Medicine Bootcamp for Lawyers 2022

Medicine Bootcamp for Lawyers
Chaired by Bryan Fitzpatrick & Elisabeth Sadowski

Friday 22 April 2022
Virtual via ZOOM video conference
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
6 CPD credits, including one hour of ethics embedded.

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Save 10% with Early Bird rates until 1 April

About This Course:
Bootcamp /bōōt kamp/
A method intended to acquire a comprehensive understanding in a streamlined, efficient way

TLABC’s Medicine Bootcamp for Lawyers Conference is for all personal injury lawyers. Expand your medical knowledge and enhance your practical skills to masterfully retain, advise and utilize medical experts.

Attendees will hear from top medical experts with experience in independent medical examinations as they provide overviews in their respective fields in the areas of: chronic pain, physiatry, orthopedic surgery, vascular surgery, psychiatry, neurology, neurophysiology, and ears nose & throat. Ethical considerations of retaining and advising medical experts will be presented from both sides of the bar. Attendees will also learn how to effectively present the best medical evidence at mediation, arbitration and trial.

Program:
Presenting the Best Medical Evidence at Mediation, Arbitration and Trial
ROSE KEITH QC, Harper Grey LLP, Vancouver
CHIEF JUSTICE CHRISTOPHER HINKSON, Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multi-Dimensional Condition
DR. SHAOHUA LU, Addiction and Forensic Psychiatrist; MD FRCPC Psychiatry Consultation Liaison Services Vancouver General Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UBC, Vancouver

Post-Traumatic Headache: Timing Is Everything
DR. GORDON ROBINSON MD FRCPC, Clinical Professor, Division of Neurology UBC; Neurology & Headache Disorders, DHCC, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver

Post-Traumatic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
DR. ANTHONY SALVIAN MD FRCSC, Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Active Staff, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver

Post-Traumatic Otological and Vestibular Disorders
DR. DANA WONG, Otolaryngology, Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, Nanaimo

“Oh; You’re Dizzy”: What (We Think) We Understand About the Balance System
DR. ARTHUR MALLINSON PhD, Neurophysiologist, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver

Ethical Considerations in Retaining and Advising a Medical Expert
CARLA BEKKERING, Bekkering York Barristers LLP, Vancouver
JASMINE KOONER, Priddle Law Group, Kamloops

Chronic Pain: Why Is It So Hard?
DR. MICHAEL NEGRAEFF MD, Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Fellowship of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists); Chair, Board of Directors, Pain BC; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver

The Hardest Lessons I've Learned About Doing IMEs: A Physiatrist's Perspective
DR. NAJAM J. MIAN MD FRCPC (Physiatry) FRCPC (Pain Medicine), Dip Sport Med, Co-Founder and Associate Medical Director, Canadian Pain & Regenerative Institute; Consultant Physician, Vancouver General Hospital Transitional Pain Clinic; Clinical Lead, BC ECHO for Chronic Pain at Pain BC; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UBC, Vancouver

The Hardest Lessons I've Learned About Doing IMEs: A Spine Surgeon's Perspective
DR. JOHN STREET MD PhD FRCSI FRCSC, Associate Professor UBC; Spine Surgeon; Vancouver Spine Surgery Institute, Vancouver

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