International Academy of Independent Medical Evaluators (IAIME)
East Dundee, Illinois, United States of America
In 1986, the Founding members of the IAIME dreamed of creating a medical organization that would teach the unique skills and techniques required to perform special medical evaluations and assessments on certain types of patients. Today, IAIME is the premier organization that produces educational courses and products on such issues as the proper techniques to perform impairment ratings based on the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, treatment of industrial related conditions, prevention of the disastrous disability cascade, surgical treatment of back pain, the science of bone and soft tissue healing, and the proper methods to perform return to work evaluations that place the injured person in a physical demand Category of work, based on the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT).
IAIME Vision Statement:
To be the premiere society for the prevention and management of disability.
IAIME Mission Statement:
The mission of the International Academy of Independent Medical Evaluators is to advance the science, prevention, evaluation, and management of disability.