New executive medical director appointed to Industrial Medical Council.Business/News Editors & Medical Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2002 Dr. Susan McKenzie recently was appointed executive medical director of the California Industrial Medical Council (IMC (Internet Mail Consortium, Santa Cruz, CA, www.imc.org) An industry trade association founded in 1996 by Paul Hoffman and Dave Crocker that promotes Internet e-mail standards and features. ). In her role as executive medical director, McKenzie serves as the executive secretary to the 20-member IMC and liaison to professionals in the workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. and medical fields. She also develops policies and administers programs for the IMC, which is charged with regulatory authority over the qualified medical evaluators in the state workers' compensation system. Prior to her appointment, McKenzie served as an associate medical director at the IMC for the past eight years. Board certified board certified, adj the status of a dental specialist such as an orthodontist who has become a board diplomate by successfully completing the certification program of the recognized certification board in that area of practice. in occupational medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine The American Board of Preventive Medicine is the organization that issues "certificates of special knowledge" in the specialty of Preventive Medicine. These certificates are what is referred to in the United States as "Board Certification", and is generally recognized as , McKenzie received her MD from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). at San Francisco and completed residency training in occupational medicine at the University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities and in the top 50 of all American research universities,[2] College of Medicine and the Institute of Environmental Health and Kettering Laboratory. Prior to becoming a physician, she worked as an educator and health policy analyst for the U.S. Congress. She practiced medicine in the private and public sectors and served as an occupational medicine consultant and corporate medical director. "The selection of Dr. Susan McKenzie is outstanding," says Suzanne Marria, assistant director of the California Department of Industrial Relations, which oversees the California workers' compensation system. "She has watched and participated in the IMC since its inception. She is an expert on medical fee schedule issues and the last 10 years of her medical career has focused on occupational medicine and the California workers' compensation system." McKenzie fills the position of Dr. Allen MacKenzie, who retired as IMC executive medical director in early April. |
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