Executive Secretary, Mississippi Board of Psychological
Examiners, 1983-1985
Southern Pain Society
Mississippi Pain Society, Member and Chair, Newsletter
1998-2000
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Life Care Planning
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of the American Board of
Vocational Experts
CONSULTING POSITIONS:
Hand Management Center, St. Dominic Hospital
Vocational Expert, Social Security Administration (1984-1986,
approximate dates)
Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant, U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (1985-1990, approximate
dates)
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS:
PRESENTATIONS:
"Federal Rules of Evidence: Expert Testimony as a Life Care
Planner", National Center for Life Care Planning, January 14-15,
2000. Instructors: Dr. Randall Thomas, Ms. Lisa Busby, Niles Hooper,
Esq.
"Federal Rules of Evidence: Expert Testimony as a Life Care
Planner", National Center for Life Care Planning, February 25-26,
2000. Instructors: Dr. Randall Thomas, Ms. Lisa Busby, Niles Hooper,
Esq.
NARPPS, Forensic Workshop, Las Vegas, NV., December 3-4,
1999.
Life Care Planning: Interface Between the Econmomist and the Life
Care Planner. Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New
Orleans LA, November 19, 1999
Life Care Planning: Introduction and Overview. Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, June 21, 1999
Presentation, "Demystifying the Life Care Plan:", The American
Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Annual Convention April 24,
1999 Reno, NV
Presentation, "Occupational Therapist as Care Managers and Life
Care Planners", The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA),
Annual Convention April 20, 1999 Indianapolis, IN Co-Presenters:
Helene Lohman & Randall Thomas
Presenter: Life Care Planning, Track V of Certificate Program,
"Pulling It All Together", Workshop Sponsored by Rehabilitation
Training Institute & University of Florida, April 9-10, 1999,
Atlanta, GA, Instructors: Dr. Randall Thomas, Ms. Julie Kitchens, Ms.
Lisa Busby
Workshop Leader, " Life Care Planning ", Pre-Convention Workshop,
National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private
Sector (NARPPS), Boston, MA, March 1999 annual meeting.
Workshop Leader, "Life Care Planning ", Portland, OR, February,
1999.
Chair, "Roundtable Regarding Life Care Planning", National
Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector ,
Forensic Section Program (NARPPS), Dallas Texas, December 1998
Presenter: "Liability and Malpractice Issues for Case Managers"
Mississippi Case Management Society, Jackson, MS, December 10,
1998.
Presenter: "Software Applications for Life Care Planning and
Reserve Setting," Medical Case Management Convention X (MCMA)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 14, 1998.
Presenter: " Life Care Planning and Your Practice", 15th Annual
NARPPS Florida Chapter State Educational Conference, Tampa, FL
November 13, 1998.
Presenter: "Liability and Malpractice Issues for Case Managers"
Mississippi Case Management Society, Annual Meeting, Jackson, MS,
December 10, 1998.
Presenter: "Computer Technology and Case Managers" Mississippi
Case Management Society, Jackson, MS, August 8, 1998, 1998.
Presenter: "Case Management Software for a Successful Practice,"
Medical Case Management Convention (MCMA) Nashville, TN, September
28, 1997.
Instructor, Track I, Life Care Planning, A Program Title:
Comprehensive Overview of Life Care Planning, Life Care Planning for
Catastrophic Case Management, Sponsored by The Rehabilitation
Training Institute and University of Florida; Chicago, Illinois, June
1998.
Presenter, " Computer Technology and Life Care Planning: A
Database Management Tool" American Board of Vocational Experts Spring
Conference, New Orleans, LA March 9, 1998
Instructor, Track I and II: Life Care Planning, Life Care
Planning Workshop Sponsored by Louisiana Association of
Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector; New Orleans,
Louisiana, January 1997.
Instructor, Track II: Life Care Planning, Program Title:
Vocational Assessment, Life Care Planning Workshop Sponsored by
Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of Florida; San
Diego, California, September 19-20, 1996.
Presenter: "Internet Expo" The Medical Case Management Convention
(MCMA) Sponsored by the Individual Case Management Association
(ICMA), Orlando, Florida, September 8, 1996.
