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Dr. Ruth Rimmer
President, CEO, PHD, CLCP
2145 East Glencove
Mesa AZ 85213
USA
phone: (480) 612-2994
fax: (480) 733-9200
Dr. Ruth
Dr. Ruth Rimmer brings 16 plus years of experience in the field of Burns and Trauma Care to her Life Care Planning business. She specializes in plans addressing future care needs for:
  • Severely Burned Pediatric Patients
  • Severely Burned Adult Patients
  • Patients with Traumatic Injury
  • Electrical Injuries
  • Amputations
  • She is well versed in the:
  • Educational Issues Associated with Burn Injury
  • Psychological Issues Related to Burns and Traumatic Injury
  • The purpose of the Life Care Plan is to ensure that the individual receives consistent, comprehensive, cost-effective care so that the client may function at a reasonable level, and avoid complications with the best possible quality of life. Dr. Rimmer is prepared to provide the actual costs of equipment, services, therapies, treatments, surgeries, supplies, and medication and to outline educational and/or vocational training needs including monthly and annual costs of care projected over the client's lifetime. She is fluent in Spanish.

    Dr. Rimmer is a well-respected researcher in the field of burn care. She has presented her findings both nationally and internationally and has extensive experience in both radio and television.

    Dr. Rimmer is experienced in deposition and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defense counsel. Her firm also provides case management services for severely-injured pediatric patients.
    Ruth Rimmer, PhD, CLCP, & Daniel M. Caruso, MD, FACS
    This is a chapter in the book: Pediatric Life Care Planning and Case Management, Second Edition, Susan Riddick-Grisham.

    This a comprehensive resource that refines the principles and practices of both life care planning and case management, specifically as they relate to children with disabilities.

    Ruth Rimmer, PhD, CLCP & K. N. Foster, MD, FACS
    This a chapter in the book: Life Care Planning and Case Management Handbook, Third Edition, Roger Weed & Debra Berens, Editors.

    The book is an advanced collaborative practice concerned with coordinating, accessing, evaluating, and monitoring necessary services for individuals with significant medical adversity. This handbook provides a comprehensive resource for all people involved with catastrophic impairments who need to solve complex medical care problems.

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    Kristy Farnsworth, Ph.D., Diplomat, ABVE, CRC, CVE, CDMS
    9557 South 700 East, #100
    Sandy UT 84070
    USA
    phone: (801) 572-5633
    fax: (801) 572-5633
    Kristy Farnsworth is a Board Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and Licensed Psychologist. She has provided a wide range of Vocational Rehabilitation services for the past 27 years. Dr. Farnsworth's board certifications and experience have allowed her to focus on the analysis and evaluation of a variety of cases.

    Areas of Expertise:
  • Catastrophic, Pediatric & Personal Injury
  • Permanent Total Disability
  • Social Security Disability
  • Product Liability
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Wrongful Termination
  • Workers Compensation
  • Divorce
  • ADA / Discrimination

    Services Include:
  • Case Management Litigation Support
  • Life Care Planning
  • Pediatric & Adult ADA Consultation
  • Social Security Disability Evaluation
  • PT Disability Evaluation
  • Analysis of Employability
  • Labor Market Survey
  • Vocational Assessment
  • Transferable Skills Analysis
  • Expert Witness
  • Educational Presentation
  • Vocational Rehabilitation
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    Kathleen Martin
    RN, MSN, MPA, LNHA, CPHQ, WCC
    368 White Oak Ridge Rd.
    Short Hills NJ 07078
    USA
    phone: 973-218-6267
    fax: 973-912-9702
    Kathleen
    Kathleen MartinKathleen Martin, has extensive experience in health care with 20+ years experience in Acute-Care Hospital where she specialized in Critical Care Nursing and an additional 12 years as a Long Term Care Director of Nursing and Administrator.

    Ms. Martin was responsible for the oversight of nursing and clinical operations of 7 Long Term Care facilities in NJ for an LTC Management company. She has been an Expert Witness, Consultant and LNC for 20 years, advising plaintiff and defense attorneys on both clinical and administrative healthcare operations. Also Wound Care Certified.

    Assessment & Evaluation of:
  • Four Elements of Medical Malpractice
  • Compliance of Standards of Care
  • Underlying Medical Conditions
  • Deviation from Standards of Care
  • Pertinent Missing Records; Fraudulent Documentation
  • Key Clinical Areas:
  • Fall Prevention and Management
  • Pain management
  • IV Care, Tube Feedings, Infection Control
  • Abuse, Neglect
  • Medication Management
  • Pathophysiology of Disease Processes
  • Interrelationships of Diagnoses
  • Timeliness of Care and Notification
  • Regulations / Standards

  • Consultation for the Legal Community / Long TermCare Industry:
  • Survey Readiness
  • Risk & Quality Management
  • Fall Prevention and Management
  • Wound Prevention and Management
  • DON Support and Training
  • Staff Education
  • Infection Control
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    Eddie Culp
    Thornton CO 80229
    USA
    phone: (720) 244-9748
    The mission of Mile High Counseling & Vocation Services is to empower individuals with disabilities to establish independence through person-centered planning enhanced by self-esteem, Supported Employment and successful integration into the work place.

