MEDICAL SEMINAR
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Seminar Schedule
Sunday, February 20, 2022
10:30 am - 5:30 pm Registration & Vaccine Check
10:30 am - 5:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Exhibitors' Brunch
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Opening Remarks and Welcome
Grady L. Beard, Esq., President, SCWCEA
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, Columbia, SC
12:30 pm – 1:00 pm Inspiration Award
T. Scott Beck, Esq., Chairman, SC Workers' Compensation Commission, Columbia, SC
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Surgical Restoration
Michael S. Green, MD, Midlands Orthopaedic & Neurosurgical Associates
Columbia, SC
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Networking Break with Exhibitors
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Reconstruction
Krishna G. Patel, MD, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC (invited)
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm The Psychological Impacts of Injuries
Nicholas A. Lind, Ph.D., Post Trauma Resources, Columbia, SC
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Exhibitors' Reception / Evening Open
Monday, February 21, 2022
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am – 11:00 am Registration & Vaccine Check
9:00 am – 2:30 pm Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 am – 10:00 am Return to Work : Business Models to Replicate
Moderator: Stephanie Pugh, Esq., McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, Greenville, SC
David Benenhaley, Santee Cooper, Moncks Corner, SC
Andrew Walker, BMW Manufacturing Co., Inc., Greer, SC
Tim Wallace, A.O. Smith Water Products, Co., McBee, SC
10:00 am – 11:00 am A Team Approach to Handling Catastrophic Claims
Moderator: Jeff Jones, Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, PA, Greenville, SC
Traci Brunson, SC State Accident Fund, Lexington, SC
Jonathan Duarte, Planned Administrators, Inc., (PAI), Columbia, SC
Colleen Motley, SC Association of Counties, Columbia, SC
11:00 am – 11:15 am Networking Break
11:15 am – 12:15 pm Case Management and Life Care Planning
Moderator: Jim Lichty, Esq., McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, Columbia, SC
Lisa Carrigan, GENEX, LLC, Charlotte, NC
Roxanne Weldon, Weldon & Associates, Greenville, SC
Steve Yuhas, M.Ed., SY Consulting, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, SC
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm – 2:15 pm Catastrophic Injury Law: What it is and How it Works
Moderator: Michael Swindell, Esq., Harris & Graves, PA., Greenville, SC
Roy Howell, Esq., Trask & Howell, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC
Will Littlejohn, Esq., Holder Padgett Littlejohn + Prickett, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC
Danny Vega, Esq., Chappell Smith & Arden, PA, Columbia, SC
Derrick Williams, Esq., Mickle & Bass, LLC, Columbia, SC
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Networking Break
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm Best & Worst Practices
Moderator: Nick Haigler, Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, Columbia, SC
Commissioners from the SC Workers' Compensation Commission, Columbia, SC
3:30 pm Closing Remarks & Adjournment
Grady L. Beard, Esq., President, SCWCEA
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, Columbia, SC