Publications

• Pain and Opioid Addiction: What is the Connection?
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Pain. An Evidence-Based Review
• CRPS Review Book Chapter
• Chronic Pain in Torture Victims
• CRPS Book Chapter: All I had was a knee bursectomy; Now do I have RSD / CRPS?
• Scientific Contributions: Research Gate Link

CRPS Thought Leader and Expert Witness (MD, JD)

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

Dr. Adam J Carinci MD, JD, MBA is a nationally recognized CRPS thought leader and leading CRPS expert witness with over a fifteen years of pain medicine experience. With his dual training as both a physician and a lawyer Dr. Carinci is a sought-after expert witness in medico-legal matters on a national stage where he combines distinct acumen and expertise at the intersection of medicine and law. He is double-board certified in both Anesthesiology and in Pain Medicine and maintains an active, full time medical practice. Dr. Carinci is Chief of Pain Management and Director of the Interventional Spine and Pain Treatment Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center and an Associate Professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Prior to his current position, Dr. Carinci was the Director of the Pain Medicine Center at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Instructor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Carinci trained at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School and obtained his JD/MBA from Louisiana State University - Novus Law School. He has been involved in over 100 cases as an expert witness for both plaintiff (35%) and defense (65%). He has qualified as an expert witness in both state and federal court. He has authored over 75 expert reports, and has offered testimony under oath at both depositions and trials nationwide. Dr. Carinci's forensic experience includes all facets of pain medicine, medical malpractice and opioid litigation with a domain expertise concentrated on nerve injury, CRPS litigation, CRPS life care plan analysis, CRPS case review, standard of care evaluation, impact of CRPS on functional abilities and quality of life, differential diagnosis, exclusion of mimicking conditions and CRPS independent medical examinations. In his capacity as a forensic expert witness, Dr. Carinci prepares written reports, creates detailed visual aids to explain his expert opinion, provides case strategy, deposition preparation, and cross-examination insights and provides expert testimony under oath before the court using research and scientific literature combined with his personal education, training and experience. He provides articulate and accessible communication to juries and legal teams alike. Dr. Carinci has experience in high-profile CRPS cases involving prominent institutions and corporations. Dr. Carinci is certified by the ABIME and has performed over 500 IMEs for WC, personal injury, disability and MVA. He is an active member of the The American Academy of Pain Medicine, The American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The American College of Legal Medicine and the American Bar Association Health Law Section among others. He lectures nationally as an expert on CRPS, opioids and pain. He is a pain management consultant and content expert for several Federal Agencies including; CDC, HHS and USDVA. Expertise: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, Life Care Plan, Nerve Injury, Nerve Pain, Causalgia, CRPS Type II, CRPS Type I, Opioids, Neuropathic Pain, Spinal Cord Stimulation, Disability, IME, Independent Medical Examinations, Nerve Damage, Budapest Criteria.