Description
Fardad Baroumand, MD is a distinguished medical-legal evaluator, and the designated evaluator for the fields of Pain Medicine and PM&R by ExamWorks Inc. (the largest national provider of Independent Medical Evaluations). He is a prominent California State Qualified Medical Evaluator and a member of California Division of Workers Compensation (DWC) Subject Matter Expert panel. He is also a member of the DWC’s Report Quality panel, which oversees and promotes the quality of medical-legal reporting in the State of California. Dr. Baroumand is a double board-certified subspecialist, practicing in the fields of Pain Medicine and PM&R. He has established the reputation of "the go-to guy" for the most complex and challenging cases, both in the medical and the medical-legal sense. Since graduation in the top 10 percentile of his medical school in 1997, Dr. Baroumand has received several awards for clinical excellence. He completed his subspecialty training at the University of Washington (Seattle), one of the most prominent pain medicine organizations in the US. He served as the Chief Fellow overseeing five other specialists. He has achieved a top score in California medical-legal evaluators' qualifying exam, and highest quality standards in Utilization Review. A skillful presenter and award-winning teacher, Dr. Baroumand has repeatedly presented to large audiences of attorneys, claims examiners, patients, and the public. In addition to the above keywords, Dr. Baroumand's expertise would include the following: - Disability evaluation and impairment rating - Medical-legal topics (causation, medical necessity, apportionment, work restrictions, etc.) - Work-related & personal injuries - Surgical indications for painful orthopedic conditions - Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatment of pain - Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (CRPS/RSD)