TARPPS (Texas) 1996 Annual Conference and Exposition, "Automation
of Case Management and Life Care Planning," Austin, Texas, August 16,
1996.
Presenter, National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
in the Private Sector (NARPPS), Bal Harbour, Florida, May 1996 annual
meeting. "The Internet and YOU."
Presenter, National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
in the Private Sector (NARPPS), Bal Harbour, Florida, May 1996 annual
meeting. "Introduction to a Life Care Taxonomy."
Instructor, Track II: Life Care Planning, Program Title:
Vocational Assessment, Life Care Planning Workshop Sponsored by
Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of Florida; Kansas
City, Missouri, May 1996.
Presenter, National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals
in the Private Sector (NARPPS) Sponsored Seminar, Pediatric Life Care
Planning Seminar, San Diego, California, December 2 -4 , 1995.
Co-Instructor, Track VII: Life Care Planning, Program Title:
Multiple Disabilities, Life Care Planning Workshop Sponsored by
Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of Florida;
Orlando, Florida, October 30, 1995 - November 2, 1995. Topics
Included Myofacial Pain, TMG, Burns, Vision Impairments, PTSD, &
Chronic Pain.
Instructor, Track II: Life Care Planning, Program Title:
Vocational Assessment, Life Care Planning Workshop Sponsored by
Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of Florida;
Orlando, Florida, October 7, 1995 - October 9, 1995
Presenter: "Surfing the Internet - How to Access the Information
Super Highway," The Medical Case Management Convention (MCMA)
Sponsored by the Individual Case Management Association (ICMA), New
Orleans, Louisiana, October 18, 1995.
Presenter: "Computer Hardware and Software for the Case Manager,"
The Medical Case Management Convention (MCMA) Sponsored by the
Individual Case Management Association (ICMA), New Orleans,
Louisiana, October 18, 1995.
Instructor, LCPStat Training Seminar by TecSolutions September
30, 1995, Oak Brook, Illinois.
Presenter: "Case Management Software," The National Managed
Health Care Congress (NMHCC), Chicago, Illinois, September 29,
1995.
Instructor, LCPStat Training Seminar by TecSolutions, Big Fork,
Montana, September 14-16, 1995.
Instructor, Track II: Life Care Planning, Program Title:
Vocational Assessment, Life Care Planning Workshop Sponsored by
Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of Florida; San
Diego, California, August 13, 1995 -August 15, 1995.
TARPPS (Texas) 1995 Annual Conference and Exposition, "Automation
of Case Management and Life Care Planning," San Antonio, Texas,
August 10, 1995.
TARPPS (Texas) 1995 Annual Conference and Exposition, "Vocational
Assessment and Automation," San Antonio, Texas, August 10, 1995.
Mississippi Association of Legal Assistants, Inc., 1995 Spring
Seminar, "Understanding Psychological Tests - Their Use or Misuse,"
Jackson, Mississippi, March 23, 1995
Instructor, Track II: Life Care Planning, Program Title:
Vocational Assessment, Life Care Planning Workshop Sponsored by
Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of Florida; Tulsa,
Oklahoma, April 22, 1995 - April 25, 1995.
NARPPS 1995 National Conference and Exposition, "A Primer on
Hardware Software Applications in Rehabilitation," San Francisco,
California, April 6, 1995-April 8, 1995.
NARPPS 1995 National Conference and Exposition, "Automation of
Case Management and Life Care Planning," San Francisco, California,
April 6, 1995-April 8, 1995.
AARPPS Ninth Annual Regional Seminar, "The Chronic Pain Patient,
Ethical Considerations for Case Managers," Birmingham, Alabama, March
9, 1995.
Presenter, Track II: Life Care Planning, Program Title:
Vocational
Assessment, Life Care Planning Workshop Sponsored by
Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of Florida;
Chicago, Illinois, February 24, 1995 - February 26, 1995.
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, Guest Speaker, "Criteria
for Determining Earning Capacity," Jackson, Mississippi, February 3,
1995.
Presenter, Track: Life Care Planning, Program Title: "Automation
of Life Care Planning," International Case Management Association 6th
Annual Convention, San Diego, California, October 16, 1994 - October
19, 1994.
