A Board-Certified Occupational Medicine physician focuses both on orthopedic spinal related injury, and other aspects of disability, work tasks, activities of daily living and transferrable skills. An occupational physician is trained specifically to deal with matters as related to functional ability. As an Occupational Medicine specialist with a MBA degree from Case Western University and MHA training at the University of Washington, Dr. Trangle is qualified to opine on current and future functional capability, economic damages, Life Care projected needs and associated costs, and return to work and accommodation needs as they pertain to the FELA arena of railroads.