    Mile High Counseling & Vocation Services is the leader in preparing persons with disabilities for competitive jobs that add satisfaction and purpose to their lives. They have an ever expanding partnerships with the community of disabled people, rehabilitative service organizations, school systems and private industry to help re-define and meet the evolving needs of their customers. Mile High effectively communicates rehabilitation opinions relative to Life Care and Vocational Issues in Personal Injury Workers' Compensation, Social Security, Marital Dispute and Employment Law Proceedings.

    Services Offere:
  • Vocational Evaluations
  • Situational Assessments
  • Work Adjustment Training
  • Work Experience
  • Vocational Analysis
  • Job Coaching / Development
  • Job Seeking Skills
  • Assistive Technology
  • Assessing Worker's Injuries
  • Life Care Planning
  • Medicare Set Aside Allocations
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    Michele Nielsen, RN, MA, CCM, CRC, COHN-S, CPDM, CLCP
    Medical Vocational Planning
    19363 Willamette Dr., #134
    West Linn OR 97068
    USA
    phone: (503) 650-9327 or (503) 888-6358
    fax: (503) 655-6986
    Michele Nielsen is a Legal Nurse Consultant and Nationally Certified Medical Case Manager, Vocational Counselor, and Life Care Planner, with 25 years of experience. She is licensed to practice nursing in Oregon and Washington. Ms. Nielsen has received national awards such as Outstanding Rehabilitation Professional and Outstanding Rehabilitation Nurse.

    Ms. Nielsen provides full-service Legal Nurse Consulting and Life Care Planning, Specializing in Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, and Workers' Compensation.

    Expertise & Services Include:
  • Medical Report Review
  • Literature Research
  • Product Liability
  • Vocational Rehab
  • Auto Liability
  • Correlation of Medical Events to Allegations of Malpractice
  • Third Party Issues
  • Negligence
  • Wrongful Death
  • Knowledge of Potential Costs of Medical Services (i.e. Anticipated Surgery)
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    Ronald T. Luke, JD, Ph.D.
    President
    505 E. Huntland Drive, Suite 270
    Austin TX 78752
    USA
    phone: 512-371-8166
    fax: 512-371-8001
    Ronald T.
    RPC assists attorneys in Personal Injury, Commercial and Healthcare litigation, with economic damages and regulatory analysis, from loss of profits or earnings to contract disputes, business valuation, state and federal anti-trust disputes, and fraud and abuse investigations. Indepth experience in healthcare liability and damage issues.

    RPC has prepared damage studies covering the construction, technology, manufacturing, waste management, trucking, public utility, real estate, healthcare, managed care and other industries and professions. Clients nationwide.

    Led by Ronald T. Luke, PhD, JD, RPC’s experienced team of professional staff has backgrounds in law, medicine, economics, accounting, business valuation, health administration, nursing, life care planning, finance, and vocational assessment, and provide an integrated damages analysis. The RPC team works closely with litigators from discovery to mediation to trial to understand the issues in the case to develop an independent analysis of those issues and to provide a professional critique of the work of experts retained by other parties to the litigation.

    Dr. Luke and his colleagues have been accepted as expert witnesses in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies in more than 25 states, and have testified in regulatory proceedings and consulted on projects for major national hospital chains, as well as community hospitals.

    Because of RPC's multi-disciplined staff and large-scale document management and data management resources, it is capable of handling large cases.

    Areas of Expertise:
  • Certificate of need studies
  • Construction litigation
  • Damages in personal injury cases
  • Economic impact studies
  • Economic, financial and statistical analysis
  • Fraud and abuse investigations
  • Healthcare market feasibility studies
  • Healthcare planning
  • Life care planning
  • Lost earnings capacity analysis
  • Management disputes
  • Medical records review
  • Medical staff disputes
  • Patient rights
  • Payment disputes
  • Personal injury litigation support
  • State and federal anti-trust disputes
  • Vocational assessment


  • Ronald T. Luke, JD, Ph.D. is a principal consultant and president of Research & Planning Consultants, LP. Ron joined RPC in 1976 and became its president and principal owner in 1979. Along with working on personal injury and commercial litigation, he has consulted on projects for health care providers, managed care plans and public agencies in more than 25 states. He also serves as an expert witness in trials, administrative proceedings and legislative hearings.
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    Rick Robinson
    PhD, LMHC, CRC, CVE, CLCP, DABVE, NCC
    P.O. Box 40050
    Jackson FL 32203
    USA
    phone: 866-619-3148
    fax: 888-445-7119
    Dr. Rick Robinson's professional practice is focused on working with others experiencing Career, Occupational & Vocational Challenges. His clients include individuals, attorneys, insurance companies and employers.