Guest Presenter, "Personality" & "Neuropsychology," Life Care
Planning Workshop Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute
& University of Florida; Dallas, Texas, September 30, 1994 -
October 2, 1994.
Cumberland School of Law, Guest Speaker, "The Use of
Psychological & Vocational Tests in Social Security Disability
Evaluations," Birmingham, Alabama, January 21, 1994.
Guest Presenter, "Stress Management," River Oaks Hospital,
December 10, 1993.
Guest Presenter, "Spinal Cord Injury," Life Care Planning
Workshop Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute &
University of Florida; San Francisco, California, November 16, 1993 -
November 19, 1993.
In service Education, Jackson Academy - "Adapting To Change With
Students," July 1993.
Mississippi Private School Association, Annual In Service
Education - "Time Management" and "Job Efficiency," Jackson,
Mississippi, June 1993.
St. Dominic Hospital Hand Management Center, Guest Speaker -
"Motivational Factors in Patient Care," Jackson, Mississippi,
February 25, 1993.
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, Guest Speaker, "Case
Management - Friend or Foe?," Jackson, Mississippi, September 25,
1992.
American Society for Training & Development Meeting, Guest
Speaker, "Taking Care of the Trainer," Jackson, Mississippi, August
14, 1992.
Workers' Compensation Medical-Legal Symposium, Guest Speaker,
"Chronic Low Back Pain, Psychological and Medical Treatment,"
Jackson, Mississippi, May 15, 1992.
Guest Presenter, "Use of Computers in Life Care Planning," Life
Care Planning Workshop by Paul Deutsch, Ph.D., C.R.C. &
Associates, Atlanta, Georgia March 11, 1992 - March 13, 1992.
Rankin Medical Center, "Psychological Evaluation of In-Patients,"
Jackson, Mississippi, December 10, 1991.
The Psychological Effects of Chronic Pain and the Paradoxical
Effects of Its Removal, Advances In Comprehensive Pain Management,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, April 26, 1991.
Mississippi Rehabilitation Nurse's Association, Speech,
"Psychosocial Adaptation to Disability," Jackson, Mississippi, July
7, 1990.
Life Care Planning, Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation Center,
Jackson, Mississippi, November 1990.
Psychological Injuries in Mississippi: Presentation on Loss of
Wage Earning Capacity and Vocational Rehabilitation, Seminar
Sponsored by Office of Professional Services Mississippi College
School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, February 23, 1990.
Family Residents on Worker's Compensation, University of
Mississippi Medical Center, February 1, 1990.
Mississippi Psychology Association, University of Mississippi
Medical Center, "Hospital Practice of Psychology," September 29,
1989.
River Oaks Hospital, Medicine Section Meeting, "Depression and
Pain Control," October 4, 1988.
National Forensic Institute, Chicago, Illinois, December
1985
United States Department of Labor, OWCP Rehabilitation Program,
April 1983.
CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS:
Attendance
Mississippi Pain Society, Annual Meeting. "Chronic pain:
Approaches to Treatment". January 7th - 8th, 2000. Jackson, MS
NARPPS, Forensic Workshop, Las Vegas, NV., December 3-4,
1999.
Life Care Planning, Track V of Certificate Program, "Pulling It
All Together", Workshop Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training
Institute & University of Florida, April 9-10, 1999, Atlanta,
GA,
NARPPS, Pre-Convention Workshop, "Life Care Planning: Defining a
Standard Process", Boston, MA., March 12, 1999.
Life Care Planning Workshop, "Defining Procedures For 1999",
Portland, OR, February 17, 1999.
NARPPS Sponsored Seminar, Forensic Skills for a Changing Scene,
Dallas, TX , December 11-12, 1998.
Third Annual Life Care Planning Conference Sponsored by The
Rehabilitation Training Institute and Intelicus, Atlanta, Georgia,
November 20-21, 1998.
"Life Care Planning: Resources, Research, and Application",
Patricia McCollom, RN, MS, CCRN, CCM, Post Convention Workshop,
Medical Case Management Convention X (MCMA) Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, November 14, 1998. 3.5 Hrs CE`
"Cumulative Trauma in the Workplace" Presented by Pam Claypool,
OT, Director of Methodist Outpatient Rehab, Sponsored by Mississippi
Chapter of NARPPS November 9, 1998 2 hrs CE
National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the
Private Sector, Colorado Springs, CO, March 3-5, 1998 annual
meeting.
