Keeping the Shoreline Working
When Abhijay Karandikar first entered medical school, he didn’t know much about the field of occupational medicine, and didn’t envision becoming a specialist in it. But by the time he entered his residency, he recognized it as an emerging specialty that offered a unique opportunity for a wide range of responsibilities and services.
“It’s truly multi-faceted, which is what I find rewarding about it,” said Dr. Karandikar, who now sees patients in the Backus Family Health Center.
Karandikar offers a wide range of job-related medical services, including:
- Department of Transportation medical exams
- Drug testing and medical review officer (MRO) services
- Management of work-related injuries and illnesses
- Disability exams
- Vaccines and other travel medicine services
- Population health management
- Employee health
- Medical surveillance
- HAZMAT physical exams
- Second opinion evaluations – determining work relatedness, impairment, etc.
- Independent Medical Evaluations
- Fitness for Duty evaluations