Occupational Medicine Independent Medical Examiners in Maryland

Baltimore, Maryland

Occupational Medicine

Dr. Parkerson is a board-certified occupational medicine physician licensed to practice in Maryland since 1985. He has nearly 4 decades of experience, with a current solo private practice in occupational medicine. Services include independent medical examinations, disability and retirement evaluations, impairment ratings, Subsequent Injury Fund examinations, return to work/fit duty exams, causation analysis, and case management. He is a fellow in the International Academy of Independent Medical Examiners and the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. As an expert witness, he has provided testimony in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Delaware, in workers’ compensation and civil venues. He currently is an Associate faculty member of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a past associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. He directed the case management services for the Maryland Injured Worker...

Bethesda, Maryland

Occupational Medicine, Internal Medicine - I am a Board-certified internist and occupational medicine physician who is licensed to practice medicine in Maryland, Virginia, other states, and D.C., with over 3 decades of experience. I perform Independent Medical Evaluations (IME), disability peer reviews, health-related consulting, impairment ratings, and litigation support for workers' compensation, epidemiology, and toxic tort (particularly asbestos, lead, chemicals). I was president of the American College of Occupational Medicine.

I have an in-depth knowledge, skills and abilities as an expert witness and has testified in depositions, hearings and trials in successful cases. I am a recognized expert in the field, being a leader of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2016 president-elect and 2017 president), publishing relevant articles in the peer-reviewed medical literature, serving as the Book Review Editor of the major occupational medical journal, and lecturing in this field including for the 2016 SEAK Annual Workers Compensation Conference. My practice provides the following services: • Independent Medical Evaluations responding to specific issues • Causation and work related issues • Appropriateness of care and treatment redirection issues • Assessment of Maximal Medical Improvement and Permanent Impairment and Apportionment • Return to work and work capacity issues • Rehabilitation issues • Medical Record review and Consulting Opinion • Litigation support including consul...