Rehabilitation Economics, Evaluation and Testimony: Advanced
Strategies and techniques". Sponsored by National Association of
Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector NARPPS ,
Nashville, TN, January 23-24, 1998.
First Annual Life Care Planning Conference, Sponsored by The
Rehabilitation Training Institute and Intellicus, Atlanta, Georgia,
November 14-15, 1996.
TARPPS (Texas) 1996 Annual Conference and Exposition, "Automation
of Case Management and Life Care Planning," Austin, Texas, August 16,
1996.
Life Care Planning, Track V of Certificate Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida, July 11-12, 1996, San Diego, California, Speakers: Dr. Terry
Winkler & Ms. Julie Kitchen.
Work Related Injury: Pathways to Recovery or Disability,
Mississippi Methodist Rehabilitation Center, Jackson, Mississippi,
July 1996. Speakers: Dr. Rahul Vohra, Dr. Lon F. Alexander, Dr. Felix
H. Savoie, Dr. Jeffrey Summers, Dr. Jeannie Koestler.
National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the
Private Sector, Bal Harbour, Florida, May 1996 annual meeting.
Life Care Planning, Track V of Certificate Program, Atlanta,
Georgia, Workshop Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute
& University of Florida, January 11-13, 1996, San Antonio, Texas,
Speakers: Dr. Terry Winkler & Ms. Julie Kitchen.
NARPPS Sponsored Seminar, Pediatric Life Care Planning Seminar,
San Diego, California, December 2 -4 , 1995.
Individual Case Management Association, New Orleans, October
1995
Life Care Planning, Track VII of Certificate Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida; Orlando, Florida, May 1995.
Life Care Planning, Track VIII of Certificate Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida; Orlando, Florida, May 1995.
National Association of Rehabilitation Professionals in the
Private Sector, San Francisco, California, April 1995 annual
meeting.
First Annual Hand Lectureship: "Practical Anatomy of the
Peripheral Nerve," Dr. Michael Jabaley; "Compression vs. Lesions:
Cause Effect and Outcomes," Christine Novak; "Cervical Evaluation to
Rule Out Proximal Compression," Claire Lewis; "Surgical Decompression
At the Wrist," Dr.Somprasong Songcharoen. St. Dominic Hospital,
Jackson, Mississippi, April 9, 1995.
The Claims Analysis Center for Brain Injury and Mental Disorders,
Metairie, Louisiana, "An Update on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury" -
Michael E. Howard, Ph.D., March 3, 1995.
Life Care Planning, Track VI of Certificate Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida; Kansas City, Kansas, January 27-29, 1995.
NARPPS Sponsored Seminar, Managing the Personal Injury Case, Las
Vegas, Nevada, December 9 & 10, 1994.
NARPPS Sponsored Seminar, "Managing the Personal Injury Case" -
Tim Field, December 9, 1994 & December 10, 1994.
Life Care Planning, Track V of Certificate Program, Atlanta,
Georgia, Workshop Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute
& University of Florida, November 2-4, 1994.
Speakers: Dr. Richard Bonfiglio, Traumatic Brain Injury: Overview
and Definitions, Dr. James Cremins, Ph.D., Mechanisms of Traumatic
Brain Injury, Neuro-pharmacology, and Psychiatric versus TBI, Dr.
Bernard Brucker, Ph.D., University of Miami School of Medicine,
Biofeedback and Behavioral Aspects, Dr. Terry Winkler, Spinal Cord
Injuries Introduction and Overview, Life Expectancy and Spinal Cord
Injury.
Medical Case Management Conference VI, An Educational Program of
The Individual Case Management Association, San Diego, California,
October 16-19, 1994.
Life Care Planning, Track II of Certificate Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida; Dallas, Texas, September 30-October 2, 1994.
Life Care Planning, Track IV of Certificate Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida; Baltimore, Maryland, August 5-7, 1994.
St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi, "Team Approach to
Chronic Pain Management," May 17, 1994.
St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, MS "Osteoporosis Prevention,"
March 29, 1994.
