Our Training Partners in Medico-Legal Education
Brigham and Associates, Inc.
AAMLE is honoured to partner with Brigham and Associates, Inc. (‘Brigham & Associates’)—the unparalleled provider of comprehensive and focused courses on the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (‘the AMA Guides’). Brigham & Associates offer dedicated, state-of-the-art tools and resources to facilitate effective use of the Fifth and Sixth Editions of the AMA Guides.
AAMLE Recommended Training
- Mastery online training in the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment
- Training, examination, and certification for the ability to use the AMA Guides (Fifth and Sixth Editions) to perform expert impairment evaluations as a Certified Impairment Rater (CIR)
- Recommended tools, resources, and publications for evaluation under AMA 5
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- Recommended tools, resources, and publications for evaluation under AMA 6
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- Independent Medical Evaluations (IMEs) – Best Practices! Course
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Who is Dr Christopher Brigham?
Dr Christopher R. Brigham is a graduate of the Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis) and is Board Certified in Occupational Medicine (ABPM). He is a Founding Director of the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners (ABIME), a Fellow of the American College of Occupational Environmental Medicine (FACOEM), a Fellow of the International Academy of Independent Medical Evaluators (FIAIME) with Certification in Evaluation of Disability and Impairment Rating (CEDIR), a Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME), and a Certified Impairment Rater (CIR).
Dr Brigham is the Senior Contributing Editor for the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Sixth Edition, and was a contributor/author for the musculoskeletal chapters. For the Fifth Edition, he served on the Advisory Committee and as a contributor. He was the Editor of the AMA publications The Guides Newsletter and The Guides Casebook.
He was co-author of the text Understanding the AMA Guides in Workers Compensation, Third Edition, has written over two hundred peer-reviewed articles on impairment and disability evaluation and other texts, chaired the Medical Advisory Board for the Medical Disability Advisor, Fourth Edition, is featured in several video, audio, and web-based productions in the medico-legal field and has trained thousands of physicians, attorneys, claims professionals, and fact-finders throughout the United States and internationally. As a clinician with over thirty years of experience, Dr Brigham has performed several thousand independent medical and impairment evaluations, gaining excellent insight into the complexities of these cases.
Dr Brigham has a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) and how AI is transforming the medico-legal landscape, He is at the forefront of developing and integrating AI-driven tools designed to assist legal and medical professionals in mastering AI in enhancing productivity, improving quality of work, and advancing expertise.