Douglas W. Bowerman, MD FACP SFHM FAIHQ FABQAURP CHCQM
Medical records and related documents
● Choose whichever format is easiest for you: I accept single-sided paper copies, CDs, flash drives, or electronic copies via e-mail such as ‘hightail’ or ‘dropbox’
● It is helpful to provide the dates of admissions if the case involves more than one, and to separate the records for each admission, but please do not feel obligated to prepare a case summary or organize the chart in any particular way
● I will always review the original deposition transcripts, so there is no need to prepare a summary
● Please send all the available records pertaining to the case. I hesitate to give case assessments based on only a portion of the records
● Please send all correspondence to my home address listed on my CV.
●Signature for receipt of records upon delivery is not necessary
The assignment- please specify the following:
● Whether I am expected to assess standard of care, causation, damages, etc.
● Which particular provider(s) or facility are you expecting me to assess
● Are there any particular issues I should address, or any that you specifically do not want me to address
● Are there any specific questions you would like answered
Communication- please specify the following :
● Whether e-mails are discoverable in your state
● Whether drafts of written reports are discoverable in your state
What you can expect from me:
● Thorough, thoughtful, informative, detailed, and understandable reviews
● Prompt and reliable communication: e-mails and voice messages will almost always be returned within a few hours, and certainly by the following morning. If I do not respond, it means that I did not get the message, so please try again
● I usually review a case and prepare a verbal presentation of my opinions within two weeks of receipt of the records. If there is a time constraint from your end, such as nearing the statute of limitations, please alert me to this, and I should be able to accommodate you
● Fair and honest billing practices
My experience:
● I review about 50 cases per year, which comprises about 20% of my professional time. My full-time clinical practice accounts for the other 80%.
● About 80% of my cases are for plaintiff attorneys, 20% for the defense.
● For plaintiff cases, I find a deviation from the standard of care in about 50% of cases, and of those cases, I find that causation can be established about 50% of the time. Therefore, on average, I can support approximately 25% of cases that I review. For defense cases, I am able to offer support in approximately 75% of cases.
● I have reviewed about 600 cases in my career, I have been deposed approximately 20 times, and testified in court approximately 10 times.
Douglas W. Bowerman MD - Unique Qualifications:
Board Certifications & Fellowships
Board Certified in Internal Medicine with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine
Board Certified in Quality Assurance and Utilization Review
Fellow of the American College of Physicians
Senior Fellow of the Society of Hospital Medicine
Fellow of the American Institute of Healthcare Quality
Fellow of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review
è The only physician in the country possessing all 6 distinctions
Clinical and Administrative Leadership
Served as the Hospitalist Director for a hospital – 2 years
Served as the Hospitalist Director for a private management group – 4 years
Served as a Staff Hospitalist for both a hospital and a private group – 2 years
Served as Chief of the Department of Medicine, Medical Director of the ICU,
and Chairman of the Critical Care Committee – 8 years
Clinical Practice Settings
Urban Academic Tertiary Care Hospital – 3 years
Urban Veterans Administration Hospital – 3 years
Suburban Community Hospital – 12 years
Rural Community Hospitals – 5 years
Rural Veterans Administration Hospital – 2 years
Records can be sent to my home address, or e-mail:
5560 Wells Curtice Rd.
Canandaigua, NY 14424
(585) 202-8239 (cell)
[updated 1/22/18]