    Dr. Robinson has a doctoral degree in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Florida. His research interests are related to models and methodologies in Forensic Vocational Rehabilitation and Life Care Planning Assessment. He is nationally certified as a Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC) and Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE) and Life Care Planner (CLCP). Dr. Robinson is board certified as a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and as a Diplomate of the American Board of Vocational Experts (D-ABVE).

    Dr. Robinson has provided Vocational Expert Witness Testimony in over 200 matters across a range of civil and administrative settings.
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    Jan Roughan
    President
    114 W. Colorado Blvd.
    Monrovia CA 91016
    USA
    phone: (626) 303-6333 ext. 16
    fax: (626) 303-8080
    Jan
    Ms. Roughan is a Rehabilitation Nurse Specialist who functions in the capacity of case manager, life care planner and expert witness. Her company, Roughan & Associates at LINC, is a nationally recognized Case Management and Medical/Legal Consulting service. It has been in existence since 1987, providing coordination of patient care; construction of Life Care Plans; and, consultative services to both the defense and plaintiff bar on simple and complex cases alike. Ms. Roughan has experience with diagnoses involving both children and adults and are knowledgeable in current treatment philosophies, identification of appropriate resources.

    Diagnoses include, but are not limited to:
  • Neurological Injuries (Brain and Spinal Cord Injury)
  • Burns
  • Orthopedic Injures
  • Amputation
  • Chronic Pain
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Services Include:
  • Expert Testimony
  • Life Care Planning
  • Mini/Preliminary Life Care Plan
  • Video Services
  • Medical Record Review
  • RN Independent Medical Exam
  • Medicare Set Aside Trust Analysis
  • Medical Bill Auditing
  • Questions: Deposition Cross Examining
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    Sidney K. Gerber LNFA, MBA, CSA
    President
    9301 Southwest Freeway
    Suite 250
    Houston TX 77074
    USA
    phone: (713) 778-1966
    fax: (713) 778-0727
    Sidney K. Gerber is a founding partner of S. Gerber & Associates, a firm representing over 18 years of experience specializing in a broad range of Long Term Care Products and Services including but not limited to care assessment, planning and management, care co-ordination, recruitment of caregiver services, quality assurance monitoring, and the securing of financial independence and asset protection utilizing insurance products from major carriers to pay for long-term care.

    Mr. Gerber has instructed prospective long-term care administrators on long-term care management and administration with a curriculum that included amongst other subjects, the compliance with state and federal standards and regulations and the effective development and implementation of policies and procedures to satisfy and exceed the minimum standards of the industry.

    Mr. Gerber offers Expert Witness Services involving nursing home, assisted living and home health cases for both Plaintiffs and Defendants - Document Review, Factual Review, Consultation, Deposition and Trial Testimony, Mediation and Arbitration hearing testimony and consultation.

    Areas of Expertise:
  • Nursing Facility Management
  • Quality of Care Assurance
  • Development and Monitoring of Policies and Procedures
  • Physical and Psychosocial Well Being of Facility Residents
  • Compliance with State and Federal Regulations
  • Services:
  • Quality Assurance Monitoring / Inspection of Facilities or Communities
  • Long-Term Health Care Planning / Management
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    Ms. Christina A Sanders, MSN, RN, NP
    15613 Via Montecristo
    San Diego CA 92127
    USA
    phone: 858-759-5300
    fax: 858-759-5301
    Christina Sanders, MSN, RN, NP brings 13 years of clinical nursing experience to Vera Juris. She leads the firm's activities and is responsible for managing all client casework regarding Medical-Legal Consulting, Life Care Planning and Legal Nurse Consulting. Ms. Sanders is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an adult nurse practitioner.

    Christina Sanders has been a registered nurse since 1998 and has worked as a nurse practitioner for more than 10 years. She started her nursing career in the emergency department at Johns Hopkins Hospital. After completing her Masters in 2000, Ms. Sanders began practicing as an adult nurse practitioner specializing in Cardiology with a large private practice group in New Jersey and then at Scripps Clinic in outpatient cardiology.

    Ms. Sanders started her Independent Legal Nurse Consulting business in 2007. Her practice includes both plaintiff and defense cases and she is a testifying expert for cases involving nurse practitioners. Christina has been a member of the San Diego chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC) since 2006 and has served on the chapter's board since 2009.
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