Lori Michener, PhD, PT, ATC, SCS, FAPTA, a member of MedRisk’s International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB), has been re-elected vice president of the Orthopaedic Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

ISAB is an elite panel of world-renowned specialists in physical medicine and workers’ compensation who oversee clinical aspects of MedRisk’s medical management programs, including its proprietary evidence-based guidelines.

Dr. Michener is a professor at the University of Southern California. She also serves as the director of the university’s Clinical Outcomes and Research and Clinical Biomechanics and Orthopedic Outcomes Research (COOR) programs.

Her expertise is in the area of outcome measures, mechanisms and treatment of patients with shoulder and spinal disorders.  Dr. Michener serves on several guidelines panels, including the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and APTA’s Orthopedic Section.

“Lori is a phenomenal researcher and clinician,” said Philip McClure, PT, PhD, FAPTA, who heads MedRisk’s research and academic subsidiary, Expert Clinical Benchmarks (ECB) and works closely with ISAB. “She is instrumental in developing, reviewing and updating MedRisk’s treatment guidelines.”

About MedRisk

Based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, MedRisk is the largest managed care organization dedicated to the physical rehabilitation of injured workers. One of the Inc. 5,000 fastest growing privately held companies for 13 consecutive years, MedRisk counts over 272,000 providers in its network and serves almost 500,000 injured workers every year. It holds direct contracts with more than 90 percent of the nation’s top workers’ compensation insurers and third-party administrators. MedRisk, which has successfully completed a SSAE 18 SOC Type 1 and 2 examination, ensures high quality care and delivers outstanding customer service. To that end, all customer service professionals, healthcare advocates and physical therapists are based in the U.S. For more information, visit www.medrisknet.com or call 800-225-9675.