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Professionalism

We treat every client’s case with
the seriousness they deserve

Expertise

Our knowledgeable subject matter experts are second-to-none

Transparency

Always objective, we priority honest and open communication

MOST TRUSTED PROVIDER OF INDEPENDENT EXPERT ASSESSMENTS.

Synoptic is the largest, 100% solely owned and operated national provider of independent expert assessments and evaluations for the legal, insurance, employer and disability sectors across Canada.    

Relationships matter to us and we pride ourselves on customer service, our helpful nature, our expertise, our kindness, and our resourcefulness.   We know that experts are not a one size fits all approach and so we offer complimentary reviews of your matter to ensure the right expert is always assigned.  

Along with our hands on approach, the Synoptic team does more than facilitate expert opinions or medical evaluations.   We provide a wide range of services and resources to assist counsel, employers, adjudicators, and workers to move their matters forward through case law research, litigation strategy, risk mitigation and more.    

Synoptic Medical Assessments

Medical Assessment Services

Medical assessment services are a range of services that evaluate an individual’s physical and mental health to provide a diagnosis or to determine their fitness for a particular purpose. The specific assessments required will depend on the individual’s needs and the purpose of the assessment.

Medical Legal (Medicolegal) Assessments

Working with both plaintiff and defence counsel, our highly experienced assessors deliver transparent, evidence-based medical reports, opinions and evaluations to the courts, helping lawyers to better quantify the impact of their findings and determinations.

Insurance Medical
Assessments

Insurers require accurate, unbiased information to make best possible decisions. Our highly specialized roster of 1500+ regulated healthcare professionals helps insurers succeed by producing high-quality, evidence-based, credible reports, medical opinions, evaluations.

Pre-Employment Medical Assessments

Because employers have a vested interest in promoting employee health while also mitigating risk, they rely on us to help them determine their employees’ medical fitness, identify potential limitations, and evaluate medical needs so that work remains a safe and productive environment.

Medical Expertise That Exceeds Your Need

Industries we service:

Medico-Legal/Independent Medical Evaluation/ Independent Expert Opinion

Plaintiff and defence

Personal Injury, Insurance Defence, Historical and Sexual Abuse, Institutional Abuse/Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Social Host, Estate Litigation, Criminal and Family Law.

Disability Assessment

Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Return to Work, benefits

Employers and Unions

Fitness to Work Assessment

Psychological Evaluations

Functional Capacity Evaluations

Partnered with over 1,500 experts coast to coast across all disciplines

 

Our Team

We’re lucky to have such a great team at Synoptic Medical, all of whom bring something unique to the table for both clients and their colleagues. Our Directors are proud to lead such an impressive multidisciplinary team.

Dr. Manu Mehdiratta

Neurologist
He is currently a practicing on-call neurologist and sub-specialist at Trillium Health Partners and co-founded the Trillium Brain and Spine Clinic as well as iScope Concussion and Pain Clinics to better diagnose and treat stroke and traumatic brain injuries.

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Dr. Manu Mehdiratta

Neurologist
He is currently a practicing on-call neurologist and sub-specialist at Trillium Health Partners and co-founded the Trillium Brain and Spine Clinic as well as iScope Concussion and Pain Clinics to better diagnose and treat stroke and traumatic brain injuries.

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Dr. Manu Mehdiratta

Neurologist
He is currently a practicing on-call neurologist and sub-specialist at Trillium Health Partners and co-founded the Trillium Brain and Spine Clinic as well as iScope Concussion and Pain Clinics to better diagnose and treat stroke and traumatic brain injuries.

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Our Vision

Synoptic Medical Assessments is a leading medical assessment company that provides a wide range of services to the medical legal community across Canada. The Synoptic team has extensive experience in the medical legal industry and consists of insurance professionals, former paralegals and law clerks. We are dedicated to customer service and seek to ensure that our client’s expectations are consistently met particularly as it relates to connecting with appropriate assessors, booking and confirming appointments, assuring quality reports and managing the assessment process.

Our goal is to provide our clients with timely access to an extensive network of court certified experts that deliver unbiased, objective, evidence based, independent medical assessments to law firms, insurance companies, employers and other public health professionals. We also offer access to diagnostic services in the form of MRI and CT Scans, single-photon emission computer tomography (SPECT), quantitative electroencephalography (QEEG)testing, as well as functional capacity evaluations (FCE), and cost of future care (COFC) reports.

Our Location

With over 1,500 expert assessors on the Synoptic team, we produce medical assessments for a broad range of clients that include employers, the medical/legal community and the insurance industry. We are located in 10 cities