Advisory Board

Maria DelMuto is a graduate of Simmons College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy. After spending over 15 years practicing as an orthopedic clinical specialist and occupational rehab specialist, she transitioned to the workers’ compensation arena to specialize in utilization review and medical case management of the injured worker. In 1999, Maria was responsible for the development and implementation of the Utilization Review and Medical Case Management Services Program for Northern General Services. As a certified case manager, Maria was the managed care supervisor for the third party administrator, FutureComp for over 10 years. During that period, she was actively involved in new client presentations while providing case management services to multiple self insured groups, individual clients, and municipalities. Currently with 20 years experience in the field, she is a medical case manager in the workers’ compensation division of Mass General Brigham where she interacts daily with injured employees from multiple entities.

Alice began her insurance career in September, 1987 as a Claim Representative. Prior to joining Employer’s Insurance she worked at Royal Sun Alliance,  AIG, Meadowbrook, Gallagher Bassett, Sedgwick, and Corvel.  She has handled the New England States: Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Michael Kelley currently serves as Senior Vice President and Director of Claims Operations at HUB International New England, a leading insurance brokerage firm, in a position held since May 2014. As the Director of Claims Operations, Michael manages an advanced technical team of claim professionals for one of the largest insurance brokers in New England. He also provides support and technical guidance to a wide variety of employers across the region. His duties include managing the day to day operations of large broker claim operation, providing technical guidance to customers on all lines of Property and Casualty lines of insurance, advocating on the behalf of clients with insurance carriers, managing a staff of 20 Claim Professionals in all aspects of claim service delivery, negotiating on behalf of clients with carriers on first and third party claims, acting as a national workers compensation resource for HUB International, and working with all departments on the prospecting of new clients.

Michael holds over 42 years of insurance industry experience, beginning his career in 1982. He is trained in all lines of claim investigation with a focus on both commercial and personal lines claims.He held various positions including Field Investigator, Claim Supervisor, Assistant Claim Managerand Regional Claim Manager. He became the Operations Manager for an independent consultingfirm in 1993. He spent the next 20 years as the Vice President of Claims at the A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Companies. He is considered an expert in the area of workers’ compensation claim
handling, and is a frequent speaker on the worker’s compensation claim process.

Michael holds both an Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and an Associate in Claims (AIC) designation from the Insurance Institute of America. He has been an instructor at the Insurance Library Association of Boston for over sixteen years. He is a former member of the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau (WCRIB) Claim Committee, as well as the Board of Governors of the Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts. In 2015, the Governor of Massachusetts appointed him to be the Insurance Industry Representative on the Workers Compensation Advisory Council at the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents. He has dedicated his career to improving the workers compensation system and reducing the impact of
claims on both the employer and employee community.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Merrimack College where he majored in accounting.

Phyllis Phillips, Esq. owns a workers’ compensation mediation and consulting practice in Vermont.  From 2008 to 2018 she was the senior Administrative Law Judge for the Vermont Department of Labor’s Workers’ Compensation and Safety Division.  She has extensive experience in all facets of workers’ compensation, including as co-owner of a Vermont-based workers’ compensation insurance company and as an attorney in private practice representing both injured workers and employers.  She has served on the Vermont Department of Health’s Uniform Pain Management Advisory Council and is currently on the Kids’ Chance of Vermont board of directors.

A native of Marblehead, MA (the birthplace of the American Navy), Phyllis received her undergraduate degree at the University of Vermont and her juris doctor at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.  She is a Fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers and was recently inducted into the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.  She also has extensive experience in all matters pertaining to the Boston Red Sox and considers their World Series victory in 2004 on a par with the birth of her children

Dr. Chadi Tannoury was born in Lebanon and earned his medical training at the Lebanese University of Beirut, and completed his Orthopaedic residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia and his fellowship training in Spine surgery at RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Chadi Tannoury is trained to treat a wide spectrum of spinal pathologies including degenerative conditions, deformity disorders, spinal trauma, tumors of the spine, and spinal infections. Dr. Chadi Tannoury is recognized as a clinician scientist and won multiple awards and honors underlining his outstanding clinical achievements and outstanding levels of kindness and compassion for the patient entrusted to his care. Additionally, Dr. Chadi Tannoury extensively investigated and published numerous basic science and clinical spinal researches on various spinal ailments and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Through his clinical and academic achievements, Dr. Chadi Tannoury serves as Editor to spine surgery textbooks, journals, and contributes to the spine surgery literature with a plethora of publications. Moreover, Dr. Chadi Tannoury’s work expanded beyond the art of medicine into the art of medical illustrations, and his drawings complimented multiple landmark publications and contributed to better understanding of various spinal pathologies and surgical techniques. Dr. Chadi Tannoury provides patient care at the Boston Medical Center Campus at the Shapiro Center, 725 Albany St. Office number 617 638 5633.

Thomas H. Winters MD, FACOEM, FACPM is the Principal, President and Chief Medical Officer of Occupational and Environmental Health Network (OEHN), an occupational and environmental medicine consulting firm that he co-founded in 2004.
Board certified in Occupatoinal and Environmental Medicine and Internal Medicine and trained in Infectious Disease, Dr. Winters has over 35 years experience in the occupational health arena.
Dr. Winters leads a team of board- certified occupational health physicians and other clinicians who provide remote and onsite clinical leadership and consulting for employee and occupational health programs in hospitals, universities, research institutions, biotech, manufacturing, insurers, municipalities and other organizations throughout New England and nationally.
Since 1999, Dr. Winters has served as Chief of Occupational Medicine at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. He is also Medical Director of Employee Health, including animal and research Labs at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and at Boston Children’s Hospital Occupational Health Department and is a member of the Institutional Biosafety Committees at both hospitals. Dr. Winters also provides Medical Director services at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Employee Health Department. Since 2009 He has been Occupational Health Officer of the Boston University Research Occupational Health Program and the National Emerging Infectious Disease Lab (NEIDL), one of the few BSL 4 Labs in the United States. Additionally, Dr. Winters provides Medical Director oversight for Harvard University BSL 2 and 3 Laboratories.
Since 1995, Dr. Winters has been a Visiting Scientist of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Harvard School of Public Health and a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. He is a member of the Harvard School of Public Health Residency Advisory Committee.
His areas of interest and expertise include developing and implementing standard operating procedures at hospitals and research facilities, musculo-skeletal disease, toxic tort, radiation exposures, occupational and infectious diseases and corporate medical consulting. He has provided training and published numerous articles in these areas.
Dr. Winters is a graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine and is a Certified Independent Medical Examiner, Medical Disability Manager and Medical Review Officer.
Dr. Winters is devoted physician, who believes strongly in wellness and practices what he preaches by exercising regularly 5-6 times per week, biking to work, hiking, skiing, and basketball. He has also embarked upon his new passion – owning and flying an ultralight craft.