The American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc.

1. The American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc. ABLM

2. ABOUT ABLM • ABLM is a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1951 in the state of Delaware. • In 1980, the American Board of Law in Medicine, Inc. also was incorporated in the state of Delaware.

3. ABOUT ABLM • In 1987, the two entities merged in order to facilitate the recognition of Legal Medicine as a specialty. • Presently, the surviving entity is the American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc.

4. The American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc. (ABLM): • Develops, promotes and publishes the specific criteria required for the admission of candidates for examination in Legal Medicine.

5. The American Board of Legal Medicine, Inc. (ABLM): 2. Examines candidates and certifies as Diplomates in Legal Medicine those who successfully meet all the requirements.

6. ABLM Chairmen since 1980 • Edgar Reed, MD, JD 1980-1984 • Lee Goldsmith, MD, JD 1984-1986 • Cyril Wecht, MD, JD 1986-1996 • Allan Gibofsky, MD, JD 1996-2003 • Sal Fiscina, MD, JD 2003-2007 • S. Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD 2007-

7. Current ABLM Officers • S. Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD, FCLM, Chairman, ABLM • Matthias I. Okoye, MD, JD, FCLM, Secretary, ABLM • Peter H. Rheinstein, MD, JD, MS, FCLM, FAAFP, Treasurer, ABLM

8. ABLM Trustees • Marvin H. Firestone, MD, JD, FCLM • Weldon E. Havins, MD, JD, FCLM • Curtis E. Harris, MD, JD, FCLM • John K. Hall, MD, JD, MBA, FCLM • Don Harper Mills, MD, JD, FCLM, • Daniel L. Orr, II, DDS, MD, PhD, JD, FCLM • Michael M. Raskin, MD,JD, MS, MPH, MA, FCLM • Cyril H. Wecht, MD, JD, FCLM • Richard Wilbur, M.D., JD, FCLM • Ex-Officio: Melvin Shiffman, MD, JD, FCLM

9. ABLM Website www.ablminc.org • ABLM By-Laws • Eligibility for Examination • General Requirements • Degrees, Licenses & Registration • Application for Examination – Exam will be Online July 2010. Please Apply Now for Board Certification.

10. Definition of ABLM Diplomate • ABLM Diplomate is a licensed physician/attorney who holds a certificate from the American Board of Legal Medicine, attesting to satisfactory evidence of special training and competence, demonstrated by successfully completing a Board Certification examination in Legal Medicine.

11. ABLM Diplomate is a “Hybrid” • ABLM Diplomate is “NOT” merely a Physician or an Attorney. He/She is a Physician-Attorney. • ABLM has the very highest competency standard in the U.S. • ABLM requires a second Doctorate degree (JD) to qualify

12. ABLM Diplomate is a “Hybrid” • ABLM standard surpasses ALL other nationally recognized certifying organizations: • ABMS • AOA Specialty Boards • ABPS

13. ABLM Board Certified Specialist • Virtually all Dual-Degreed MD’s & DO’s acquire Residency training in a medical specialty or subspecialty • The ABLM regards the additional 2-3 years of education in an Accredited University School of Law as the “Equivalent of Fellowship” in a medical specialty.

14. ABLM Board Certified Specialist • May an ABLM Diplomate claim that he/she is a “Board Certified” Legal Medicine Specialist? • By Statute or Regulation, most States, including Oklahoma, do not allow physicians to publicly claim to be “Board Certified”, unless the Specialty is recognized, or equivalent, to an ABMS.

15. ABLM: Holds Highest Standard • Because the ABLM requires physicians to have a second doctoral degree (JD), its standard is not only equivalent to, but in fact EXCEEDS the ABMS Standard. • No State Medical Licensing Board has prohibited the “HYBRID” ABLM Physician-Attorney Diplomates from claiming they are “Board Certified” Legal Medicine Specialists.

16. 2009: Ruling by the OSBMLS • The ABLM is NOT recognized as an ABMS Specialty, which requires only an MD degree, and NOT Dual Degrees. • In 2009, in a historic U.S. case of first impression by a State licensing Board, Sanbar, as required by Rule, petitioned the OSBMLS to permit him to publicly use the words, “Board Certified” by the ABLM.

17. UNIQUE Ruling by OSBMLS • Upon Review & Consideration of the Sanbar Case in Executive session, the OSBMLS ruled that: • “Physician-Attorneys” DO NOT fall under the Rule, which applies to MD “Physicians.” • The Board has NO Jurisdiction over “Physician-Attorneys” (HYBRID); • Therefore, Sanbar may claim that he is “Board Certified” by the ABLM.

18. ABLM Goals: 2007-2010 • Model Curriculum for Legal Medicine; • Board Review Courses, Seminars & Mock Trials; • E-Book: LEGAL MEDICINE & MEDICAL ETHICS, 8th Edition, 2010; • ABLM e-Journal (JABLM) at ABLM Website www.ablminc.org;

19. JOINT PROGRAMS with: • American College of Legal Medicine • State and National Organizations • Medical Organizations: State & County, & National • Liability Insurance Companies • Pharmaceutical Companies, etc….

20. 2007-2008 ABLM Seminars • 2007 Board Review Course - ACLM Meeting • 2007 - A DAY WITH THE JUDGES Seminar – Sponsors OSMA, PLICO & Integris Health, Inc. • 2008 - A DAY WITH THE JUDGES Seminar – Sponsors OSMA, PLICO & Francis Hospital, Tulsa • Four Medical-Legal Cruise Seminars

21. 2009 – ABLM Seminars/Courses • Mock Trial: ACLM Meeting, Las Vegas • Mock Trial –Sponsors: OSMA & PLICO • A DAY WITH THE JUDGES – Sponsors: OSMA, PLICO, & Integris • Medical Legal Cruise Seminars – • Caribbean Cruise in January, and • Alaska Cruise in August • CSI Seminar: Nebraska Institute of Forensic Sciences, Kearney, NE

22. ABLM Seminars in 2010 www.ablminc.org