EDITORIAL : The Discipline of Disability Medicine : Independent Medical

Editorial Advisory Board Alan L. Colledge, MD, CIME J. True Martin, MD, CIME Stan Bigos, MD Gordon Waddell, FRCS, Glasgow, UK Charles N. Brooks, MD, CIME Pete Bell, MD, CIME Peter Donceel, MD, Belgium Sigurdur Thorlacius, MD, PhD, Iceland Clement Leech, MD, Ireland Jack Richman, MD, Canada Cristina Dal Pozzo, MD, Italy Richard Sekel, MD, Australia William H. Wolfe, MD, MPH, FACPM, CIME Charles J. Lancelotta, Jr., MD, FACS Kevin D. Hagerty, DC, CIME Sridhar V. Vasudevan, MD Frank Jones, MD, CIME Alan K. Gruskin, DO William Shaw, MD Jan von Overbeck, MD, Switzerland James Becker, MD Altus J. Van der Merwe, MD, Switzerland Jerry Scott, MD, CIME Chet Nierenberg, MD, CIME Charles Clements, MD, CIME Kendal Wilson, DO John Shimkus, MD Brian T. Maddox, Managing Director Editorial: The Discipline of disability Medicine: Independent Medical Examiiner vs. Attending Physician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34