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Susan Riddick Grisham, RN,CCM,CLCP


Office: Richmond, VA

Telephone: 866-528-3300 ext. 134

E-Mail: srgrisham@mdexonline.com

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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION


Pediatric Life Care Plans, Traumatic Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury.




EXPERIENCE

Ms. Grisham is a nationally recognized life care planner, catastrophic injury manager, author and trainer. She has managed, evaluated and planned the care of catastrophically injured adults and children for nearly twenty years. Both a certified case manager and certified life care planner, Ms. Grisham has worked in a number of different settings including employer-based occupational health, medical case management and hospital and insurance-based settings. Additionally, she has served as a Vice President of Paradigm Health Corporation. Ms. Grisham has a particular expertise and interest in pediatric care management and life care planning and has been retained as an expert in this area by both plaintiff and defense attorneys throughout the United States.



EDUCATION

  • Diploma in Nursing, Crouse Irving Memorial School




CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certified Case Manager
  • Certified Life Care Planner




PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Case Management Society of America
  • World Association of Persons with Disabilities
  • Children Now
  • Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (past)
  • Virginia Head Injury Foundation, Board of Directors (past)
  • H.I.G.H. Hopes of Richmond, Board of Directors (past)
  • National Head Injury Foundation (past)



PUBLICATIONS

  • Riddick-Grisham, S. & Weed, R. (1998), “The Role Of The Nurse Case Manager in Life Care Planning,” Life Care Planning and Case Management Handbook, Chapter 3, CRC Press
  • Waaland, P. & Riddick- Grisham, S. (1996), “School Services: A Resource Often Utilized in Pediatric Life Care Planning,” Inside Life Care Planning Vol. 1. No. 6
  • Riddick - Grisham, S. (1996). “Life Care Planning Process for Managing Catastrophically Impaired Patient;” Case Studies in Nursing Case Management, Chapter 5. Aspen Publishers.
  • Riddick, S. (1993). “Life Care Planning.” Case Management for Health Care Professionals, Chapter 10. Precept Press.
  • Riddick, S. & Zasler, N. (October 1992), Case Managers affect the long-term interests of clients. Virginia Lawyers Weekly.
  • Riddick, S. & Roughan, J., (October 1992). “The Ultimate Discharge Plan; The Case Management Approach to Life Care Planning;” Continuing Care Magazine. (Feature article.)
  • Weed, R. & Riddick, S. (1992). “Life Care Plans as a Case Management Tool,” The Individual Case Manager Journal, 26-35, (Feature article)
  • Goodall, Dedrick, Zasler, Kreutzer, Riddick (accepted for publication in Brain Injury 8/21/92); “Survey of Case Manager Training Needs in Traumatic Brain Injury.”


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