SECOND MEETING
April 18-19, 2005

Monday, April 18, in the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation's Barbara Jordan Conference Center, 1330 G Street, NW, Washington, DC.


Open Session 9 A.M. - 4:15 P.M. (Public Invited to Observe)

9:00-10:45 PUBLIC FORUM

Eileen Sweeney, Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Marty Ford, Director of Legal Advocacy, Disability Policy Collaboration of The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy

Ethel Zelenske, Government Affairs Office, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives

Andrew Marioni, President, National Council of Disability Determinations Directors, and Director, Delaware Disability Determination Service

David Randolph, MD, Past-President, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians

James McCarthy, Director of Governmental Affairs, National Federation of the Blind


10:45-11:00 BREAK

11:00-12:00 GAO REPORT BRIEFING

Robert E. Robertson, Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security, Government Accountability Office, with:

Shelia Drake, Assistant Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security

Beverly A. Crawford, Senior Analyst, Education, Workforce and Income Security

Carol Dawn Petersen, PhD, Assistant Director and Senior Economist, Education, Workforce and Income Security

12:00-1:00 LUNCH

1:00-3:00 PANEL ON TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF CONSULTATIVE EXAMINERS

John D. Pro, MD, CIME
Midwest Psychiatric Consultants, Kansas City, Missouri
Board of Directors, American Board of Independent Medical Examiners

Douglas W. Martin, MD, FAADEP, FAAFP, FACOEM
Medical Director, St. Luke's Occupational Health Services
North Sioux City, South Dakota
Vice President and President-Elect, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians

Steve R. Geiringer, MD
Professor, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Chair, Medical Education Committee, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Board Director and Chair, Credentials Committee, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Elizabeth Genovese, MD, MPH, MBA, FAADEP, CIME
Medical Director, IMX Medical Management Services, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Core Member, Clinical Guidelines Committee, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)

Sandra Hall, BSN, RN, COHN-S/CM
Sandra Hall Consulting
Former Member of the Board, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN)

Joanne Ebert, MBA, MS, CRRN, CCM
Employee Health Management
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, PA
President, Association of Rehabilitation Nurses

3:00-3:15 BREAK

3:15-4:15 VIEWS OF MEDICAL CONSULTANTS ON EXPERTISE

Michael Borek, MD
Medical Director, Delaware DDS

Joseph Aaron, MD
Chief Medical Officer, New Jersey DDS

William H. Humphreys, Jr., MD (invited)
Former Medical Consultant, Virginia DDS

Closed Session (Not Open to the Public)

4:15-5:00 COMMITTEE DISCUSSION

5:00 ADJOURN


Tuesday, April 19, in Room 205, The National Academies' Keck Building, 500 5th Street, NW, Washington, DC

7:30-8:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Closed Session (Not Open to the Public)

8:00-9:00 COMMITTEE BUSINESS

Open Session 9 A.M. - Noon (Public Invited to Observe)

9:00-10:30 PANEL ON INTERDISCIPLINARY ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN

Barry Eigen, Executive Program Policy Officer, Office of Disability and Income Security Programs, SSA

Monte Hetland, MD, Pediatric Medical Officer, Office of Medical Policy, Office of Disability and Income Security Programs, SSA

George Jesien, PhD, Executive Director, and Rhoda Schulzinger, Esq, Children's SSI Project Director, Association of University Centers on Disabilities

10:30-10:45 BREAK

10:45-11:15 DETERMINATION OF MENTAL DISABILITY: EXPERTISE & LISTINGS

Howard H. Goldman, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine
--As Assistant Director of NIMH, member of Workgroup to revise the Listing of mental impairments, 1983-1985
--Member, Institute of Medicine

11:15-12:00 DEVELOPMENT & USE OF MEDICAL EVIDENCE IN HEARINGS

Thomas Yates, Attorney at Law, Health & Disability Advocates, Chicago, Illinois

Others TBD