Life Care Planning, Track III of Certificate Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida; San Francisco, California, May 5 - 7, 1994.
St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi, "Geriatric Psycho
pharmacology," April 12, 1994.
St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi, "Suicide," April 5,
1994.
Life Care Planning, Track II of Certificate Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida; San Francisco, California, February 16 - 18, 1994.
Life Care Planning, Track II of Certificate Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida; Atlanta, Georgia, January 1994, presented by Roger
Weed.
Charter Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi. Lecture, "Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder" - Judy Lyons, Ph.D., November 10, 1993.
Life Care Planning, Track I of Certification Program, Workshop
Sponsored by Rehabilitation Training Institute & University of
Florida; San Francisco, California, November 1993, presented by Roger
Weed and Susan Riddick.
St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi. Clinical Conference,
"Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: An electromyographic perspective" - Don
Carpenter, M.D., October 26, 1993.
St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi Clinical Conference,
"Electrodiagnostic Studies in Peripheral Nerve" - Dr. Tiwari,
December 14, 1993.
Otria Hickerson, M.D., October 26, 1993.
St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi. Clinical Conference,
"Dementias" - David McHenry, M.D., October 5, 1993.
St. Dominic Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi. Clinical Conference,
"Schizophrenia" - Dr. Rd Ruff, January 26, 1993.
Charter Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi. Clinical Update Lecture,
"PTSD in Vietnam Vets"
Workers' Compensation Medical-Legal Symposium, Workers'
Compensation And The Americans With Disabilities Act, Jackson,
Mississippi, May 15, 1992.
Worker's Compensation Medical-Legal Symposium, Jackson,
Mississippi, May 1992.
Rehabilitation Training Institute, Life Care Planning: Paul M.
Deutsch & Associates - A Comprehensive Overview Of The Basics,
Atlanta, Georgia, March 1992.
Mississippi Chapter of NARPPS, Annual Conference, Jackson,
Mississippi, March 1992.
Pain Symposium, Baptist Center for Medical Education, Nashville,
Tennessee, February 1992.
Pain Management Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi, August 1991.
Pain Management Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi, July 1991.
Nursing Management of the Stroke or Head Injured Patient with a
Neurogenic Bowel, MMRC, Jackson, Mississippi, June 1991.
Pain Management Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi, June 1991.
Pain Management Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi, May 1991.
Pain Management Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi, April 1991.
Advances In Comprehensive Pain Management Sponsored by the
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, April
1991.
Pain Management Meeting, Jackson, Mississippi, March 1991.
Pain Management Meeting, MMRC, Sympathectomies for Pain, Jackson,
Mississippi, February 1991.
Pain Management Meeting, University Medical Center, Reflex
Sympathetic Dystrophy, Jackson, Mississippi, January 1991.
American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and
Social Workers' Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, September
1990.
American Board of Vocational Experts Conference, Annual
Conference, Kansas City, Kansas, September 1990.
Life Care Planning for Head Injury and Spinal Cord Injury, New
Orleans, Louisiana, Paul M. Deutsch & Associates, 3 days, June
1990.
Practice Management Seminar, Jackson, Mississippi, March
1990.
Life Care Planning--A Comprehensive Overview of the Basics, Las
Vegas, Nevada, Paul M. Deutsch & Associates, 3 days, March
1990.
American Pain Association, Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona,
October 1989.
Mississippi Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Biloxi,
Mississippi, September 1989.
St. Dominic Hospital Seminar, Recent Developments in the
Diagnosis and Treatment of Anxiety and Phobic Disorders, Jackson,
Mississippi, January 1988.
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Conference on Learning
Disabilities, Jackson, Mississippi, 1988.
Law Conference on Medical Malpractice Sponsored by Mississippi
College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 1988.
Central Mississippi Legal Services, Conducted Workshop -
"Vocational Expert Testimony," Jackson, Mississippi, November
1987.
HealthSouth Workstart, Mississippi Chapter National Association
of Rehabilitation Professionals in the Private Sector, Jackson,
Mississippi, October 1987. National Association of Rehabilitation
Professionals in the Private Sector, Dallas, Texas, April 1987.
Mississippi Psychological Association, Biloxi, Mississippi,
October 1987.