Joseph P Tobin, MD, F.A.A.O.S. Independent Medical Examiner
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Other Locations: Savannah and Pooler, Georgia

Specialty 1: Orthopedic Surgery

Specialty 2: Orthopedics

Keywords/Search Terms: General Orthopaedics with special interest in sports Medicine, hip and knee replacements and arthroscopic surgery, shoulder surgery, hand surgery, elbow surgery, ankles surgery, fractures, injuries to bones, muscles or joints. Neck and back pain.

Medical School: Georgetown University

License(s): SC, GA

Years in Practice: 19

Experience:
  • 17 years performing IMEs
  • 675 IMEs performed
  • Deposed/Testified 250 times

Additional Information

Active Board Certified orthopaedic surgeon currently treating both surgical and non-surgical patients. Surgeon is fluent in Spanish and has over 17 years of experience in IMEs and Impairment Ratings and depositions. Performs IMEs for the Federal Government, Workers' Comp insurance companies, private law firms and others. Expertise in the AMA impairment guidelines for impairment ratings. Offices in Pooler, Georgia (near Savannah) and Hilton Head, S.C.. Experienced as Referee IME physician as well. Credentialed and active surgical staff privileges at three hospitals: St. Joseph/Candler Hospital (Savannah, GA), Hilton Head Hospital (South Carolina), and the Outpatient Surgery Center of Hilton Head (Surgical Center). Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and fellowship trained in hip and knee replacement surgery. Graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed his Orthopaedic Surgery Residency at Loyola University. My staff is ready to efficiently handle IME requests and appointments with a quick turnaround time. Will see patients in either Hilton Head, South Carolina or Pooler, Georgia office. Staff and surgeon are fluent in Spanish.