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Delivering on-time, evidence-based, ratable reports by expert medical specialists.
SHARP MEDICAL EVALUATORS (SME) is a fully integrated med-legal company, staffed with a team of experienced evaluators and professionals, specializing in California workers’ compensation evaluations. SME provides patient examinations on behalf of both applicant and defense attorneys through an impartial lens and has earned the reputation for providing clear, ethical, and ratable reports of the highest order of quality. SME reports are derived from thorough analysis of causation and apportionment based on scientific evidence.
SME’s geographic footprint covers the entirety of California. Currently, there are over 70 locations to meet the DWC’s demand for workers’ compensation panel requests. We hope you will consider us should one of our doctors appear on your panel list.
Call 877-SME-LEGL to schedule your med-legal evaluation.
High Quality Medical-Legal Services.
Sharp Medical Evaluators (SME) aims to deliver the highest order of quality medical-legal services in the state of California. Our primary focus is to offer QME, AME, SIBTF and IME evaluations in all medical and surgical specialties. Our doctors are trained to deliver honest, timely, and evidence-based reports to help resolve disputed claims. When issues are debatable or in doubt, SME obtains the appropriate diagnostic studies to objectively determine the extent of the injury and pathology. The medical team strives to produce ratable reports based upon substantial medical evidence and is knowledgeable about how to properly utilize the AMA guidelines.
Highly Trained and Efficient.
SME’s medical evaluations require careful thought and preparation. Accurate assessments require experience and expertise in assessing each individual injury for its present and potential future impact on the injured worker. Our mission is to be the best at what we do by delivering on time, high quality and ratable reports, which are essential to all parties.
Strong Network of Doctors.
SME prides itself on its strong network of doctors. Our doctors have diverse specialties including orthopedic injury, internal medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation, hand surgery, spine surgery, chiropractic, neuro-psychology, and other specialties. Our physicians and staff have a great depth of understanding about workers’ compensation laws, guidelines, and treatment plans for all work-related injuries. At SME, patients are always treated with empathy, dignity, and respect.
Our Founder
STEVEN N. BROURMAN, M.D.
SME Founder, Dr. Steven N. Brourman, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, has unsurpassed experience as a QME, AME, and IME, and carefully screens all doctors to ensure that they are highly knowledgeable, dedicated to providing top-notch reports, and understand the subtleties and issues in each claim. This is one of SME’s competitive advantages given the vast majority of cases evaluated by our physicians are settled without extensive litigation.
Dr. Brourman has been board-certified in orthopedic surgery and received the certificate of added qualifications in hand surgery. His orthopedic residency was at the legendary Hospital for Special Surgery affiliated with Cornell University in New York City that is considered the world’s leading academic medical center. In his current practice he handles all orthopedic injuries of both upper and lower extremities.
With over 30 years of clinical practice, he has performed thousands of orthopedic surgeries and evaluated countless numbers of injured workers in California.
Dr. Brourman and his staff are dedicated to the well-being of each and every patient, treating them with empathy, dignity, and respect.
Our Core Values are unwavering and include the following:
- To demonstrate integrity in all facets of our business.
- To prepare comprehensive high quality ratable reports that help settle cases.
- To always exhibit patient empathy with the understanding that each patient case is unique.
- To integrate each doctor’s acute understanding of disability throughout the med-legal process.
- To provide an efficient back office support system to make the entirety of the process timely and seamless.
OUR MISSION
To deliver superior med-legal evaluations through scientific rigor, fairness, and objectivity, powered by our top-rated team of physicians.