Thad Stanford - IME physician for the State of Alaska

The following documents are public information and were obtained from the internet.

The first series of documents show that Dr. Stanford was fined and had action taken against him by the State of Alaska for his lapse in licensure. The print is very small but it can be read if you double click on each document. I attempted to find a current copy, one more easily read, but found no record of Dr. Stanford's disciplinary action. The posted documents included here stand on their own merits as posted by the State of Alaska on their web page.

The two AWCB documents are copies of Decision and Orders provided by the worker's compensation board. These decisions apparently used reports provided by Dr. Stanford. In the very small print it can be seen that these two cases involving Dr. Stanford, were performed while he had a lapsed medical license. Please note other names on these documents, to include Constance Livsey and Fred Brown. Constance Livsey was, at the time, a member of the State Medical Board and is an insurance attorney who utilizes the services of the insurance doctors hired by the state of Alaska as well as private adjusters within the state. Fred Brown is a hearing officer who assists in the selection of these doctors, hears the cases and then takes part in the decision making. He decides who to find in favor of, the claimant's physician or the ones selected by himself and the board and/or others retained by insurance adjusters. Both of these high powered officials, as seen in just these two reports, used reports that were provided by a physician with a lapsed medical license.

Can any of you imagine what would have happened to any injured worker who tried to use a report written by a physician without a current medical license? It is imperative that you check out any and every physician hired by the insurance adjuster(s) involved in your case.