About the Canadian Society of
Chiropractic Evaluators (CSCE)

CSCE PRESIDENT’S REPORT

This past year has been one of great challenges and opportunities for the Canadian Society of Chiropractic Evaluators. Since assuming the Presidency this year, myself and the rest of your Board have been actively establishing priorities for the organization, through concrete actions to promote the expertise of our membership to third parties, and to continue with our mandate to provide a roster of qualified chiropractic specialists as                                                                               independent experts.

The actions that we have taken this past year have included an updated branding of CSCE. Working with an expert design team, this has included a new logo, as well as new edition of the desktop reference manual, and CSCE website. I would like to thank those members who have contributed to the success of these endeavors.

CSCE has published two papers that have been widely distributed to insurers, the legal community, government and regulators. The first one is a background paper on the auto insurance system in Ontario. The second paper is a position statement on the qualifications of expert assessors. Both of these documents can be downloaded from the CSCE website (www.thecsce.ca). I would like to thank Dr. Carlan Stants for his significant contributions in the development of these documents. Moving forwards, we are intending to develop further position papers on issues that matter to CSCE members and third parties. We have also published a current edition of the CSCE newsletter “The Evaluator” which is also available on the website.

Subsequent to new auto insurance regulations implemented last year, as well as reports by an expert panel on Catastrophic Impairment, we have met with political and regulatory officials. In June 2011 Dr. Stants and myself met with the Ontario Opposition Finance Critic, on these issues. Our concerns and input for policy development was well received. In August 2011 I along with Drs. Crawford and Guerriero met with the President of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, as well as the head of the accident benefits unit. This meeting was to primarily discuss issues related to the Catastrophic Expert Panel reports, and some concerns that CSCE raised with respect to the role that chiropractic experts can play.

The new edition of the CSCE desktop reference manual is in its final stage of development. Once complete an electronic version will be available on the CSCE website, and as well hard copies will be printed for wide distribution. All CSCE members are reminded to review their contact information on the CSCE website to ensure that it is up-to-date.

CSCE is working with the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) to maintain and develop continuing education programs for our current and potential members, and those working within a multidisciplinary setting.

We are also in the process of establishing a new mailing address for CSCE, as North York Rehabilitation will no longer be the locale for our offices. I would like to thank Dr. Guerriero and Daniella Guerriero at NYRC for their significant contributions to CSCE over the years.

The financial health of CSCE remains solid, with a strong cash position for eventualities and strategies that we may wish to pursue. The goals of CSCE over the short term include completing the re-branding process, as well as continuing to advocate for the expertise of our membership. Over the longer term, we continue to strive to advocate for increased utilization of chiropractic experts in all jurisdictions across Canada. The endeavors that we have taken over the past year and previous will assist in this regard. While the future presents us with challenges for greater involvement in independent assessments; we are also uniquely positioned to provide expert opinions on matters that are of concern to those patients whose health, disability status, and treatment needs we are entrusted to provide an expert
opinion upon.

I would like to conclude by thanking the CSCE Board for their ongoing active participation in the success of CSCE. I would also like to encourage all CSCE members to actively participate in the success of CSCE by serving on committees and other active processes.

Sincerely,

Dr. David Dos Santos, B.Sc.,D.C.,FCCRS(C),FCCO(C)
Chiropractic Specialist – Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
President, CSCE