This Physician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers is the product of a cooperative agreement between the American Medical Association (AMA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Claire C. Wang, MD
Catherine J. Kosinski, MSW
Joanne G. Schwartzberg, MD
Anne V. Shanklin, MA
Elvia Chavarria, MPH
Arthur B. Elster, MD
Valerie M. Foster
Eugenia Heidbreder, JD
Laurie Liska
Jim Lyznicki, MS, MPH
Karine Morin, LLM Rosary Payne, JD
Chapter 9 of this guide was adapted from the June 2000 Preliminary Guidelines for Physicians, set forth in Appendix A to Dobbs BM. Medical Conditions and Driving: A Review of the Scientific Literature. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 2003. The review and guidelines were developed by the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine in cooperation with NHTSA.
Wang CC, Kosinski CJ, Schwartzberg JG, Shanklin AV. Physician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers. Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 2003.
This guide benefited significantly from the expertise of the following individuals who served as advisors and reviewers in this project:
Sharon Allison-Ottey, MD
National Medical Association
Joseph D. Bloom, MD
American Psychiatric Association
Audrey Rhodes Boyd, MD
American Academy of Family Physicians
David B. Carr, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
Bonnie M. Dobbs, PhD
University of Alberta
Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
John Eberhard, PhD
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Laurie Flaherty, RN, MS
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Arthur M. Gershkoff, MD
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Brian Greenberg, MEd
American Association of Retired Persons
Lynne M. Kirk, MD, FACP
American College of Physicians
Marian C. Limacher, MD, FACC, FSGC
American College of Cardiology
Society of Geriatric Cardiology
Richard Marottoli, MD, MPH
American Geriatrics Society
Lylas G. Mogk, MD
American Academy of Ophthalmology
John C. Morris, MD
American Academy of Neurology Alzheimer’s Association
James O’Hanlon, PhD
Tri-Counties Regional Center
Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Robert Raleigh, MD
Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration
William Roccaforte, MD
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Jose R. Santana Jr., MD, MPH
National Hispanic Medical Association
Melvyn L. Sterling, MD, FACP
Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association
Jane Stutts, PhD
University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center
Geri Adler, MSW, PhD
Minneapolis Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center
Reva Adler, MD, MPH, FRCPC
American Geriatrics Society
Elizabeth Alicandri
Federal Highway Administration
Paul J. Andreason, MD
Food and Drug Administration
Mike Bailey
Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
Robin Barr, PhD
National Institute on Aging
Donald R. Bennett, MD, PhD
Division of Drugs & Toxicology, American Medical Association
Arlene Bierman, MD, MS
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Carol Bodenheimer, MD
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Jennifer M. Bottomley, PhD2, MS, PT
American Physical Therapy Association
Thomas A. Cavalieri, DO
American Osteopathic Association
Lori Cohen
American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators
Joseph Coughlin, PhD
Gerontological Society of America
T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, PhD, MPH
AAA
Barbara Du Bois, PhD
National Resources Center on Aging and Injury
Leonard Evans, DPhil
Science Serving Society
Connie Evaschwick, ScD, FACHE
American Public Health Association
Jeff Finn, MA
American Occupational Therapy Association
Jaime Fitten, MD
UCLA School of Medicine
Marshall Flax, MA
Association for the Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Linda Ford, MD
Nebraska Medical Association
Barbara Freund, PhD
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Mitchell Garber, MD, MPH, MSME
National Transportation Safety Board
Andrea Gilbert, COTA/L
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Claudia Grimm, MSW
Oregon Department of Transportation
Joan Harris, MPA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Kent Higgins, PhD
Lighthouse International
Linda Hunt, PhD, OTR/L
Maryville University
Mary Janke, PhD
Research and Development at California Department of Motor Vehicles
Gary Kay, PhD
Washington Neuropsychological Institute
Shara Lynn Kelsey, MA
Research and Development at California Department of Motor Vehicles
Susan M. Kirinich
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Donald Kline, PhD
University of Calgary
Philip LePore, MS
New York State Office for the Aging
Sandra Lesikar, PhD
US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
William Mann, OTR, PhD
University of Florida
Dennis McCarthy, MEd, OTR/L
University of Florida
Gerald McGwin, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michael Mello, MD, FACEP
American College of Emergency Physicians
Barbara Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Alison Moore, MD, MPH
American Public Health Association David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California
Anne Long Morris, EdD, OTR/L
American Society on Aging
Germaine Odenheimer, MD
Center for Assessment and Rehabilitation of Elderly Drivers
Eli Peli, MSc, OD
Schepens Eye Research Institute
Alice Pomidor, MD, MPH
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
George Rebok, MA, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Selma Sauls
Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Susan Samson
Area Agency on Aging
Steven Schachter, MD
Epilepsy Foundation
Frank Schieber, PhD
University of South Dakota
Freddi Segal-Gidan, PA, PhD
American Geriatrics Society
Melvin Shipp, OD, MPH, DrPh
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Richard Sims, MD
American Geriatrics Society
Kristen Snyder, MD
Oregon Health & Science University, School of Medicine
Susan Standfast, MD, MPH
American College of Preventive Medicine
Holly Stanley, MD
American Geriatrics Society
Loren Staplin, PhD
TransAnalytics, LLC Texas Transportation Institute
Wendy Stav, PhD, OTR, CDRS
American Occupational Therapy Association Cleveland State University
Donna Stressel, OTR, CDRS
Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists
Cathi A. Thomas, RN, MS
Boston University Medical Center American Parkinson Disease Association
John Tongue, MD
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery
Patricia Waller, PhD
University of Michigan
Lisa Yagoda, MSW, ACSW
National Association of Social Workers
Patti Yanochko, MPH
San Diego State University
Richard Zorowitz, MD
National Stroke Association
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