Garson M. Caruso, MD, MPH, CLCP, FACOEM, FIAIME is a board certified Occupational Physician and Certified Life Care Planner, with expertise in Life Expectancy Determination, in private consulting practice:
- Trained at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (MPH) and the University of Pennsylvania (Residency in Occupational Medicine), with additional training at the American Academy of Insurance Medicine
- Broad background in consulting, medical direction, and occupational health services for organizations including AmTrust North America, Bechtel, Bell & Evans, Dean Foods, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Lockheed Martin, The New York Transit Authority, PepsiCo, Service Employees International Union, and the US Department of State and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Extensive experience with supervision of physician extenders (nurse practitioners and physician assistants) in onsite occupational health clinics
- Review of thousands of complex disability and workers’ compensation claims for Advance Medical, AmTrust, Assurant, CorVel, Mutual of Omaha, and others
- Medical Expert Witness in Life Expectancy Determination, professional liability, and impairment and disability evaluation (multiple depositions)
- Fellow, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and International Academy of Independent Medical Evaluators (IAIME)
- Certified Medical Review Officer (MROCC 2008-present) and Independent Medical Examiner (ABIME 2009-2014)
- Numerous Leadership roles in ACOEM, including: Chair, Practice Guidelines Revision Panel on Disability Prevention and Management (2009- present) and Co-Chair, Depression in the Workplace Project (2006-2010)
- Licensed in Florida, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
Areas of Expertise:
- Causation Analysis
- Disability Prevention and Evaluation
- Drug Testing
- Fitness for Duty
- Impairment Evaluation and Rating
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- Occupational Medicine
- Physician Life Care Planning
- Return to Work
- Work Capacity
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The present paper is a review of life expectancy and life expectancy determination in forensic applications, including life care planning. Part One discusses basic aspects of life expectancy determination and five current approaches to the challenge. Part Two begins with general considerations regarding modification of the standard population life table for individual comorbidities and other influences on mortality, and then provides a stepwise analysis of life expectancy
