Dr. Shaffer provides a range of services with emphasis in the medical-legal and workers’ compensation areas. Evaluations offered include:

• Agreed Medical Evaluations
• Independent Medical Evaluations
• Qualified Medical Evaluations (Applicant, Defense and Panel)
• Medical 4050 consultations
• Neuropsychological Evaluations
• Pre-surgical Risk Assessment/Screening Examinations
• Personal Injury/Expert Witness Testimony
• Sports Psychology Consultations

Please contact our San Francisco office at 1-888-847-4837 or 415-543-3283 to schedule at any of our locations. Availability is usually within 1-3 months for medical-legal evaluations. If you have specific needs for an appointment within a specific period, please let us know as every effort to accommodate you will be made. Urgent requests are honored whenever possible.

If you wish to fax (415-543-3741) or email your request, please use APPT SCHEDULING in your subject line and include the following available and/or applicable information (responses usually within 24 hours):

Claimant/Patient information

• Name
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Mailing Address
• Email address
• Phone number (if available)
• Interpreter requirements, if any
• Social security number
• Date(s) of Injury/Accident
• Claim Number(s)
• WCAB(s) if any
• Employer Name
• Job Title
• Office Location requested
• Type of evaluation (AME, Presurgical Risk, etc.)
• Any special needs/requirements (ie., must have later appt., wheelchair, etc.)
• Body sites involved (other than “psyche”) and reason for evaluation

Defense and Applicant Attorney information (where applicable

• Attorney name
• Firm name
• Mailing address
• Email address or website URL
• Phone number
• Fax number

Insurance carrier/Self-insured Employer information

• Adjuster name
• Adjuster email address
• Nurse Case Manager name, if any
• Mailing address for adjuster/nurse case manager
• Billing address, if different
• Phone number for adjuster/nurse case manager
• Fax number for adjuster/nurse case manager

Primary Treating or Referring Physician Information

• Physician Name
• Mailing address
• Email address
• Phone number
• Fax number