Experts

Education:

Medical School: University of California, Davis.

Certifications:

Dr. Hunter is Certified in: 

1.      Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

2.      Electrodiagnostic Medicine, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine

3.      Forensic Medicine, American Board of Forensic Medicine

4.      Pain Management.  American Academy of Pain Management

5.      National Association of Disability Evaluating Professionals (NADEP)

6.      Quality Assurance/Utilization Review,  American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians

7.      Workers' Compensation Sub-Specialty Certification, American Board of Quality Assurance & Utilization Review Physicians

Licensure  

He has been in practice in Florida since 1987 and maintains an office in Ocala, Florida. He also has active licenses in Hawaii, and California. 

Appointments/Consultants:

FSPMR Representative, FMA Physicians' Advisory Committee to the Three Member Panel

Program Committee, Florida Workers' Compensation Institute, 56^th Annual Educational Conference

Consultant, Medical Advisory Board, The Medical Disability Advisor: Workplace Guidelines for Disability Duration, Fourth Edition
Editor: Presley Reed, MD

Oral Examiner, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN

Consultant:  Social Security Administration; Office of Hearings and Appeals        

Appointment, Six-Member Panel advising Division of Worker's Compensation, Florida Department of Labor & Employment Security

Membership:

Includes:
International Association for the Study of Pain
Marion County Medical Society
Florida Medical Association
American Medical Association
International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Southern Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
North American Spine Society

Volunteer Work:

He has volunteered in India on multiple occasions as well as the Khao I Dang Refugee Camp in Thailand.

He also volunteered for the Special Olympics and volunteered for the Medical Strike Team for the Marion County Medical Society for disaster preparedness.

Background:

In Hawaii, he was the medical director of brain injury and chronic pain programs.

He is past president of the Florida Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and a member of both the Florida Association of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Florida Academy of Pain Medicine. 

His special interests are in impairment and disability evaluation, occupational neuromusculoskeletal medicine, electrodiagnostic medicine, and brain injuries.  He has spoken extensively and internationally on these topics and has taught the 5 hour physician certification course for Florida workers' compensation providers.

He is on the staff at the University of Florida, Shands Hospital, Department of Orthopedics as well as six other hospitals in Gainesville and Ocala, Florida. He performs rounds treating and oversees care for catastrophic brain and spinal cord injuries at inpatient facilities.

His forensic experience has included expert testimony in several thousand workers compensation, personal injury cases and medical malpractice claims.  He also performs utilization review for Medicaid and is an Expert Medical Advisor for the State of Florida.

His practice involves diagnosing and treating various injuries and overseeing long term medical needs as well as rending opinions on future medical needs and life care plans.

Publications:

He has published a number of chapters and articles in state, national and international journals including

1.      International Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

2.      Chapters in online textbooks

3.      NeuroRehabilitation

Awards:

Physician of the Year, National Association of Rehabilitation Providers in the Private Sector,
Distinguished Physician Award, FMA,
Certificate of Recognition, State of Florida, Board of Medicine,
Department of Health, For participation in the
Special Expert Witness Program during the 1998-99 biennieum
Winner, Ocala's Top Doctors, Rehabilitative Medicine, published in GO Business

Speeches:

 He has given over 200 speeches nationally and internationally to such organizations as

1.      The North American Brain Injury Society

2.      Association of Administrative Law Judges

3.      Florida Academy of Pain Medicine

4.      Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers

5.      International Worker's Compensation College

6.      NADEP

7.      SEAK

8.      Florida State Rehabilitation Nurses

9.      Florida Worker's Advocates

10.  Florida Physical Therapy Association

11.  Florida Podiatric Medical Association

12.  The Florida Bar

13.  The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

14.  Florida Worker's Compensation Institute

15.  Florida Division of Worker's Compensation

16.  Alachua/Marion County Claims Association

17. International Rehabilitation Medicine Association