Author: Michael ShahnasarianPublisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781614387374
Category : Damages
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
After completing bachelor's degree requirements in psychology at Indiana University, Dr. Shahnasarian earned a master's degree n clinical psychology at Texas A & M University and a doctorate in counseling psychology at Florida State University. He completed his residency, concentrating in rehabilitation psychology, at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A licensed psychologist, Dr. Shahnasarian is also board certified as a rehabilitation counselor, vocational evaluator, career counselor, and life care planner. He founded Career Consultants of America, Inc., in 1986, and has continued to serve as its president to date. In addition to his expert witness practice, Dr. Shahnasarian has rendered consulting services to global manufacturing, financial service, business consulting, and healthcare organizations. Part of his practice is hospital-based, and he regularly makes rounds to provide bedside rehabilitation psychology services to catastrophically disabled and end-stage patients. The author of eleven books and seventy articles, book chapters, and monographs, Dr. Shahnasarian also developed a standardized test, the Earning Capacity Assessment Form, vocational experts worldwide have been using since 2001. This instrument is the only standardized, peer-reviewed measure of claims of loss of earning capacity. Leadership in professional organizations - including service as chairman of the board of trustees of a large chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in Florida, and president of the National Career Development Association - has also been a feature of Dr. Shahnasarian's professional service. Two organizations (the International Academy of Life Care planners and the National Career Development Association) recognized Dr. Shahnasarian with Fellow status. Other professional-recognition he received includes Outstanding Practitioner of the Year awards from both the American Rehabilitation Counselor Associate and the National Career Development Association, and a national research award by the National Rehabilitation Association. He was selected as a "Healthcare Hero" in this community (Tampa, Florida) in 2009. Book jacket.