Expert Witnesses for Vocational Rehabilitation

Found 2 experts for Vocational Rehabilitation

Edmond Provder
Miami, FL
Edmond Provder is the founder and president of Occupational Assessment Services, Inc., a published author of multiple articles and is regarded as an expert in Vocational Evaluator Services, and in Employability and Social Security. SPECIALTIES Vocational, Occupational Assessment, Evaluating Earning Capacity Rehabilitation Counseling Life Care Planning of the Catastrophically Injured. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor of Science, Rehabilitation Counseling 1971 Pennsylvania State University, Master of Education, Rehabilitation Counseling 1973 POST GRADUATE TRAINING New York State University, Doctoral Candidate, Rehabilitation Counseling 1977 – 1987 University of Florida Intelicus Life Care Planning for Catastrophic Case Management – 128 Post Graduate Hours, 2003 PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals – Forensic & Life Care Planning Divisions American Rehabilitation Economic Association
Dr. Steve Allison DPT, CME
Shreveport, LA
Dr. Allison is CEO and managing partner of Functional Capacity Experts, LLC and Disability Management Group, LLC. He is a doctor of physical therapy and certified DOT medical examiner. Licensed to practice in Louisiana since 1993. He has 25 years of clinical practice experience specializing in functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) for cases involving personal injury, workers' compensation, long term disability, and Social Security disability claims. He has performed more than 5,000 FCEs to more objectively quantify and qualify the severity of an individual's occupational disability, credibility of pain behavior, physical impairments with participation in basic activities of daily living, and loss of enjoyment of life activities. Dr. Allison was the lead author of the Functional Capacity Evaluation Best Practice Guidelines adopted by the American Physical Therapy Association in 2018. He was also an author of the Functional Capacity Evaluation and Disability Determination monograph published by the Academy of Orthopedic Physical Therapy in 2022 which provides further guidance for best practices in FCEs. He has authored/contributed to various peer-reviewed published articles and he has presented at various national, state, and local post-professional continuing education conferences related to best practices in functional capacity evaluations, functional job analysis, post-offer and fitness-for-duty employment testing, and functional test validation. Dr. Allison has provided expert witness testimony in the following types of cases: workers' compensation, personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home falls, and employment disability discrimination claims. He has also provided subject matter expertise by providing peer-review of FCE reports, functional job analysis, and functional employment tests to help clients determine if the methods used are valid, reliable, and job-related. Dr. Allison has been accepted as an expert witness in various Federal and State court jurisdictions in orthopedic physical therapy, functional capacity evaluations, functional job analysis, and functional test validation.