GarsonMarkCarusoMDMPH

Occupational Medicine • Mechanicsburg, PA

Workers’ Compensation and Disability Case Review, Consultation, and Medical Direction; Life Expectancy Determination and Other Medicolegal Litigation Support; Physician Case Management; On-Site Medical Clinical Supervision; Medical Review Officer

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Office
647 E Siddonsburg Rd
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Phone+1 717-691-5409

Summary

I’m a board certified occupational physician in private consulting practice with extensive clinical and administrative experience in emergency and occupational medicine, including industrial illness and injury care; medical direction; life expectancy determination and other medicolegal litigation support; case review, analysis, and management; impairment determination and disability rating; and Medical Review Officer functions.

My primary professional interests are life expectancy determination and worker disability prevention and management, with a particular focus on the psychosocial aspects of occupational medicine and workers compensation, and prevention or minimization of unnecessary work disability.

Education & Training

University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2004 - 2005
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMPH, Public Health, 2001 - 2004
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMPH, Health Finance and Management, 2004
UPMC Medical Education/MercyResidency, Surgery, 1984 - 1986
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple UniversityClass of 1984
Washington and Jefferson CollegeBA, Psychology, With Honors, 1979

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2001 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2011 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2013 - 2026
FL State Medical License 2005 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2013 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1986 - 2024
LA State Medical License 2012 - 2020
American Board of Preventive Medicine Occupational Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Health Achievement in Occupational Medicine Award American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2010
First Scholar in Psychology Washington & Jefferson College, 1979

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Psychological Factors in Delayed and Failed Recovery and Unnecessary Disability Part II
Caruso GM, Kertay LP, AMA Guides Newsletter, 7/2019
Psychological Factors in Delayed and Failed Recovery and Unnecessary Disability Part I
Caruso GM, Kertay LP, AMA Guides Newsletter, 5/2019
Biopsychosocial considerations in unnecessary work disability.
Caruso GM., Psychol Inj Law., 6/2013
Book Review: Improving Organizational Interventions for Stress and Well-Being: Addressing Process and Context
Caruso GM, J Occup Environ Med, 1/1/2013
A clinical perspective on workplace depression: current and future directions
Caruso, GM, J Occup Environ Med, 4/1/2008
Introduction: the ACOEM depression in the workplace project
Caruso GM, Myette TL, J Occup Environ Med, 4/1/2008
Health care workers� crucial barriers
Green-McKenzie J, Caruso GM, Occup Health Saf, 1/1/2006
Chylothorax--a complication of subclavian vein catheterization
Ruggiero RP, Caruso GM, J Parenter Enteral Nutr, 1/1/1985
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Books/Book Chapters

ACOEM Practice Guidelines
Chapter: Workplace Mental Health - Depressive Disorders
Bruns, D, Warren P. (Panel Co-Chairs), Alleman T, Brady MM, Caruso GM, Couser GP, Grunert BK, Hoffman HE, Hyman MH, Kertay L, Mandel S, Sayeed Y, Steinberg JS.American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Elk Grove Village, IL2019
Handbook of Behavioral Health Disability Management
Chapter: Chapter 9: Behavioral Health and Occupational Medicine: Concepts
Page 201.0 - 236.0Caruso GMEditors: Warren PA.Springer Nature, Switzerland2018
Handbook of Behavioral Health Disability Management
Chapter: Chapter 10: Behavioral Health and Occupational Medicine: Practices
Page 237.0 - 264.0Caruso GMEditors: Warren PA.Springer Nature, Switzerland2018
ACOEM Practice Guidelines
Chapter: Workplace Mental Health - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
Bruns, D, Warren P. (Panel Co-Chairs), Alleman T, Brady MM, Caruso GM, Couser GP, Grunert BK, Hoffman HE, Hyman MH, Kertay L, Mandel S, Sayeed Y, Steinberg JS.American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Elk Grove Village, IL2018
Shared Decision Making: A Tool to Ensure Patient-Center Care (Case in Point Series)
Chapter: Chapter 4: Shared decision making in occupational medicine
Caruso GMEditors: Llewellyn A.Dorland Health (Access Intelligence), Rockville, MD2013
ACOEM Practice Guidelines
Chapter: Chapter 5: Cornerstones of Disability Prevention and Management
Caruso GM (Panel Chair), Barth RJ, Christian J, Goertz M, Letz G, Weiss MS. Warren PA (Co-Author). Kahn JP, Talmage JB (Panel Consultants). Harris JS (Committee Consul...Editors: Hegmann, KT, Hughes, MA, Biggs JJ..American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Elk Grove Village, ILEdition 3,2011
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine's Occupational Medicine Practice Guidelines
Chapter: Chapter 14: Hip and Groin Disorders
Green-McKenzie J and Jacobs JJ (Panel Co-Chairs), Caruso GM, Holmes EB, Jones AL, Kaufman LR, MacDonald CW, McCarthy JC, McGrory BJ, Safran M, Stark, J, Wood EMEditors: Hegmann, KT, Hughes, MA, Biggs JJ.ACOEM, Elk Grove Village, ILEdition 3rd,2011
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Abstracts/Posters

Psychological Aspects of Delayed and Failed Recovery and Unnecessary Disability
Caruso G, SEAK National Workers Compensation Conference, American Occupational Health Conference (ACOEM), Pennsylvania Occupational and Environmental Medicine Medical Society (POEMS) Webinar, IAIME National Scientific Session, Hyannis, MA, 2017; New Orleans, LA, 2018; Tucson, AZ, 2019, 1/1/2019
Medically Unexplained Symptoms and Heartsink Patients
Caruso G, American Occupational Health Conference (ACOEM), Chicago, IL, 1/1/2016
Strategic Approaches to Occupational Medicine
Caruso G, Johns Hopkins/PepsiCo Health and Wellness Summit, Baltimore, MD, 1/1/2012
Work Disability Prevention and Management
Caruso G, Florida Workers� Compensation Institute (FWCI) Conference, American Occupational Health Conference (ACOEM), Orlando, FL, 2011; Los Angeles, CA, 2012, 1/1/2012
Depression in the Workplace
Caruso G, American Occupational Health Conference (ACOEM), New Orleans, LA, 2007; New York, NY, 2008, 1/1/2008
Emergency Responder Health and Safety
Caruso G, ACOEM State of the Art Conference (SOTAC), New York, NY, 1/1/2006
Worker Fitness for Physically Stressful Duties
Caruso G, American Occupational Health Conference (ACOEM), Los Angeles, CA, 1/1/2006
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Other

Parkinson's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis
US FMCSA (DOT) Medical Expert Panel on CMV Driver Safety
Washington, DC - 2009
Psychiatric Disorders
US FMCSA (DOT) Medical Expert Panel on CMV Driver Safety
Washington, DC - 2009
Special Issue: Depression in the Workplace. Journal of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Caruso GM, Myette TL (Guest Eds.)
4/1/2008
ACOEM Position Statement: Depression in the Working Population
Caruso GM, Myette TL, Stave G, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1/1/2008
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Professional Memberships

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine - ACOEM
Fellow
American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians - AADEP
Fellow