has over 28
years of experience in operational
management and marketing of workers'
compensation related services. She
has held a variety of positions
in senior management and sales in
large national organizations. Ms.
LaChapelle was the National Account
Manager for Lynch Ryan & Associates,
a leading consulting firm in workers'
compensation loss reduction, where
she served as a point of contact
for many of the firm's Fortune 500
clients. In addition, Ms. LaChapelle
also served as Vice President/General
Manager of a twelve hundred employee
division of Fotomat Corporation.
She currently serves on the Board
of Directors of the New York Claims
Association, as well as the Executive
Board of the New York City Chapter
of the National Association of Insurance
Women. Ms. LaChapelle is a graduate
of the University of Massachusetts.
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