An expert may be reluctant to voice or contradict certain opinions if an author of that opinion is known. If an expert knows that other experts will see his or her name attached to an opinion, they may also be more cautious or more compliant with a prevailing dogma regarding a diagnosis or treatment preference. A more junior expert who nevetheless has the ultimate relevant knowledge on a given diagnosis or treatment method might be reluctant to contradict a view of an eminent doctor who might hold outdated views on the same issue. For example, a more "junior" expert from an administrative standpoint may have an important research grant being reviewed by a panel that includes a very senior doctor. If both exerts know what the other expert thinks of a particular case, this may positively or negatively influence their other interactions. Our experts know that their opinion is anonymous to other experts on a panel [especially in the same speciality]. So they are more likely to render a direct, honest, and robust opinion on your medical situation. Experts themselves prefer to work this way. Anonymity of experts to each other also allows us to ask what one expert thinks of an argument advanced by another expert, without attaching any names to the view in question. You benefit from such cross-examinations of expert opinions.