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New Evidence in Low-Speed Crash Litigation: Biomechanics, Crash Reconstruction, and Causation

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Dr. Michael D. Freeman
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Handouts

Diagnostic Accuracy of Videofluoroscopy for Symptomatic Cervical Spine Injury Following Whiplash Trauma (903.1 KB) 12 Pages Available after Purchase
Estimating the number of traffic crash-related cervical spine injuries in the United States (183.7 KB) 7 Pages Available after Purchase
A Practicable and Systematic Approach to Medicolegal Causation (152.4 KB) 3 Pages Available after Purchase
Is Acceleration a Valid Proxy for Injury Risk in Minimal Damage Traffic Crashes? A Comparative Review of Volunteer, ADL and Real-World Studies (2.5 MB) 18 Pages Available after Purchase
Exposure to a Motor Vehicle Collision and the Risk of Future Neck Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2019) (398.3 KB) 12 Pages Available after Purchase
Exposure to a motor vehicle collision and the risk of future back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020) (594.6 KB) 11 Pages Available after Purchase
2100505 Agenda (1022.9 KB) Download
(1999). A Review and Methodologic Critique of the Literature Refuting Whiplash Syndrome (1 MB) Available after Purchase

Faculty

Dr. Michael D. Freeman's Profile

Dr. Michael D. Freeman Related Seminars and Products

Consultant in Forensic Medicine and Epidemiology

Forensic Research & Analysis

Dr. Michael Freeman is a consultant in forensic medicine, and as such is a member of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine (FFLM) of the Royal College of Physicians in the United Kingdom. He has provided expert testimony more than 1,200 times in a wide variety of civil and criminal cases, including injury and death litigation, automotive and other product liability, toxic tort litigation, life expectancy, and medical negligence cases, as well as in homicide, assault, and other criminal matters.

Dr. Freeman has published around 220 scientific papers, books, and book chapters, primarily focusing on issues relating to forensic applications of epidemiology and general and specific causation. Research and publication topics include traffic crash-related injury and death, injury biomechanics and injury causation, genocide, cancer epidemiology, chronic pain mechanisms, and adult autologous stem cell therapy, among others. Dr. Freeman is the co-editor and co-author of the authoritative text on forensic applications of epidemiology; Forensic Epidemiology: Principles and Practice, published in 2016.

His published 3-step approach has been adopted by U.S. courts as a generally accepted injury causation methodology, as described in the 2016 10th circuit US DCA Etherton decision.

Dr. Freeman is a tenured associate professor of forensic medicine and epidemiology at Maastricht University Medical Center and a joint clinical professor of psychiatry and public health and preventative medicine at Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. Dr. Freeman is a past Fulbright Fellow with the U.S. Department of State in the area of forensic medicine, and holds a diploma of legal medicine with the FFLM in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Freeman holds 6 university degrees, including a doctor of medicine degree from Umeå University in Sweden, a Ph.D. and master’s in public health in epidemiology from Oregon State University, and a master’s of forensic medical sciences with the Academy for Forensic Medical Sciences in the UK, among others. He has completed a 2-year fellowship in forensic pathology through Umeå University and the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner.

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